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The Census Bureau releases sector-by-sector statistics on the number of establishments, total business activity, annual payroll, and number of paid employees. A standardized classification of the economy into sectors makes it possible to compare census results over time.
The U.S. manufacturing industry employed 12.4 million people in March 2017, [3] generating output (nominal GDP) of $2.2 trillion in Q3 2016, with real GDP of $1.9 trillion in 2009 dollars. [11] The share of persons employed in manufacturing relative to total employment has steadily declined since the 1960s.
Graph of US iron and steel production, 1900–2014, data from USGS. The US iron and steel industry has paralleled the industry in other countries in technological developments. In the 1800s, the US switched from charcoal to coke in ore smelting, adopted the Bessemer process, and saw the rise of very large integrated steel mills.
The US manufacturing renaissance is coming up against the practical challenge of finding enough workers to make it happen. America's manufacturing boom is facing a labor crunch [Video] Skip to ...
The Institute for Supply Management reported a manufacturing purchasing managers index reading of 49.1% for January, marking the 15th consecutive month of contraction within the sector.
American companies such as Boeing, Cessna (see: Textron), Lockheed Martin (see: Skunk Works), and General Dynamics produce a majority of the world's civilian and military aircraft in factories across the United States. The manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy has experienced substantial job losses over the past several years.
The following is a list of the world's largest manufacturing companies, ordered by revenue in millions of U.S. dollars according to the Fortune Global 500. Currently the 50 biggest companies by revenue are included.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... American businesspeople by industry (28 C) Companies of the United States by industry ... Manufacturing in ...