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In the Rust Belt, glimmers of a new shine

There’s a surprising trend in the long-suffering manufacturing heartland: new jobs. But even so, the hiring reflects another emerging reality of U.S. manufacturing: Jobs don’t pay what they used to.

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May 17, 2011

Dan Farley, left, was one of hundreds who filled out an application and left a resume at the Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio. The company will make small appliances on the site of a former Hoover vacuum plant that closed a few years ago. The company is hiring about 100 people.

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More than 1,000 people flocked to the the former Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio. The pay starts at $7.50 to $14 an hour, a far cry from the $20 an hour that workers made at the Hoover plant that previously occupied the space but closed in 2008. “I was a little disappointed about the rate of pay,” one applicant said. “But right now, I’m on unemployment, so it looks pretty good.'

May 17, 2011

More than 1,000 people flocked to the the former Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio. The pay starts at $7.50 to $14 an hour, a far cry from the $20 an hour that workers made at the Hoover plant that previously occupied the space but closed in 2008. “I was a little disappointed about the rate of pay,” one applicant said. “But right now, I’m on unemployment, so it looks pretty good."

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Dante Young applies for a job at the Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio. The nation’s factories have added 250,000 jobs since the beginning of last year, marking the first sustained increase in manufacturing employment since 1997.

May 17, 2011

Dante Young applies for a job at the Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio. The nation’s factories have added 250,000 jobs since the beginning of last year, marking the first sustained increase in manufacturing employment since 1997.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Jonathan Shahan, holding his 1-month-old daughter, Raine, attends the Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio.

May 17, 2011

Jonathan Shahan, holding his 1-month-old daughter, Raine, attends the Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio.

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Mariah Pritchard was one of the applicants at the Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio. Suarez will manufacture items previously made in China at the plant.

May 17, 2011

Mariah Pritchard was one of the applicants at the Suarez Corp. Industries job fair in North Canton, Ohio. Suarez will manufacture items previously made in China at the plant.

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An empty section of the old Hoover factory in North Canton, Ohio. Hoover shifted production to Mexico and El Paso in 2007, severing a century-long connection with North Canton and killing 750 jobs.

May 17, 2011

An empty section of the old Hoover factory in North Canton, Ohio. Hoover shifted production to Mexico and El Paso in 2007, severing a century-long connection with North Canton and killing 750 jobs.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

A sign in front of the old Hoover factory in North Canton, Ohio, where more than 1,000 people were applying for jobs. In June, some sections of the old factory will get a new lease on life as Suarez Corp. Industries begins manufacturing EdenPURE space heaters, vacuums, air purifiers and other small appliances there.

May 17, 2011

A sign in front of the old Hoover factory in North Canton, Ohio, where more than 1,000 people were applying for jobs. In June, some sections of the old factory will get a new lease on life as Suarez Corp. Industries begins manufacturing EdenPURE space heaters, vacuums, air purifiers and other small appliances there.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Painter Victor Hollis was out of work for more than two years and was thrilled to get a job last September at Astro Manufacturing and Design in Eastlake, Ohio. He's painting disc brakes for airplanes.

May 17, 2011

Painter Victor Hollis was out of work for more than two years and was thrilled to get a job last September at Astro Manufacturing and Design in Eastlake, Ohio. He's painting disc brakes for airplanes.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Machinist Bob Watters works on a precision part cutter at Astro Manufacturing and Design in Eastlake, Ohio. Astro is one of several manufacturing companies in northeast Ohio that are hiring.

May 17, 2011

Machinist Bob Watters works on a precision part cutter at Astro Manufacturing and Design in Eastlake, Ohio. Astro is one of several manufacturing companies in northeast Ohio that are hiring.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Workers assemble LCD screens at Kent Display in Kent, Ohio, which has several job openings.

May 17, 2011

Workers assemble LCD screens at Kent Display in Kent, Ohio, which has several job openings.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

V&M Star Steel is building a huge pipe-fabricating plant in Youngstown, Ohio, that is expected to bring about 350 jobs to the area. That will offset some of the thousands of manufacturing jobs lost in the area in the past three years.

May 17, 2011

V&M Star Steel is building a huge pipe-fabricating plant in Youngstown, Ohio, that is expected to bring about 350 jobs to the area. That will offset some of the thousands of manufacturing jobs lost in the area in the past three years.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

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