Home to 22,000 manufacturers and more than a million industrial workers, California is the largest manufacturing state in the U.S. The state's abundance of skilled labor and access to capital has drawn some key innovative enterprises to its borders, particularly in the aerospace and electronics industries. Today, we're focusing on the latest trends in California manufacturing, including the state's top industries and cities, and we'll also explore its ten largest manufacturing companies.

In 2023, the finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing industry added the most value to California's gross domestic product, adding 577.27 billion chained 2017 U.S. dollars. The information industry added 452.26 billion U.S. dollars to the state GDP in that year.

In 2021, Apple was the largest publicly traded company in California based on revenue. That year, they had a revenue of ****** billion U.S. dollars. Alphabet, Chevron, Wells Fargo and Meta rounded out the top five publicly traded companies in California. Apple Apple is a multinational company headquartered in California. It was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Known for their popular iPhones and Mac computers, they have further expanded into other products such as iPods, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Air Pods, and Apple Pay. It is now one of the world’s largest and most valuable companies. Their worldwide revenue has increased dramatically since 2004, with the largest share of their sales since 2012 coming from the Americas. Despite being one of the most successful technology companies, it has faced a lot of criticism from consumers. Some of the criticisms include tax avoidance, sweatshop use, and environmental destruction. Fortune 500 Companies In 2021, New York and California had the highest number of Fortune 500 companies, followed by Texas, Illinois, and Ohio. For New York, this can be attributed to its being the financial and cultural hub of the country. Fortune 500 Companies are ranked by Fortune magazine, which ranks the the top 500 companies in the United States based on revenue. Companies on this list are both publicly and privately held. The companies that get listed have changed over the years, for a variety of reasons such as company acquisitions, bankruptcies, and changes in the economy.

The Major Label Music Production industry in California is expected to grow an annualized x.x% to $x.x billion over the five years to 2025, while the national industry will likely grow at x.x% during the same period. Industry establishments increased an annualized x.x% to xxx locations. Industry employment has increased an annualized x.x% to x,xxx workers, while industry wages have increased an annualized x.x% to $x.x billion.

This statistic shows the number of business establishments in California in 2022 by industry. In 2022, the professional, scientific, and technical services industry had the greatest number of business establishments, with ******* registered in the state that year.

Graph and download economic data for Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Madera County, CA (GDPALL06039) from 2001 to 2023 about Madera County, CA; Madera; CA; industry; GDP; and USA.

The U.S. manufacturing sector plays a central role in the economy, accounting for 20% of U.S. capital investment, 60% of the nation's exports and 70% of business R&D. Overall, the sector's market size, measured in terms of revenue is worth roughly $6 trillion, making it a major industry to do business with. So which U.S. states are the biggest for manufacturing? This article will explore the nation's top manufacturing states, measured by number of employees, based on MNI's database of 400,000 U.S. manufacturing companies.

The Major Household Appliance Manufacturing industry in California is expected to decline an annualized -x% to $x.x million over the five years to 2025, while the national industry will likely decline at -x.x% during the same period. Industry establishments decreased an annualized -x.x% to xx locations. Industry employment has decreased an annualized -x.x% to xxx workers, while industry wages have decreased an annualized -x.x% to $x.x million.

In 2024, Allied Universal was the largest company headquartered in California, employing about ******* people. Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo Capital II, Wells Fargo, and Continental. rounded out the top five employers headquartered in California that year.

Personal Income Tax Statistics for California resident sole proprietorships by major industry.

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

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at basic prices, by various North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) aggregates, by Industry, volume measures, (dollars x 1,000,000), monthly, 5 most recent time periods.

This graph shows the GDP of the Los Angeles metro area in 2022, by industry. In 2022, its GDP amounted to about **** trillion U.S. dollars. About **** billion U.S. dollars were generated by the manufacturing industry. The overall quarterly GDP growth in the United States can be found here.

Gross domestic product of Los Angeles

With a population of over *** million inhabitants in 2011, Los Angeles is the second largest city in America, following only New York. The Los Angeles metro area also ranked second among U.S. metro areas in terms of gross metropolitan product, second again only to New York City metro area, which came in with a GMP of USD ***** trillion to Los Angeles’ *** billion USD in 2011. Chicago metro area ranked third with GMP of *** billion U.S. dollars. Washington metro area ranked fourth with *** billion U.S. dollars in 2011. Additional detailed statistics about GDP and GMP in the United States is available here.

Despite Los Angeles’ high GDP, L.A. did not do as well as some cities in terms of median household income. Los Angeles ranked 11th with a median household income of ****** U.S. dollars annually in 2013. This was lower than the median household income of the United States in 2013, which came in at ****** U.S. dollars annually.

Located in Southern California, Los Angeles is home to Hollywood, the famous epicenter of the U.S. film and television industries. The United States is one of the leading film markets worldwide, producing *** films in 2011, many of them produced by Hollywood-based studios. In 2012, movie ticket sales in North America generated over **** billion U.S. dollars in box office revenue. Famous Hollywood actresses earn millions annually, with the best paid, Angelina Jolie, earning ** million U.S. dollars between ********* and *********. Second on the list was Jennifer Lawrence with earnings of ** million U.S. dollars.

Number of Pennsylvania companies appearing in the annual Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America by industry (top industries in 2020 ranked by number of companies)

In 2023, around **** million people were working in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry in California -- the most out of any industry. The education and health services industry employed the second most people in the state, at *** million.

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

Multifactor productivity, value-added, capital input and labour input in the aggregate business sector and major sub-sectors, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), annual (index, 2002=100).

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.

Multifactor productivity and related variables in the aggregate business sector and major sub-sectors, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), provinces.

Major wage settlements, including number of agreements, number of employees, average duration of agreements, first year average percentage wage adjustment, and annual average percentage wage adjustment, by jurisdiction, industry, sector, and cost of living adjustment (COLA), quarterly, from 1977 to 2020.