U.S. metropolitan areas with most employment in manufacturing 2017

This statistic shows the top 20 metropolitan areas with the highest share of employment in manufacturing industry in the United States in 2017. Percentage employed in manufacturing sector is shown as a percent of total nonfarm employment. In 2017, Grand Rapids-Wyoming in Michigan was ranked first with 22 percent of total nonfarm employees were employed in manufacturing industry.

Top 20 metropolitan areas with the highest share of employment in manufacturing in the United States in 2017

Characteristic	Percent employed in manufacturing sector
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	22%
Wichita, KS	18.4%
Greensboro-High Point, NC	16.9%
Toledo, OH	16.4%
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	15.8%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	14.2%
Dayton, OH	13.6%
Akron, OH	13.3%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	13.3%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	13%
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	12.8%
Tulsa, OK	12.1%
Worcester, MA-CT	11.9%
Rochester, NY	11.9%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	11.8%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	11.1%
Madison, WI	11%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	10.8%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	10.8%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	10.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	10.6%

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Release date

November 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

Only Metropolitan areas which reported a total nonfarm employees of 250,000 or above were included.

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