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US states by manufacturing payroll employment

California had the highest manufacturing payroll employment of 51 states in July 2026, at 1,203,000 jobs. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 1,000 jobs. The median was 173,200 jobs and the figure for the United States was 12,628,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,203,000California
Lowest1,000District of Columbia
Median173,20051 states
United States12,628,000History

Map of states, July 2026

Alabama: 280,600 jobsAlaska: 12,900 jobsArizona: 191,900 jobsArkansas: 159,000 jobsCalifornia: 1,203,000 jobsColorado: 144,500 jobsConnecticut: 157,000 jobsDelaware: 25,700 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 1,000 jobsFlorida: 430,000 jobsGeorgia: 426,000 jobsHawaii: 12,700 jobsIdaho: 77,000 jobsIllinois: 571,300 jobsIndiana: 513,400 jobsIowa: 212,900 jobsKansas: 173,500 jobsKentucky: 249,100 jobsLouisiana: 143,600 jobsMaine: 51,100 jobsMaryland: 111,600 jobsMassachusetts: 228,300 jobsMichigan: 585,300 jobsMinnesota: 322,500 jobsMississippi: 138,200 jobsMissouri: 279,900 jobsMontana: 20,600 jobsNebraska: 97,500 jobsNevada: 68,300 jobsNew Hampshire: 67,600 jobsNew Jersey: 248,700 jobsNew Mexico: 28,000 jobsNew York: 397,100 jobsNorth Carolina: 449,800 jobsNorth Dakota: 27,700 jobsOhio: 689,000 jobsOklahoma: 139,600 jobsOregon: 173,200 jobsPennsylvania: 557,500 jobsRhode Island: 40,200 jobsSouth Carolina: 264,800 jobsSouth Dakota: 44,000 jobsTennessee: 355,500 jobsTexas: 980,600 jobsUtah: 154,600 jobsVermont: 27,800 jobsVirginia: 230,500 jobsWashington: 275,800 jobsWest Virginia: 45,100 jobsWisconsin: 458,100 jobsWyoming: 10,300 jobs
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jobs, July 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, July 2026

California: 1,203,000 jobsCalifornia1,203,000Texas: 980,600 jobsTexas980,600Ohio: 689,000 jobsOhio689,000Michigan: 585,300 jobsMichigan585,300Illinois: 571,300 jobsIllinois571,300Pennsylvania: 557,500 jobsPennsylvania557,500Indiana: 513,400 jobsIndiana513,400Wisconsin: 458,100 jobsWisconsin458,100North Carolina: 449,800 jobsNorth Carolina449,800Florida: 430,000 jobsFlorida430,000Georgia: 426,000 jobsGeorgia426,000New York: 397,100 jobsNew York397,100Tennessee: 355,500 jobsTennessee355,500Minnesota: 322,500 jobsMinnesota322,500Alabama: 280,600 jobsAlabama280,600Missouri: 279,900 jobsMissouri279,900Washington: 275,800 jobsWashington275,800South Carolina: 264,800 jobsSouth Carolina264,800Kentucky: 249,100 jobsKentucky249,100New Jersey: 248,700 jobsNew Jersey248,700Virginia: 230,500 jobsVirginia230,500Massachusetts: 228,300 jobsMassachusetts228,300Iowa: 212,900 jobsIowa212,900Arizona: 191,900 jobsArizona191,900Kansas: 173,500 jobsKansas173,500Oregon: 173,200 jobsOregon173,200Arkansas: 159,000 jobsArkansas159,000Connecticut: 157,000 jobsConnecticut157,000Utah: 154,600 jobsUtah154,600Colorado: 144,500 jobsColorado144,500Louisiana: 143,600 jobsLouisiana143,600Oklahoma: 139,600 jobsOklahoma139,600Mississippi: 138,200 jobsMississippi138,200Maryland: 111,600 jobsMaryland111,600Nebraska: 97,500 jobsNebraska97,500Idaho: 77,000 jobsIdaho77,000Nevada: 68,300 jobsNevada68,300New Hampshire: 67,600 jobsNew Hampshire67,600Maine: 51,100 jobsMaine51,100West Virginia: 45,100 jobsWest Virginia45,100South Dakota: 44,000 jobsSouth Dakota44,000Rhode Island: 40,200 jobsRhode Island40,200New Mexico: 28,000 jobsNew Mexico28,000Vermont: 27,800 jobsVermont27,800North Dakota: 27,700 jobsNorth Dakota27,700Delaware: 25,700 jobsDelaware25,700Montana: 20,600 jobsMontana20,600Alaska: 12,900 jobsAlaska12,900Hawaii: 12,700 jobsHawaii12,700Wyoming: 10,300 jobsWyoming10,300District of Columbia: 1,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia1,000California: 1,203,000 jobsCalifornia1,203,000Texas: 980,600 jobsTexas980,600Ohio: 689,000 jobsOhio689,000Michigan: 585,300 jobsMichigan585,300Illinois: 571,300 jobsIllinois571,300Pennsylvania: 557,500 jobsPennsylvania557,500Indiana: 513,400 jobsIndiana513,400Wisconsin: 458,100 jobsWisconsin458,100North Carolina: 449,800 jobsNorth Carolina449,800Florida: 430,000 jobsFlorida430,000Georgia: 426,000 jobsGeorgia426,000New York: 397,100 jobsNew York397,100Tennessee: 355,500 jobsTennessee355,500Minnesota: 322,500 jobsMinnesota322,500Alabama: 280,600 jobsAlabama280,600Missouri: 279,900 jobsMissouri279,900Washington: 275,800 jobsWashington275,800South Carolina: 264,800 jobsSouth Carolina264,800Kentucky: 249,100 jobsKentucky249,100New Jersey: 248,700 jobsNew Jersey248,700Virginia: 230,500 jobsVirginia230,500Massachusetts: 228,300 jobsMassachusetts228,300Iowa: 212,900 jobsIowa212,900Arizona: 191,900 jobsArizona191,900Kansas: 173,500 jobsKansas173,500Oregon: 173,200 jobsOregon173,200Arkansas: 159,000 jobsArkansas159,000Connecticut: 157,000 jobsConnecticut157,000Utah: 154,600 jobsUtah154,600Colorado: 144,500 jobsColorado144,500Louisiana: 143,600 jobsLouisiana143,600Oklahoma: 139,600 jobsOklahoma139,600Mississippi: 138,200 jobsMississippi138,200Maryland: 111,600 jobsMaryland111,600Nebraska: 97,500 jobsNebraska97,500Idaho: 77,000 jobsIdaho77,000Nevada: 68,300 jobsNevada68,300New Hampshire: 67,600 jobsNew Hampshire67,600Maine: 51,100 jobsMaine51,100West Virginia: 45,100 jobsWest Virginia45,100South Dakota: 44,000 jobsSouth Dakota44,000Rhode Island: 40,200 jobsRhode Island40,200New Mexico: 28,000 jobsNew Mexico28,000Vermont: 27,800 jobsVermont27,800North Dakota: 27,700 jobsNorth Dakota27,700Delaware: 25,700 jobsDelaware25,700Montana: 20,600 jobsMontana20,600Alaska: 12,900 jobsAlaska12,900Hawaii: 12,700 jobsHawaii12,700Wyoming: 10,300 jobsWyoming10,300District 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

