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US states by manufacturing payroll employment

California had the highest manufacturing payroll employment of 51 states in January 2026, at 1,214,300 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 12,582,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,214,300California
Lowest1,000District of Columbia
Median172,80051 states
United States12,582,000History

Map of states, January 2026

Alabama: 283,200 jobsAlaska: 12,500 jobsArizona: 192,800 jobsArkansas: 159,000 jobsCalifornia: 1,214,300 jobsColorado: 144,300 jobsConnecticut: 152,200 jobsDelaware: 26,300 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 1,000 jobsFlorida: 428,700 jobsGeorgia: 425,700 jobsHawaii: 13,100 jobsIdaho: 76,000 jobsIllinois: 569,200 jobsIndiana: 515,700 jobsIowa: 215,100 jobsKansas: 172,800 jobsKentucky: 252,000 jobsLouisiana: 141,400 jobsMaine: 51,400 jobsMaryland: 110,700 jobsMassachusetts: 228,400 jobsMichigan: 578,700 jobsMinnesota: 314,600 jobsMississippi: 137,800 jobsMissouri: 277,900 jobsMontana: 20,700 jobsNebraska: 102,500 jobsNevada: 68,100 jobsNew Hampshire: 67,400 jobsNew Jersey: 249,400 jobsNew Mexico: 27,900 jobsNew York: 399,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 451,100 jobsNorth Dakota: 28,000 jobsOhio: 677,700 jobsOklahoma: 139,300 jobsOregon: 177,200 jobsPennsylvania: 554,400 jobsRhode Island: 39,100 jobsSouth Carolina: 261,600 jobsSouth Dakota: 43,900 jobsTennessee: 351,900 jobsTexas: 977,000 jobsUtah: 154,400 jobsVermont: 27,500 jobsVirginia: 230,200 jobsWashington: 271,000 jobsWest Virginia: 44,900 jobsWisconsin: 451,600 jobsWyoming: 10,400 jobs
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jobs, January 2026. 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, January 2026

California: 1,214,300 jobsCalifornia1,214,300Texas: 977,000 jobsTexas977,000Ohio: 677,700 jobsOhio677,700Michigan: 578,700 jobsMichigan578,700Illinois: 569,200 jobsIllinois569,200Pennsylvania: 554,400 jobsPennsylvania554,400Indiana: 515,700 jobsIndiana515,700Wisconsin: 451,600 jobsWisconsin451,600North Carolina: 451,100 jobsNorth Carolina451,100Florida: 428,700 jobsFlorida428,700Georgia: 425,700 jobsGeorgia425,700New York: 399,500 jobsNew York399,500Tennessee: 351,900 jobsTennessee351,900Minnesota: 314,600 jobsMinnesota314,600Alabama: 283,200 jobsAlabama283,200Missouri: 277,900 jobsMissouri277,900Washington: 271,000 jobsWashington271,000South Carolina: 261,600 jobsSouth Carolina261,600Kentucky: 252,000 jobsKentucky252,000New Jersey: 249,400 jobsNew Jersey249,400Virginia: 230,200 jobsVirginia230,200Massachusetts: 228,400 jobsMassachusetts228,400Iowa: 215,100 jobsIowa215,100Arizona: 192,800 jobsArizona192,800Oregon: 177,200 jobsOregon177,200Kansas: 172,800 jobsKansas172,800Arkansas: 159,000 jobsArkansas159,000Utah: 154,400 jobsUtah154,400Connecticut: 152,200 jobsConnecticut152,200Colorado: 144,300 jobsColorado144,300Louisiana: 141,400 jobsLouisiana141,400Oklahoma: 139,300 jobsOklahoma139,300Mississippi: 137,800 jobsMississippi137,800Maryland: 110,700 jobsMaryland110,700Nebraska: 102,500 jobsNebraska102,500Idaho: 76,000 jobsIdaho76,000Nevada: 68,100 jobsNevada68,100New Hampshire: 67,400 jobsNew Hampshire67,400Maine: 51,400 jobsMaine51,400West Virginia: 44,900 jobsWest Virginia44,900South Dakota: 43,900 jobsSouth Dakota43,900Rhode Island: 39,100 jobsRhode Island39,100North Dakota: 28,000 jobsNorth Dakota28,000New Mexico: 27,900 jobsNew Mexico27,900Vermont: 27,500 jobsVermont27,500Delaware: 26,300 jobsDelaware26,300Montana: 20,700 jobsMontana20,700Hawaii: 13,100 jobsHawaii13,100Alaska: 12,500 jobsAlaska12,500Wyoming: 10,400 jobsWyoming10,400District of Columbia: 1,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia1,000California: 1,214,300 jobsCalifornia1,214,300Texas: 977,000 jobsTexas977,000Ohio: 677,700 jobsOhio677,700Michigan: 578,700 jobsMichigan578,700Illinois: 569,200 jobsIllinois569,200Pennsylvania: 554,400 jobsPennsylvania554,400Indiana: 515,700 jobsIndiana515,700Wisconsin: 451,600 jobsWisconsin451,600North Carolina: 451,100 jobsNorth Carolina451,100Florida: 428,700 jobsFlorida428,700Georgia: 425,700 jobsGeorgia425,700New York: 399,500 jobsNew York399,500Tennessee: 351,900 jobsTennessee351,900Minnesota: 314,600 jobsMinnesota314,600Alabama: 283,200 jobsAlabama283,200Missouri: 277,900 jobsMissouri277,900Washington: 271,000 jobsWashington271,000South Carolina: 261,600 jobsSouth Carolina261,600Kentucky: 252,000 jobsKentucky252,000New Jersey: 249,400 jobsNew Jersey249,400Virginia: 230,200 jobsVirginia230,200Massachusetts: 228,400 jobsMassachusetts228,400Iowa: 215,100 jobsIowa215,100Arizona: 192,800 jobsArizona192,800Oregon: 177,200 jobsOregon177,200Kansas: 172,800 jobsKansas172,800Arkansas: 159,000 jobsArkansas159,000Utah: 154,400 jobsUtah154,400Connecticut: 152,200 jobsConnecticut152,200Colorado: 144,300 jobsColorado144,300Louisiana: 141,400 jobsLouisiana141,400Oklahoma: 139,300 jobsOklahoma139,300Mississippi: 137,800 jobsMississippi137,800Maryland: 110,700 jobsMaryland110,700Nebraska: 102,500 jobsNebraska102,500Idaho: 76,000 jobsIdaho76,000Nevada: 68,100 jobsNevada68,100New Hampshire: 67,400 jobsNew Hampshire67,400Maine: 51,400 jobsMaine51,400West Virginia: 44,900 jobsWest Virginia44,900South Dakota: 43,900 jobsSouth Dakota43,900Rhode Island: 39,100 jobsRhode Island39,100North Dakota: 28,000 jobsNorth Dakota28,000New Mexico: 27,900 jobsNew Mexico27,900Vermont: 27,500 jobsVermont27,500Delaware: 26,300 jobsDelaware26,300Montana: 20,700 jobsMontana20,700Hawaii: 13,100 jobsHawaii13,100Alaska: 12,500 jobsAlaska12,500Wyoming: 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

