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Manufacturing Compass

New York 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

New York manufacturing in 2025

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

Establishments

17,608

Worksites, annual average of quarterly counts

U.S.
399,936
Share of U.S.Calc
4.4%

Employment

401,267

Jobs, annual average of monthly counts

U.S.
12,579,906
Share of U.S.Calc
3.2%

Total wages

$35 billion

Nominal dollars, sum of four quarters

U.S.
$1.1 trillion
Share of U.S.Calc
3.1%

Average weekly wage

$1,678

Nominal dollars per job

U.S.
$1,721
vs. U.S.Calc
−2.5%

Average annual pay

$87,280

Nominal dollars per job

U.S.
$89,471
vs. U.S.Calc
−2.4%

Location quotient

0.51

Employment concentration vs. U.S.

U.S.
1.00

Manufacturing's share of all jobs in New York is 0.51 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.

  • 311Food manufacturing
    Employment
    60,316
    Establishments
    2,684
    Avg. annual pay
    $63,270
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −0.2%
    Location quotient
    0.54
  • 334Computer and electronic product manufacturing
    Employment
    51,369
    Establishments
    1,182
    Avg. annual pay
    $131,877
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −19.6%
    Location quotient
    0.82
  • 332Fabricated metal product manufacturing
    Employment
    43,348
    Establishments
    2,143
    Avg. annual pay
    $78,105
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +2.3%
    Location quotient
    0.48
  • 325Chemical manufacturing
    Employment
    40,514
    Establishments
    937
    Avg. annual pay
    $106,470
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −13.7%
    Location quotient
    0.72
  • 333Machinery manufacturing
    Employment
    32,926
    Establishments
    1,008
    Avg. annual pay
    $92,341
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +1.7%
    Location quotient
    0.48
  • 339Miscellaneous manufacturing
    Employment
    26,223
    Establishments
    1,942
    Avg. annual pay
    $81,383
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −5.9%
    Location quotient
    0.68
  • 326Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
    Employment
    18,467
    Establishments
    457
    Avg. annual pay
    $76,086
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +7.2%
    Location quotient
    0.42
  • 336Transportation equipment manufacturing
    Employment
    17,454
    Establishments
    410
    Avg. annual pay
    $96,062
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −3.1%
    Location quotient
    0.16
  • 323Printing and related support activities
    Employment
    15,308
    Establishments
    1,444
    Avg. annual pay
    $69,807
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +10.4%
    Location quotient
    0.71
  • 327Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
    Employment
    15,020
    Establishments
    725
    Avg. annual pay
    $82,540
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +4.8%
    Location quotient
    0.58
  • 312Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
    Employment
    14,148
    Establishments
    963
    Avg. annual pay
    $53,713
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −16.2%
    Location quotient
    0.69
  • 335Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
    Employment
    13,326
    Establishments
    432
    Avg. annual pay
    $98,126
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +9.0%
    Location quotient
    0.49
  • 322Paper manufacturing
    Employment
    12,682
    Establishments
    245
    Avg. annual pay
    $83,858
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −1.5%
    Location quotient
    0.57
  • 337Furniture and related product manufacturing
    Employment
    9,950
    Establishments
    916
    Avg. annual pay
    $69,764
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +12.3%
    Location quotient
    0.48
  • 331Primary metal manufacturing
    Employment
    9,331
    Establishments
    207
    Avg. annual pay
    $90,451
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −3.2%
    Location quotient
    0.41
  • 315Apparel manufacturing
    Employment
    7,182
    Establishments
    798
    Avg. annual pay
    $73,430
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +23.0%
    Location quotient
    1.45
  • 321Wood product manufacturing
    Employment
    6,764
    Establishments
    490
    Avg. annual pay
    $64,414
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +0.2%
    Location quotient
    0.27
  • 314Textile product mills
    Employment
    2,447
    Establishments
    263
    Avg. annual pay
    $62,170
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +8.8%
    Location quotient
    0.42
  • 313Textile mills
    Employment
    1,809
    Establishments
    155
    Avg. annual pay
    $79,623
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +26.4%
    Location quotient
    0.35
  • 324Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
    Employment
    1,699
    Establishments
    119
    Avg. annual pay
    $100,356
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    −30.2%
    Location quotient
    0.25
  • 316Leather and allied product manufacturing
    Employment
    987
    Establishments
    87
    Avg. annual pay
    $70,493
    Pay vs. U.S.Calc
    +17.1%
    Location quotient
    0.66

03By year

New York 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 New York by year, annual averages, nominal dollars
YearEmploymentAvg. annual payvs. U.S.Calc
2022419,896$77,933−2.0%
2023418,699$80,359−2.7%
2024411,179$84,752−0.8%
2025401,267$87,280−2.4%

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