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Nissan and its contractors employ 5,200 workers in Canton, more than 6,000 in Smyrna and more than 1,400 in Decherd. Those totals include a number of contract employees who don't work directly for Nissan. The company has ramped up hiring in the past two years, as auto sales increase, Nissan tries to shift production from Japan to the United States, and the company tries to capture 10 percent of the U.S. market. More hires are planned in Canton as the company moves to start assembling the Murano model in late 2014. Saia said all workers, including contract workers, will receive what Nissan calls "recognition payments" in June. Those bonus payments were stopped for a time during the recession. Nissan says production workers in Canton now make an average of $24.47 an hour, while maintenance workers make $28.49, on average. In Smyrna, the company says production workers make $26.47 on average, while maintenance workers make $30.49 on average.
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