RankStatesJanuary 2026
jobs		Change on January 2025
1California1,214,300-1.5%
2Texas977,000-1%
3Ohio677,700+0.4%
4Michigan578,7000%
5Illinois569,200-0.3%
6Pennsylvania554,400-1.1%
7Indiana515,700-0.5%
8Wisconsin451,600-2.1%
9North Carolina451,100-2.7%
10Florida428,700+0.1%
11Georgia425,700-0.5%
12New York399,500-2.5%
13Tennessee351,900-2.1%
14Minnesota314,600-0.5%
15Alabama283,200-0.7%
16Missouri277,900+0.3%
17Washington271,000-1.4%
18South Carolina261,600-0.3%
19Kentucky252,000-0.6%
20New Jersey249,400-1.6%
21Virginia230,200-4.4%
22Massachusetts228,400-0.1%
23Iowa215,100-1.9%
24Arizona192,800-0.6%
25Oregon177,200-2.6%
26Kansas172,800-0.3%
27Arkansas159,000-1.1%
28Utah154,400+0.3%
29Connecticut152,200-1.3%
30Colorado144,300-2.7%
31Louisiana141,400+1.2%
32Oklahoma139,300-1.5%
33Mississippi137,800-1.5%
34Maryland110,700-0.5%
35Nebraska102,500-1.3%
36Idaho76,000+1.3%
37Nevada68,100+1.2%
38New Hampshire67,400-1%
39Maine51,400-0.2%
40West Virginia44,900-1.5%
41South Dakota43,900-1.1%
42Rhode Island39,100-0.8%
43North Dakota28,000-0.4%
44New Mexico27,900-2.4%
45Vermont27,5000%
46Delaware26,300-1.1%
47Montana20,700-3.7%
48Hawaii13,100+0.8%
49Alaska12,5000%
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, 2026-01) [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, 2026-01. 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=2026-01. 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, 2026-01. 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=2026-01.

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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, 2026-01 [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=2026-01 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which state has the highest manufacturing payroll employment?

California, with 1,214,300 jobs in January 2026, 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 January 2026.

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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