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US states by manufacturing payroll employment

California had the highest manufacturing payroll employment of 51 states in December 2025, at 1,213,100 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 1,000 jobs. The median was 172,400 jobs and the figure for the United States was 12,580,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,213,100California
Lowest1,000District of Columbia
Median172,40051 states
United States12,580,000History

Map of states, December 2025

Alabama: 283,100 jobsAlaska: 12,700 jobsArizona: 191,900 jobsArkansas: 158,500 jobsCalifornia: 1,213,100 jobsColorado: 145,400 jobsConnecticut: 151,200 jobsDelaware: 26,500 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 1,000 jobsFlorida: 424,900 jobsGeorgia: 427,000 jobsHawaii: 13,000 jobsIdaho: 75,700 jobsIllinois: 562,500 jobsIndiana: 515,400 jobsIowa: 214,100 jobsKansas: 172,400 jobsKentucky: 250,900 jobsLouisiana: 141,900 jobsMaine: 51,300 jobsMaryland: 110,100 jobsMassachusetts: 227,300 jobsMichigan: 582,500 jobsMinnesota: 316,300 jobsMississippi: 138,600 jobsMissouri: 277,900 jobsMontana: 20,500 jobsNebraska: 102,400 jobsNevada: 68,300 jobsNew Hampshire: 67,000 jobsNew Jersey: 249,200 jobsNew Mexico: 27,900 jobsNew York: 399,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 453,200 jobsNorth Dakota: 28,000 jobsOhio: 679,300 jobsOklahoma: 138,900 jobsOregon: 178,800 jobsPennsylvania: 552,400 jobsRhode Island: 39,100 jobsSouth Carolina: 261,900 jobsSouth Dakota: 43,500 jobsTennessee: 352,000 jobsTexas: 981,100 jobsUtah: 154,300 jobsVermont: 27,400 jobsVirginia: 232,300 jobsWashington: 269,700 jobsWest Virginia: 45,000 jobsWisconsin: 454,600 jobsWyoming: 10,400 jobs
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jobs, December 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, December 2025

California: 1,213,100 jobsCalifornia1,213,100Texas: 981,100 jobsTexas981,100Ohio: 679,300 jobsOhio679,300Michigan: 582,500 jobsMichigan582,500Illinois: 562,500 jobsIllinois562,500Pennsylvania: 552,400 jobsPennsylvania552,400Indiana: 515,400 jobsIndiana515,400Wisconsin: 454,600 jobsWisconsin454,600North Carolina: 453,200 jobsNorth Carolina453,200Georgia: 427,000 jobsGeorgia427,000Florida: 424,900 jobsFlorida424,900New York: 399,500 jobsNew York399,500Tennessee: 352,000 jobsTennessee352,000Minnesota: 316,300 jobsMinnesota316,300Alabama: 283,100 jobsAlabama283,100Missouri: 277,900 jobsMissouri277,900Washington: 269,700 jobsWashington269,700South Carolina: 261,900 jobsSouth Carolina261,900Kentucky: 250,900 jobsKentucky250,900New Jersey: 249,200 jobsNew Jersey249,200Virginia: 232,300 jobsVirginia232,300Massachusetts: 227,300 jobsMassachusetts227,300Iowa: 214,100 jobsIowa214,100Arizona: 191,900 jobsArizona191,900Oregon: 178,800 jobsOregon178,800Kansas: 172,400 jobsKansas172,400Arkansas: 158,500 jobsArkansas158,500Utah: 154,300 jobsUtah154,300Connecticut: 151,200 jobsConnecticut151,200Colorado: 145,400 jobsColorado145,400Louisiana: 141,900 jobsLouisiana141,900Oklahoma: 138,900 jobsOklahoma138,900Mississippi: 138,600 jobsMississippi138,600Maryland: 110,100 jobsMaryland110,100Nebraska: 102,400 jobsNebraska102,400Idaho: 75,700 jobsIdaho75,700Nevada: 68,300 jobsNevada68,300New Hampshire: 67,000 jobsNew Hampshire67,000Maine: 51,300 jobsMaine51,300West Virginia: 45,000 jobsWest Virginia45,000South Dakota: 43,500 jobsSouth Dakota43,500Rhode Island: 39,100 jobsRhode Island39,100North Dakota: 28,000 jobsNorth Dakota28,000New Mexico: 27,900 jobsNew Mexico27,900Vermont: 27,400 jobsVermont27,400Delaware: 26,500 jobsDelaware26,500Montana: 20,500 jobsMontana20,500Hawaii: 13,000 jobsHawaii13,000Alaska: 12,700 jobsAlaska12,700Wyoming: 10,400 jobsWyoming10,400District of Columbia: 1,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia1,000California: 1,213,100 jobsCalifornia1,213,100Texas: 981,100 jobsTexas981,100Ohio: 679,300 jobsOhio679,300Michigan: 582,500 jobsMichigan582,500Illinois: 562,500 jobsIllinois562,500Pennsylvania: 552,400 jobsPennsylvania552,400Indiana: 515,400 jobsIndiana515,400Wisconsin: 454,600 jobsWisconsin454,600North Carolina: 453,200 jobsNorth Carolina453,200Georgia: 427,000 jobsGeorgia427,000Florida: 424,900 jobsFlorida424,900New York: 399,500 jobsNew York399,500Tennessee: 352,000 jobsTennessee352,000Minnesota: 316,300 jobsMinnesota316,300Alabama: 283,100 jobsAlabama283,100Missouri: 277,900 jobsMissouri277,900Washington: 269,700 jobsWashington269,700South Carolina: 261,900 jobsSouth Carolina261,900Kentucky: 250,900 jobsKentucky250,900New Jersey: 249,200 jobsNew Jersey249,200Virginia: 232,300 jobsVirginia232,300Massachusetts: 227,300 jobsMassachusetts227,300Iowa: 214,100 jobsIowa214,100Arizona: 191,900 jobsArizona191,900Oregon: 178,800 jobsOregon178,800Kansas: 172,400 jobsKansas172,400Arkansas: 158,500 jobsArkansas158,500Utah: 154,300 jobsUtah154,300Connecticut: 151,200 jobsConnecticut151,200Colorado: 145,400 jobsColorado145,400Louisiana: 141,900 jobsLouisiana141,900Oklahoma: 138,900 jobsOklahoma138,900Mississippi: 138,600 jobsMississippi138,600Maryland: 110,100 jobsMaryland110,100Nebraska: 102,400 jobsNebraska102,400Idaho: 75,700 jobsIdaho75,700Nevada: 68,300 jobsNevada68,300New Hampshire: 67,000 jobsNew Hampshire67,000Maine: 51,300 jobsMaine51,300West Virginia: 45,000 jobsWest Virginia45,000South Dakota: 43,500 jobsSouth Dakota43,500Rhode Island: 39,100 jobsRhode Island39,100North Dakota: 28,000 jobsNorth Dakota28,000New Mexico: 27,900 jobsNew Mexico27,900Vermont: 27,400 jobsVermont27,400Delaware: 26,500 jobsDelaware26,500Montana: 20,500 jobsMontana20,500Hawaii: 13,000 jobsHawaii13,000Alaska: 12,700 jobsAlaska12,700Wyoming: 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

