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Machinery share of manufacturing jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Machinery share of manufacturing jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Manufacturing jobs, pay and industries by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 31-33, 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 8.8 (United States).

Washington: 5.2Idaho: 6.4Montana: 6.7North Dakota: 22.6Minnesota: 11.1Michigan: 11.8Ohio: 11.3Pennsylvania: 8.5New York: 9.4Vermont: 9.9New Hampshire: 11.7Maine: 4.9Arizona: 4.3California: 6New Mexico: 6.8Texas: 9.1Louisiana: 6.6Mississippi: 7.9Alabama: 3.9Florida: 7.7Georgia: 6.6South Carolina: 9.6North Carolina: 8.1Virginia: 6.6District of Columbia: 0.9Maryland: 6.4Delaware: 2.6New Jersey: 6.1Connecticut: 9.2Rhode Island: 4.6Massachusetts: 8Oregon: 8.9Utah: 4.8Wyoming: 15.5Nevada: 3.9Colorado: 10.1South Dakota: 13Nebraska: 10.5Kansas: 12Oklahoma: 17.8Iowa: 18.5Missouri: 12.6Wisconsin: 12.8Illinois: 11.4Kentucky: 5.9Arkansas: 9.6Tennessee: 7.3West Virginia: 4.6Indiana: 6.7Alaska: 0.2Hawaii: 0.9

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.2 to 4.9 %
  • Group 2: 4.9 to 6.7 %
  • Group 3: 6.7 to 9.1 %
  • Group 4: 9.1 to 11.4 %
  • Highest: 11.4 to 22.6 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1North Dakota22.6
2Iowa18.5
3Oklahoma17.8
4Wyoming15.5
5South Dakota13
6Wisconsin12.8
7Missouri12.6
8Kansas12
9Michigan11.8
10New Hampshire11.7
11Illinois11.4
12Ohio11.3
13Minnesota11.1
14Nebraska10.5
15Colorado10.1
16Vermont9.9
17Arkansas9.6
17South Carolina9.6
19New York9.4
20Connecticut9.2
21Texas9.1
22Oregon8.9
23Pennsylvania8.5
24North Carolina8.1
25Massachusetts8
26Mississippi7.9
27Florida7.7
28Tennessee7.3
29New Mexico6.8
30Indiana6.7
30Montana6.7
32Georgia6.6
32Louisiana6.6
32Virginia6.6
35Idaho6.4
35Maryland6.4
37New Jersey6.1
38California6
39Kentucky5.9
40Washington5.2
41Maine4.9
42Utah4.8
43Rhode Island4.6
43West Virginia4.6
45Arizona4.3
46Alabama3.9
46Nevada3.9
48Delaware2.6
49District of Columbia0.9
49Hawaii0.9
51Alaska0.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 31-33, 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by machinery share of manufacturing jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 31-33 (manufacturing) and subsectors 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-machinery-share-of-manufacturing-jobs/

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