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Manufacturing Compass

Florida manufacturing

Private-sector manufacturing (NAICS 31–33), annual average for 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

01Core measures

Florida manufacturing in 2025

Totals and averages for all private manufacturing employers in Florida combined. They describe the industry statewide, not any individual plant or company.

Establishments

27,136

Worksites, annual average of quarterly counts

U.S.
399,936
Share of U.S.Calc
6.8%

Employment

426,975

Jobs, annual average of monthly counts

U.S.
12,579,906
Share of U.S.Calc
3.4%

Total wages

$36.9 billion

Nominal dollars, sum of four quarters

U.S.
$1.1 trillion
Share of U.S.Calc
3.3%

Average weekly wage

$1,663

Nominal dollars per job

U.S.
$1,721
vs. U.S.Calc
−3.4%

Average annual pay

$86,479

Nominal dollars per job

U.S.
$89,471
vs. U.S.Calc
−3.3%

Location quotient

0.53

Employment concentration vs. U.S.

U.S.
1.00

Manufacturing's share of all jobs in Florida is 0.53 times its share of all U.S. jobs.

Calcmarks our calculations from BLS figures (formulas below). All other values are published by BLS.

02Subsectors

Where manufacturing jobs are

The 21 three-digit NAICS manufacturing subsectors, largest employment first.

  • 336Transportation equipment manufacturing
    Employment
    57,786
    Establishments
    1,835
    Avg. annual pay
    $109,319
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +10.3%
    Location quotient
    0.52
  • 334Computer and electronic product manufacturing
    Employment
    46,819
    Establishments
    2,031
    Avg. annual pay
    $123,517
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −24.7%
    Location quotient
    0.74
  • 332Fabricated metal product manufacturing
    Employment
    45,536
    Establishments
    3,226
    Avg. annual pay
    $70,446
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −7.8%
    Location quotient
    0.50
  • 311Food manufacturing
    Employment
    39,390
    Establishments
    2,336
    Avg. annual pay
    $61,895
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −2.4%
    Location quotient
    0.35
  • 339Miscellaneous manufacturing
    Employment
    37,404
    Establishments
    3,444
    Avg. annual pay
    $87,169
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +0.8%
    Location quotient
    0.96
  • 333Machinery manufacturing
    Employment
    35,472
    Establishments
    2,254
    Avg. annual pay
    $89,092
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −1.9%
    Location quotient
    0.51
  • 325Chemical manufacturing
    Employment
    29,455
    Establishments
    1,850
    Avg. annual pay
    $99,556
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −19.3%
    Location quotient
    0.52
  • 327Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
    Employment
    25,404
    Establishments
    1,411
    Avg. annual pay
    $77,309
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −1.8%
    Location quotient
    0.96
  • 323Printing and related support activities
    Employment
    15,179
    Establishments
    1,949
    Avg. annual pay
    $67,199
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +6.3%
    Location quotient
    0.69
  • 326Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
    Employment
    14,388
    Establishments
    834
    Avg. annual pay
    $70,288
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −0.9%
    Location quotient
    0.32
  • 321Wood product manufacturing
    Employment
    14,213
    Establishments
    857
    Avg. annual pay
    $65,993
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +2.7%
    Location quotient
    0.56
  • 312Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
    Employment
    13,732
    Establishments
    734
    Avg. annual pay
    $71,764
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +11.9%
    Location quotient
    0.66
  • 337Furniture and related product manufacturing
    Employment
    13,407
    Establishments
    1,549
    Avg. annual pay
    $59,782
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −3.8%
    Location quotient
    0.63
  • 335Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
    Employment
    11,982
    Establishments
    901
    Avg. annual pay
    $86,598
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −3.8%
    Location quotient
    0.43
  • 322Paper manufacturing
    Employment
    7,483
    Establishments
    294
    Avg. annual pay
    $91,791
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +7.8%
    Location quotient
    0.33
  • 331Primary metal manufacturing
    Employment
    6,158
    Establishments
    347
    Avg. annual pay
    $82,869
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −11.3%
    Location quotient
    0.27
  • 314Textile product mills
    Employment
    4,330
    Establishments
    475
    Avg. annual pay
    $54,563
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −4.5%
    Location quotient
    0.73
  • 324Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
    Employment
    3,834
    Establishments
    148
    Avg. annual pay
    $86,959
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −39.5%
    Location quotient
    0.55
  • 315Apparel manufacturing
    Employment
    3,232
    Establishments
    421
    Avg. annual pay
    $54,846
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −8.2%
    Location quotient
    0.64
  • 316Leather and allied product manufacturing
    Employment
    1,068
    Establishments
    106
    Avg. annual pay
    $56,655
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −5.9%
    Location quotient
    0.71
  • 313Textile mills
    Employment
    703
    Establishments
    134
    Avg. annual pay
    $89,203
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +41.6%
    Location quotient
    0.14

03By year

Florida manufacturing, 2022–2025

Wages are in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation). BLS cautions that QCEW is not designed as a time series, so treat year-to-year differences as indicative.

Private manufacturing in Florida by year, annual averages, nominal dollars
YearEmploymentAvg. annual payvs. U.S.Calc
2022408,338$74,594−6.2%
2023420,942$78,321−5.2%
2024427,497$81,973−4.1%
2025426,975$86,479−3.3%

04About this data

Source, definitions, and limits

Source
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
File
data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/31_33.csv
Retrieved
October 12, 2026 (UTC)
Period
Annual average, 2025 (final BLS data)
Industry
NAICS 2022, sector 31–33 and its three-digit subsectors
Ownership
Private employers only
Geography
Statewide; compared with the U.S. total
Citation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).

What these numbers cover

  • Jobs reported to state unemployment insurance programs, about 95% of U.S. wage and salary jobs. Self-employed workers and proprietors are excluded; people with two jobs may be counted twice.
  • Averages describe all employers combined and do not represent any single manufacturer. Where a subsector has few establishments or jobs, its averages can swing widely and are less representative.
  • Not disclosed: BLS withheld the value to protect employer confidentiality. It is never shown as zero. No BLS data: BLS publishes no figures for that combination.

Calculations

  • Share of U.S. = state value ÷ U.S. value.
  • vs. U.S. = state value ÷ U.S. value − 1.
  • Both inputs come from the same BLS file: same year, industry, and ownership. Not calculated when either value is withheld (shown as —).
  • Location quotient is published by BLS: the industry's share of all local jobs (all industries and ownerships) divided by its share nationally.

Read our methodology