There is a sawmill hiring near you.

The forestry and lumber industries, which include sawmills, provide much-needed jobs in rural areas throughout the Southeast United States.

  1. Download this listing of sawmills in the Southeast U.S.

  2. Explore this map to find a sawmill that is hiring near you.

SLMA Human Resources Map

There are 12 states that do the heavy lifting in SYP production: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. These states enjoy good jobs in the following areas:

  • Primary Production: Forestry, sawmill operations, wood extracting, and log milling

  • Secondary Production: Wood products manufacturing, including furniture, cabinets, millwork, flooring, decks, toys, playground equipment, garden structures, and wood products like pulp and paper

  • Suppliers of Lumber Products and Services: Businesses supplying machinery and supplies like CNC routers, edgebanders, veneers, flooring, wood panels, hardware, and soft goods like upholstery

The forestry and lumber industry as a whole is a big part of state and local economies, providing much-needed employment in rural areas. This industry also creates upstream and downstream jobs relate to wood, such as machine designing, marketing, machine operations, and manufacturing plant supervision.