RankStatesJuly 2026
jobs		Change on July 2025
1California1,203,000-0.9%
2Texas980,600-0.5%
3Ohio689,000+2%
4Michigan585,300-0.2%
5Illinois571,300+0.4%
6Pennsylvania557,500+0.3%
7Indiana513,400-0.1%
8Wisconsin458,100-0.1%
9North Carolina449,800-2%
10Florida430,000+0.9%
11Georgia426,000+0.4%
12New York397,100-1.8%
13Tennessee355,500+0.3%
14Minnesota322,500+2.8%
15Alabama280,600-0.9%
16Missouri279,900-1.1%
17Washington275,800+2%
18South Carolina264,800+1.1%
19Kentucky249,100-1.3%
20New Jersey248,700-1.3%
21Virginia230,500-2.8%
22Massachusetts228,300+1.1%
23Iowa212,900-1%
24Arizona191,900-0.3%
25Kansas173,500+0.6%
26Oregon173,200-3.3%
27Arkansas159,000+0.1%
28Connecticut157,000+3.2%
29Utah154,600+0.4%
30Colorado144,500-0.9%
31Louisiana143,600+2.2%
32Oklahoma139,600-0.4%
33Mississippi138,200-0.4%
34Maryland111,600+1.4%
35Nebraska97,500-4.6%
36Idaho77,000+2.5%
37Nevada68,300-0.1%
38New Hampshire67,6000%
39Maine51,100-0.4%
40West Virginia45,100-0.2%
41South Dakota44,000-0.2%
42Rhode Island40,200+2.6%
43New Mexico28,000-0.4%
44Vermont27,800+1.5%
45North Dakota27,7000%
46Delaware25,700-4.8%
47Montana20,600-2.4%
48Alaska12,900+4%
49Hawaii12,700-2.3%
50Wyoming10,300-1.9%
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, 2026-07) [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, 2026-07. 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=2026-07. 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, 2026-07. 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=2026-07.

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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, 2026-07 [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=2026-07 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which state has the highest manufacturing payroll employment?

California, with 1,203,000 jobs in July 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 July 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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