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Working at Cooper Industries

Zippia score 4.5

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Cooper Industries overview

Industry
Electrical Products Manufacturing
Revenue
$5.4B
Headquarters
Employees
26,000
Founded in
1833
Organization type
Public
CEO
Kirk Hachigian
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Cooper Industries is a global manufacturer of electrical components and tools. The Company has eight operating divisions: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse- Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. In 2008, sixty-one percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and thirty-seven percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries, and employs more than 25,000 people throughout the world.
The staff at Cooper Industries come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 25.5% female and 40.6% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, Cooper Industries employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Republican Party, at 80.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Republican Party. Cooper Industries has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 5.8 years.
Based in Houston, TX, Cooper Industries is an industry leader with 26,000 employees and an annual revenue of $5.4B.

Cooper Industries's mission statement

Cooper follows a Strategic Sourcing process to optimize our supply chain activities by coordinating and leveraging the purchasing and procurement of commodities from a select group of preferred suppliers.

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The team at Cooper Industries

  • The founders of Cooper Industries are Charles Cooper and Elias Cooper.
  • The key people at Cooper Industries are Kirk Hachigian, Charles Cooper and Elias Cooper.
Key people
Kirk Hachigian
Charles Cooper
Elias Cooper

Cooper Industries rankings

Cooper Industries is ranked #64 on the Best Manufacturing companies to work for in Texas list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Cooper Industries diversity

9.5
Diversity score
We calculated Cooper Industries’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Cooper Industries’s workforce.
Cooper Industries diversity summary. Zippia estimates Cooper Industries's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Cooper Industries's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Cooper Industries's workforce.
  • Cooper Industries has 26,000 employees.
  • 25% of Cooper Industries employees are women, while 75% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Cooper Industries is White (59%).
  • 15% of Cooper Industries employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 13% of Cooper Industries employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at Cooper Industries makes $79,690 per year.
  • Cooper Industries employees are most likely to be members of the republican party.
  • Employees at Cooper Industries stay with the company for 5.8 years on average.

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Cooper Industries financial performance

9.8
Performance score

Highest paying Cooper Industries competitors

Compare Cooper Industries salaries to competitors, including General Electric, Horsburgh & Scott, and BI Technologies Corp. Employees at General Electric earn the highest average yearly salary of $86,183. The salaries at Horsburgh & Scott average $69,665 per year, and the salaries at BI Technologies Corp. come in at $68,957 per year.
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2$69,6650
3$68,9570
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5$65,5300
6$65,3750
7$64,9740
8$64,6770
9$58,8060
10$58,6340
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    Updated March 14, 2024

    Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of Cooper Industries, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about Cooper Industries. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at Cooper Industries. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Cooper Industries. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Cooper Industries and its employees or that of Zippia.

    Cooper Industries may also be known as or be related to Cooper Industries, Cooper Industries Ltd, Cooper Industries plc, Cooper Industries, LLC and Eaton's Crouse-hinds Business.