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US states by manufacturing payroll employment

California had the highest manufacturing payroll employment of 51 states in November 2025, at 1,212,200 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 1,000 jobs. The median was 172,800 jobs and the figure for the United States was 12,593,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,212,200California
Lowest1,000District of Columbia
Median172,80051 states
United States12,593,000History

Map of states, November 2025

Alabama: 284,100 jobsAlaska: 12,300 jobsArizona: 192,700 jobsArkansas: 158,800 jobsCalifornia: 1,212,200 jobsColorado: 145,500 jobsConnecticut: 151,800 jobsDelaware: 26,200 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 1,000 jobsFlorida: 424,200 jobsGeorgia: 424,300 jobsHawaii: 13,000 jobsIdaho: 75,900 jobsIllinois: 563,900 jobsIndiana: 516,100 jobsIowa: 215,500 jobsKansas: 172,800 jobsKentucky: 251,200 jobsLouisiana: 141,700 jobsMaine: 51,200 jobsMaryland: 110,200 jobsMassachusetts: 226,900 jobsMichigan: 581,900 jobsMinnesota: 314,300 jobsMississippi: 138,700 jobsMissouri: 277,300 jobsMontana: 20,500 jobsNebraska: 101,700 jobsNevada: 68,300 jobsNew Hampshire: 67,100 jobsNew Jersey: 250,300 jobsNew Mexico: 28,000 jobsNew York: 398,800 jobsNorth Carolina: 454,300 jobsNorth Dakota: 27,900 jobsOhio: 679,400 jobsOklahoma: 140,500 jobsOregon: 177,500 jobsPennsylvania: 552,300 jobsRhode Island: 39,100 jobsSouth Carolina: 262,300 jobsSouth Dakota: 43,900 jobsTennessee: 352,800 jobsTexas: 980,100 jobsUtah: 153,600 jobsVermont: 27,300 jobsVirginia: 232,800 jobsWashington: 267,900 jobsWest Virginia: 44,900 jobsWisconsin: 454,800 jobsWyoming: 10,400 jobs
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jobs, November 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, November 2025

