Employment in U.S. manufacturing, by key state

The statistic shows the most important U.S. states in terms of manufacturing employment in 2016, based on the number of manufacturing employees. Texas was ranked second with around 725,300 people employed in the manufacturing industry that year, about two thirds of which were production workers.

Leading U.S. states in terms of manufacturing employment in 2016, based on number of manufacturing employees (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of employees in thousands
California	1,119.9
Texas	725.3
Ohio	642.9
Michigan	555
Illinois	538.2
Pennsylvania	522.2
Indiana	476.4
Wisconsin	435.9
North Carolina	411.1
New York	395.1

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Release date

2021

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United States

Survey time period

2016

Supplementary notes

Includes all full-time and part-time employees on the payrolls of operating manufacturing establishments during any part of the pay period that included the 12th of the month. Included are employees on paid sick leave, paid holidays, and paid vacations; not included are proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses.

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