RankStatesDecember 2025
jobs		Change on December 2024
1California1,213,100-1.7%
2Texas981,100-0.7%
3Ohio679,300+0.1%
4Michigan582,500-2.2%
5Illinois562,500-2.1%
6Pennsylvania552,400-1.6%
7Indiana515,400-0.8%
8Wisconsin454,600-1.4%
9North Carolina453,200-2.2%
10Georgia427,000-0.3%
11Florida424,900-0.6%
12New York399,500-2.8%
13Tennessee352,000-2.3%
14Minnesota316,300-0.3%
15Alabama283,100-0.7%
16Missouri277,900-2%
17Washington269,700-2.1%
18South Carolina261,900-0.5%
19Kentucky250,900-1.6%
20New Jersey249,200-1.9%
21Virginia232,300-4%
22Massachusetts227,300-0.7%
23Iowa214,100-1.6%
24Arizona191,900-1%
25Oregon178,800-2.5%
26Kansas172,400-0.7%
27Arkansas158,500-1.8%
28Utah154,300+0.5%
29Connecticut151,200-2.1%
30Colorado145,400-2.2%
31Louisiana141,900+1.6%
32Oklahoma138,900-1.8%
33Mississippi138,600-0.9%
34Maryland110,100-0.9%
35Nebraska102,400-1.5%
36Idaho75,700+0.3%
37Nevada68,300+1.2%
38New Hampshire67,000-1.3%
39Maine51,300-0.4%
40West Virginia45,000-1.1%
41South Dakota43,500-2.2%
42Rhode Island39,100-1%
43North Dakota28,000-0.4%
44New Mexico27,900-2.4%
45Vermont27,400-0.4%
46Delaware26,500-0.4%
47Montana20,500-3.3%
48Hawaii13,000-0.8%
49Alaska12,700+4.1%
50Wyoming10,400-1%
51District of Columbia1,000-9.1%

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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, 2025-12) [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, 2025-12. 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=2025-12. 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, 2025-12. 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=2025-12.

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

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Which state has the highest manufacturing payroll employment?

California, with 1,213,100 jobs in December 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 December 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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