Manufacturing employment: 19th ICLS(%) in United States
United States: Manufacturing employment: 19th ICLS(%) was 9.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in United States, 2014–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
United States recorded 9.6% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in United States peaked at 10.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 2025.
That places United States 39th out of 67 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment: 19th ICLS(%) in United States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10.7% | — |
| 2015 | 10.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 10.1% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 9.9% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 9.7% | -3.5% |
| 2025 | 9.6% | -1.0% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 9.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 10.2%, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 9.6% | 10.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
More work & labour data for United States
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in United States?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in United States was 9.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 2025.
- How does United States rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th?
- United States ranks 39th out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th ICLS(%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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