U.S. Manufacturing Is the World's Eighth-Largest Economy
Industry Multiplier Effects
Manufacturing Companies by Number of Employees
Manufacturing Sectors by Employment
Manufacturing Sectors by Output
Number of Jobs in Manufacturing in the U.S.
Number of Jobs Supported by Manufacturing in Other Sectors
Change in Manufacturing Jobs by State since 2009
Change in Manufacturing Jobs by Region since 1996
Manufacturing as a Percentage of State Economies
Manufacturing Sector Size in Selected Countries
Manufacturing's Impact on Living Standards
Manufacturing's Impact on Productivity
Where Manufacturing Goods are used in the U.S. Economy
Manufacturing Sector Profitability
The size of companies in the manufacturing space can be measured in two different ways. The first is by firm size, represented in the top graph, with a total of 254,941 firms in the manufacturing sector in the United States. The other is by plant size, where individual firms can have multiple plants. This is represented in the bottom graph, with the a total of 295,643 plants, or establishments, in the United States.