Sydrick Speight,
shift supervisor
Age: 34
Company: Riverdale Mills
Work location: Northbridge
Company's main product:
Welded wire-mesh, used for
aquaculture, security, farming
and construction industries
Annual salary (based on
industry estimates): Between
$37,000 and $51,000
Eating full circle: "I was
in Maine with my wife, when
we decided to get lobster
to cook for dinner. We went
to the wharf and bought the
lobster from a fisherman who
noticed that I was wearing
my Riverdale Mills jacket.
He informed me that he
had bought the wire for the
lobster trap that he uses from
Riverdale Mills. I ended up
eating something that was
caught in a trap that I made
the wire for!"
FACTOI D
$113,400
Average annual pay
of computer hardware
engineers in May 2016,
the highest-paying
manufacturing job in
Central Massachusetts
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