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US states by manufacturing payroll employment

California had the highest manufacturing payroll employment of 51 states in September 2025, at 1,210,500 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 1,100 jobs. The median was 172,300 jobs and the figure for the United States was 12,612,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,210,500California
Lowest1,100District of Columbia
Median172,30051 states
United States12,612,000History

Map of states, September 2025

Alabama: 282,300 jobsAlaska: 12,100 jobsArizona: 192,500 jobsArkansas: 158,200 jobsCalifornia: 1,210,500 jobsColorado: 145,800 jobsConnecticut: 152,100 jobsDelaware: 26,700 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 1,100 jobsFlorida: 426,800 jobsGeorgia: 425,000 jobsHawaii: 13,000 jobsIdaho: 74,900 jobsIllinois: 566,200 jobsIndiana: 516,100 jobsIowa: 214,100 jobsKansas: 172,300 jobsKentucky: 251,300 jobsLouisiana: 140,300 jobsMaine: 51,100 jobsMaryland: 109,600 jobsMassachusetts: 225,000 jobsMichigan: 585,400 jobsMinnesota: 313,800 jobsMississippi: 138,500 jobsMissouri: 278,900 jobsMontana: 20,900 jobsNebraska: 101,900 jobsNevada: 68,500 jobsNew Hampshire: 67,600 jobsNew Jersey: 251,500 jobsNew Mexico: 27,600 jobsNew York: 403,200 jobsNorth Carolina: 457,300 jobsNorth Dakota: 27,600 jobsOhio: 674,300 jobsOklahoma: 139,900 jobsOregon: 177,100 jobsPennsylvania: 553,900 jobsRhode Island: 39,200 jobsSouth Carolina: 262,200 jobsSouth Dakota: 44,100 jobsTennessee: 353,100 jobsTexas: 982,200 jobsUtah: 154,000 jobsVermont: 27,400 jobsVirginia: 234,500 jobsWashington: 268,600 jobsWest Virginia: 45,000 jobsWisconsin: 456,200 jobsWyoming: 10,400 jobs
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jobs, September 2025. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, September 2025

