The future of American manufacturing is taking shape in Pennsylvania. And many of the jobs being created don’t just come with hard hats – they come with lab coats.
Eli Lilly’s $3.5 billion facility in the Lehigh Valley will create 2,000 construction jobs and employ 850 technicians, engineers, and scientists to produce next-generation weight-loss medicine.
Lilly CEO Dave Ricks said that the average wage at the company’s facilities is about $100,000 a year – jobs that “change the trajectory of families.” Every worker, he added, has the same “top shelf” healthcare he does…