Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Manufacturing (MANEMP) from Jan 1939 to Sep 2025 about headline figure, establishment survey, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

In August 2025, manufacturing sector employment in the United States decreased by 12,000 compared to the previous month. The data are seasonally adjusted. According to the BLS, the data is derived from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program which surveys each month about 140,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 440,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment.

This statistic depicts the employment change of the manufacturing sector in the United States between 2014 and 2024. The plastics product manufacturing industry's employment is expected to decrease by ** percent between 2014 and 2024.

This statistic shows the number of private sector manufacturing employees in the United States from 1985 to 2024. In 2024, roughly ***** million people were employed in the private sector manufacturing industry.

Graph and download economic data for Employment for Manufacturing: Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing (NAICS 3365) in the United States (IPUEN3365W200000000) from 1987 to 2024 about railroad, stocks, NAICS, IP, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Employment for Manufacturing: Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 3363) in the United States (IPUEN3363W201000000) from 1988 to 2024 about parts, NAICS, IP, vehicles, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

In 2024, the education and health services industry employed the largest number of people in the United States. That year, about 37 million people were employed in the education and health services industry. Education and Health Services Industry Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the United States has started to fall behind in both education and the health care industry. Although the U.S. spends the most money in both these industries, they do not see their desired results in comparison to other nations. Furthermore, in the education services industry, there was a relatively significant wage gap between men and women. In 2019, men earned about 1,070 U.S. dollars per week on average, while their female counterparts only earned 773 U.S. dollars per week. Employment in the U.S. The 2008 financial crisis was a large-scale event that impacted the entire world, especially the United States. The economy started to improve after 2010, and the number of people employed in the United States has been steadily increasing since then. However, the number of people employed in the education sector is expected to slowly decrease until 2026. The overall unemployment rate in the United States has decreased since 2010 as well.

Graph and download economic data for Employment for Manufacturing: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335) in the United States (IPUEN335W201000000) from 1988 to 2024 about appliances, electronics, NAICS, IP, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

Manufacturing Payrolls in the United States decreased by 6 thousand in September of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Manufacturing Payrolls - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In August 2025, the agriculture and related private wage and salary workers industry had the highest unemployment rate in the United States, at seven percent. In comparison, financial activities workers had the lowest unemployment rate, at 1.6 percent. The average for all industries was 4.5 percent. U.S. unemployment There are several factors that impact unemployment, as it fluctuates with the state of the economy. Unfortunately, the forecasted unemployment rate in the United States is expected to increase as we head into the latter half of the decade. Those with a bachelor’s degree or higher saw the lowest unemployment rate from 1992 to 2022 in the United States, which is attributed to the fact that higher levels of education are seen as more desirable in the workforce. Nevada unemployment Nevada is one of the states with the highest unemployment rates in the country and Vermont typically has one of the lowest unemployment rates. These are seasonally adjusted rates, which means that seasonal factors such as holiday periods and weather events that influence employment periods are removed. Nevada's economy consists of industries that are currently suffering high unemployment rates such as tourism. As of May 2023, about 5.4 percent of Nevada's population was unemployed, possibly due to the lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Union membership in the manufacturing industry has seen a rapid decline since the turn of the century. In 2000, rates of union membership were relatively high in the manufacturing industry compared to the all-industry average, with 14.9 percent of workers being part of a union. However, while still higher than average, the rate reached a record low in 2021 at 7.7 percent. This did increase slightly in the following years, while the all-industry average declined again.

Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and type of employee, last 5 years.

The statistic shows the distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in China from 2014 to 2024. In 2024, around 22.2 percent of the workforce were employed in the agricultural sector, 29 percent in the industrial sector and 48.8 percent in the service sector. In 2022, the share of agriculture had increased for the first time in more than two decades, which highlights the difficult situation of the labor market due to the pandemic and economic downturn at the end of the year. Distribution of the workforce in China In 2012, China became the largest exporting country worldwide with an export value of about two trillion U.S. dollars. China’s economic system is largely based on growth and export, with the manufacturing sector being a crucial contributor to the country’s export competitiveness. Economic development was accompanied by a steady rise of labor costs, as well as a significant slowdown in labor force growth. These changes present a serious threat to the era of China as the world’s factory. The share of workforce in agriculture also steadily decreased in China until 2021, while the agricultural gross production value displayed continuous growth, amounting to approximately 7.8 trillion yuan in 2021. Development of the service sector Since 2011, the largest share of China’s labor force has been employed in the service sector. However, compared with developed countries, such as Japan or the United States, where 73 and 79 percent of the work force were active in services in 2023 respectively, the proportion of people working in the tertiary sector in China has been relatively low. The Chinese government aims to continue economic reform by moving from an emphasis on investment to consumption, among other measures. This might lead to a stronger service economy. Meanwhile, the size of the urban middle class in China is growing steadily. A growing number of affluent middle class consumers could promote consumption and help China move towards a balanced economy.

Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and data type (seasonally adjusted, trend-cycle and unadjusted), last 5 months. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), gender and age group.

This data package includes the underlying data files to replicate the data and charts presented in Is the United States undergoing a manufacturing renaissance that will boost the middle class? by Robert Z. Lawrence, PIIE Policy Brief 24-12.

If you use the data, please cite as: Lawrence, Robert Z. 2024. Is the United States undergoing a manufacturing renaissance that will boost the middle class? PIIE Policy Brief 24-12. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Business tendency surveys (manufacturing): Employment: Future Tendency: National indicator for the United States was -3.38119 Percentage in November of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Business tendency surveys (manufacturing): Employment: Future Tendency: National indicator for the United States reached a record high of 34.96847 in January of 1973 and a record low of -46.90177 in February of 2009. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Business tendency surveys (manufacturing): Employment: Future Tendency: National indicator for the United States - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

The number of manufacturing enterprises in the United States was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 6.7 thousand enterprises (-2.21 percent). After the fourteenth consecutive decreasing year, the number is estimated to reach 297.07 thousand enterprises and therefore a new minimum in 2029. According to the OECD an enterprise is defined as the smallest combination of legal units, which is an organisational unit producing services or goods, that benefits from a degree of autonomy with regards to the allocation of resources and decision making. Depicted here are enterprises in the industrial sector of manufacturing, as defined in the ISIC classification framework.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

Graph and download economic data for Employment for Manufacturing: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Production (NAICS 3311) in the United States (IPUEN3311W200000000) from 1987 to 2024 about ferroalloy, iron, mills, steel, NAICS, IP, production, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

This statistic displays the employment distribution among U.S. veterans in 2024, distinguished by industry. In 2024, about **** percent of employed veterans were working in manufacturing.