Value-added Manufacturing by State, 2002-2006

Every year, the U.S. Census Bureau compiles data at the national and state levels describing the performance of the manufacturing sector within the U.S. While the data are usually included in the Census’ Annual Survey of Manufacturers, every five years the data can instead be found in the U.S. Economic Census. SSTI has prepared a table showing the state rankings for the percent change over the five-year period from 2002 to 2006 for the total value-added manufacturing, the value of shipments, and the value-added per employee for each state and the District of Columbia.

For the U.S. as a whole, the country’s value-added increased 22.1 percent, from $1.89 trillion in 2002 to $2.3 trillion in 2006. Louisiana, Wyoming, Montana, Delaware and Hawaii, respectively, led the nation in the percent increase in value-added manufacturing over this period.

Texas led the nation in 2006 with $528 billion in shipments from manufacturers. This was followed by California with $467 billion, Ohio with $284 billion and Illinois with $243 billion in shipments. Top-ranked Hawaii experienced a 111 percent increase in the value of shipments, rising from $3.5 billion in 2002 to $7.3 billion in 2006. Louisiana, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska followed in the ranking of percent increase in shipments during the five-year period. Michigan and Idaho were the only two states to experience a decrease in the value of shipments from manufacturers during that time, as the nation’s total rose 28.2 percent from 2002 to $5.02 trillion in shipments in 2006.

The average value-added per employee in manufacturing in the U.S. as a whole increased from $128,485 in 2002 to $177,485 in 2006 – a 38.2 percent increase. Louisiana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Texas experienced the highest value-added per employee in 2006.

To see where each state is ranked in these categories, visit SSTI’s table at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/072308t.htm

The original data from the latest Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the U.S. Economic Census can be found at: http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/recent.htm

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