California: 1,212,200 jobsCalifornia1,212,200Texas: 980,100 jobsTexas980,100Ohio: 679,400 jobsOhio679,400Michigan: 581,900 jobsMichigan581,900Illinois: 563,900 jobsIllinois563,900Pennsylvania: 552,300 jobsPennsylvania552,300Indiana: 516,100 jobsIndiana516,100Wisconsin: 454,800 jobsWisconsin454,800North Carolina: 454,300 jobsNorth Carolina454,300Georgia: 424,300 jobsGeorgia424,300Florida: 424,200 jobsFlorida424,200New York: 398,800 jobsNew York398,800Tennessee: 352,800 jobsTennessee352,800Minnesota: 314,300 jobsMinnesota314,300Alabama: 284,100 jobsAlabama284,100Missouri: 277,300 jobsMissouri277,300Washington: 267,900 jobsWashington267,900South Carolina: 262,300 jobsSouth Carolina262,300Kentucky: 251,200 jobsKentucky251,200New Jersey: 250,300 jobsNew Jersey250,300Virginia: 232,800 jobsVirginia232,800Massachusetts: 226,900 jobsMassachusetts226,900Iowa: 215,500 jobsIowa215,500Arizona: 192,700 jobsArizona192,700Oregon: 177,500 jobsOregon177,500Kansas: 172,800 jobsKansas172,800Arkansas: 158,800 jobsArkansas158,800Utah: 153,600 jobsUtah153,600Connecticut: 151,800 jobsConnecticut151,800Colorado: 145,500 jobsColorado145,500Louisiana: 141,700 jobsLouisiana141,700Oklahoma: 140,500 jobsOklahoma140,500Mississippi: 138,700 jobsMississippi138,700Maryland: 110,200 jobsMaryland110,200Nebraska: 101,700 jobsNebraska101,700Idaho: 75,900 jobsIdaho75,900Nevada: 68,300 jobsNevada68,300New Hampshire: 67,100 jobsNew Hampshire67,100Maine: 51,200 jobsMaine51,200West Virginia: 44,900 jobsWest Virginia44,900South Dakota: 43,900 jobsSouth Dakota43,900Rhode Island: 39,100 jobsRhode Island39,100New Mexico: 28,000 jobsNew Mexico28,000North Dakota: 27,900 jobsNorth Dakota27,900Vermont: 27,300 jobsVermont27,300Delaware: 26,200 jobsDelaware26,200Montana: 20,500 jobsMontana20,500Hawaii: 13,000 jobsHawaii13,000Alaska: 12,300 jobsAlaska12,300Wyoming: 10,400 jobsWyoming10,400District of Columbia: 1,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia1,000California: 1,212,200 jobsCalifornia1,212,200Texas: 980,100 jobsTexas980,100Ohio: 679,400 jobsOhio679,400Michigan: 581,900 jobsMichigan581,900Illinois: 563,900 jobsIllinois563,900Pennsylvania: 552,300 jobsPennsylvania552,300Indiana: 516,100 jobsIndiana516,100Wisconsin: 454,800 jobsWisconsin454,800North Carolina: 454,300 jobsNorth Carolina454,300Georgia: 424,300 jobsGeorgia424,300Florida: 424,200 jobsFlorida424,200New York: 398,800 jobsNew York398,800Tennessee: 352,800 jobsTennessee352,800Minnesota: 314,300 jobsMinnesota314,300Alabama: 284,100 jobsAlabama284,100Missouri: 277,300 jobsMissouri277,300Washington: 267,900 jobsWashington267,900South Carolina: 262,300 jobsSouth Carolina262,300Kentucky: 251,200 jobsKentucky251,200New Jersey: 250,300 jobsNew Jersey250,300Virginia: 232,800 jobsVirginia232,800Massachusetts: 226,900 jobsMassachusetts226,900Iowa: 215,500 jobsIowa215,500Arizona: 192,700 jobsArizona192,700Oregon: 177,500 jobsOregon177,500Kansas: 172,800 jobsKansas172,800Arkansas: 158,800 jobsArkansas158,800Utah: 153,600 jobsUtah153,600Connecticut: 151,800 jobsConnecticut151,800Colorado: 145,500 jobsColorado145,500Louisiana: 141,700 jobsLouisiana141,700Oklahoma: 140,500 jobsOklahoma140,500Mississippi: 138,700 jobsMississippi138,700Maryland: 110,200 jobsMaryland110,200Nebraska: 101,700 jobsNebraska101,700Idaho: 75,900 jobsIdaho75,900Nevada: 68,300 jobsNevada68,300New Hampshire: 67,100 jobsNew Hampshire67,100Maine: 51,200 jobsMaine51,200West Virginia: 44,900 jobsWest Virginia44,900South Dakota: 43,900 jobsSouth Dakota43,900Rhode Island: 39,100 jobsRhode Island39,100New Mexico: 28,000 jobsNew Mexico28,000North Dakota: 27,900 jobsNorth Dakota27,900Vermont: 27,300 jobsVermont27,300Delaware: 26,200 jobsDelaware26,200Montana: 20,500 jobsMontana20,500Hawaii: 13,000 jobsHawaii13,000Alaska: 12,300 jobsAlaska12,300Wyoming: 10,400 jobsWyoming10,400District of Columbia: 1,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia1,000
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, manufacturing, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000003000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesNovember 2025
jobs		Change on November 2024
1California1,212,200-2%
2Texas980,100-0.8%
3Ohio679,400-0%
4Michigan581,900-2.2%
5Illinois563,900-2.2%
6Pennsylvania552,300-1.6%
7Indiana516,100-0.8%
8Wisconsin454,800-1.6%
9North Carolina454,300-2.2%
10Georgia424,300-0.9%
11Florida424,200-0.9%
12New York398,800-3.1%
13Tennessee352,800-2.4%
14Minnesota314,300-1%
15Alabama284,100-0.6%
16Missouri277,300-2.5%
17Washington267,900-2.7%
18South Carolina262,300-0.4%
19Kentucky251,200-1.9%
20New Jersey250,300-1.7%
21Virginia232,800-4%
22Massachusetts226,900-1.1%
23Iowa215,500-1.1%
24Arizona192,700-0.8%
25Oregon177,500-3.2%
26Kansas172,800-1.1%
27Arkansas158,800-1.5%
28Utah153,600+0.1%
29Connecticut151,800-1.7%
30Colorado145,500-2.2%
31Louisiana141,700+1.4%
32Oklahoma140,500-0.8%
33Mississippi138,700-1.3%
34Maryland110,200-0.7%
35Nebraska101,700-2.3%
36Idaho75,900+0.1%
37Nevada68,300+1.2%
38New Hampshire67,100-1.6%
39Maine51,200-1%
40West Virginia44,900-1.8%
41South Dakota43,900-1.6%
42Rhode Island39,100-1%
43New Mexico28,000-2.1%
44North Dakota27,900-1.1%
45Vermont27,300-1.1%
46Delaware26,200-1.5%
47Montana20,500-3.3%
48Hawaii13,0000%
49Alaska12,300+0.8%
50Wyoming10,400-1%
51District of Columbia1,000-9.1%

Other periods

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, 2025-11) [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, 2025-11. 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=2025-11. 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, 2025-11. 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=2025-11.

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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, 2025-11 [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=2025-11 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which state has the highest manufacturing payroll employment?

California, with 1,212,200 jobs in November 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest manufacturing payroll employment?

District of Columbia, with 1,000 jobs in November 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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