California: 1,210,500 jobsCalifornia1,210,500Texas: 982,200 jobsTexas982,200Ohio: 674,300 jobsOhio674,300Michigan: 585,400 jobsMichigan585,400Illinois: 566,200 jobsIllinois566,200Pennsylvania: 553,900 jobsPennsylvania553,900Indiana: 516,100 jobsIndiana516,100North Carolina: 457,300 jobsNorth Carolina457,300Wisconsin: 456,200 jobsWisconsin456,200Florida: 426,800 jobsFlorida426,800Georgia: 425,000 jobsGeorgia425,000New York: 403,200 jobsNew York403,200Tennessee: 353,100 jobsTennessee353,100Minnesota: 313,800 jobsMinnesota313,800Alabama: 282,300 jobsAlabama282,300Missouri: 278,900 jobsMissouri278,900Washington: 268,600 jobsWashington268,600South Carolina: 262,200 jobsSouth Carolina262,200New Jersey: 251,500 jobsNew Jersey251,500Kentucky: 251,300 jobsKentucky251,300Virginia: 234,500 jobsVirginia234,500Massachusetts: 225,000 jobsMassachusetts225,000Iowa: 214,100 jobsIowa214,100Arizona: 192,500 jobsArizona192,500Oregon: 177,100 jobsOregon177,100Kansas: 172,300 jobsKansas172,300Arkansas: 158,200 jobsArkansas158,200Utah: 154,000 jobsUtah154,000Connecticut: 152,100 jobsConnecticut152,100Colorado: 145,800 jobsColorado145,800Louisiana: 140,300 jobsLouisiana140,300Oklahoma: 139,900 jobsOklahoma139,900Mississippi: 138,500 jobsMississippi138,500Maryland: 109,600 jobsMaryland109,600Nebraska: 101,900 jobsNebraska101,900Idaho: 74,900 jobsIdaho74,900Nevada: 68,500 jobsNevada68,500New Hampshire: 67,600 jobsNew Hampshire67,600Maine: 51,100 jobsMaine51,100West Virginia: 45,000 jobsWest Virginia45,000South Dakota: 44,100 jobsSouth Dakota44,100Rhode Island: 39,200 jobsRhode Island39,200New Mexico: 27,600 jobsNew Mexico27,600North Dakota: 27,600 jobsNorth Dakota27,600Vermont: 27,400 jobsVermont27,400Delaware: 26,700 jobsDelaware26,700Montana: 20,900 jobsMontana20,900Hawaii: 13,000 jobsHawaii13,000Alaska: 12,100 jobsAlaska12,100Wyoming: 10,400 jobsWyoming10,400District of Columbia: 1,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia1,100California: 1,210,500 jobsCalifornia1,210,500Texas: 982,200 jobsTexas982,200Ohio: 674,300 jobsOhio674,300Michigan: 585,400 jobsMichigan585,400Illinois: 566,200 jobsIllinois566,200Pennsylvania: 553,900 jobsPennsylvania553,900Indiana: 516,100 jobsIndiana516,100North Carolina: 457,300 jobsNorth Carolina457,300Wisconsin: 456,200 jobsWisconsin456,200Florida: 426,800 jobsFlorida426,800Georgia: 425,000 jobsGeorgia425,000New York: 403,200 jobsNew York403,200Tennessee: 353,100 jobsTennessee353,100Minnesota: 313,800 jobsMinnesota313,800Alabama: 282,300 jobsAlabama282,300Missouri: 278,900 jobsMissouri278,900Washington: 268,600 jobsWashington268,600South Carolina: 262,200 jobsSouth Carolina262,200New Jersey: 251,500 jobsNew Jersey251,500Kentucky: 251,300 jobsKentucky251,300Virginia: 234,500 jobsVirginia234,500Massachusetts: 225,000 jobsMassachusetts225,000Iowa: 214,100 jobsIowa214,100Arizona: 192,500 jobsArizona192,500Oregon: 177,100 jobsOregon177,100Kansas: 172,300 jobsKansas172,300Arkansas: 158,200 jobsArkansas158,200Utah: 154,000 jobsUtah154,000Connecticut: 152,100 jobsConnecticut152,100Colorado: 145,800 jobsColorado145,800Louisiana: 140,300 jobsLouisiana140,300Oklahoma: 139,900 jobsOklahoma139,900Mississippi: 138,500 jobsMississippi138,500Maryland: 109,600 jobsMaryland109,600Nebraska: 101,900 jobsNebraska101,900Idaho: 74,900 jobsIdaho74,900Nevada: 68,500 jobsNevada68,500New Hampshire: 67,600 jobsNew Hampshire67,600Maine: 51,100 jobsMaine51,100West Virginia: 45,000 jobsWest Virginia45,000South Dakota: 44,100 jobsSouth Dakota44,100Rhode Island: 39,200 jobsRhode Island39,200New Mexico: 27,600 jobsNew Mexico27,600North Dakota: 27,600 jobsNorth Dakota27,600Vermont: 27,400 jobsVermont27,400Delaware: 26,700 jobsDelaware26,700Montana: 20,900 jobsMontana20,900Hawaii: 13,000 jobsHawaii13,000Alaska: 12,100 jobsAlaska12,100Wyoming: 10,400 jobsWyoming10,400District of Columbia: 1,100 jobsDistrict of Columbia1,100
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesSeptember 2025
jobs		Change on September 2024
1California1,210,500-2.6%
2Texas982,200-0.4%
3Ohio674,300-1.4%
4Michigan585,400-3.6%
5Illinois566,200-2.1%
6Pennsylvania553,900-1.7%
7Indiana516,100-1.1%
8North Carolina457,300-1.9%
9Wisconsin456,200-1.7%
10Florida426,800-1%
11Georgia425,000-0.8%
12New York403,200-2.4%
13Tennessee353,100-2.7%
14Minnesota313,800-1.8%
15Alabama282,300-1.4%
16Missouri278,900-2%
17Washington268,600-3.3%
18South Carolina262,200-0.5%
19New Jersey251,500-1.4%
20Kentucky251,300-2.4%
21Virginia234,500-3.7%
22Massachusetts225,000-2.3%
23Iowa214,100-3.3%
24Arizona192,500-1.2%
25Oregon177,100-5%
26Kansas172,300-1.8%
27Arkansas158,200-2.5%
28Utah154,000+0.2%
29Connecticut152,100-1.9%
30Colorado145,800-1.8%
31Louisiana140,3000%
32Oklahoma139,900-1.1%
33Mississippi138,500-1.8%
34Maryland109,600-1.5%
35Nebraska101,900-2%
36Idaho74,900-1.2%
37Nevada68,500+2.1%
38New Hampshire67,600-1%
39Maine51,100-1.5%
40West Virginia45,000-1.5%
41South Dakota44,100-2%
42Rhode Island39,200-1.3%
43New Mexico27,600-4.2%
43North Dakota27,600-2.8%
45Vermont27,400-0.7%
46Delaware26,7000%
47Montana20,900-1.4%
48Hawaii13,000+0.8%
49Alaska12,1000%
50Wyoming10,4000%
51District of Columbia1,1000%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on manufacturing payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers durable and nondurable goods manufacturing.

One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.63.Manufacturing.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001) (US states by manufacturing payroll employment, 2025-09) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.63.Manufacturing.Current

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001), US states by manufacturing payroll employment, 2025-09. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.63.Manufacturing.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/manufacturing-jobs/us-states?period=2025-09. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001). US states by manufacturing payroll employment, 2025-09. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.63.Manufacturing.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/manufacturing-jobs/us-states?period=2025-09.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001), US states by manufacturing payroll employment, 2025-09 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.63.Manufacturing.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/manufacturing-jobs/us-states?period=2025-09 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest manufacturing payroll employment?

California, with 1,210,500 jobs in September 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest manufacturing payroll employment?

District of Columbia, with 1,100 jobs in September 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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