The factories being built now
Where new plants are opening, which industries are driving the building boom, and whether the jobs are following. Every figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics or the Census Bureau.
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Industry
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Which industries are building
Money in the ground
Adjusted for building costs
As reported (not adjusted)
Are the jobs showing up?
Factory construction spending (adjusted)
Jobs in strategic industries
All factory jobs
What each category includes
Every manufacturing industry BLS tracks sits in exactly one category and one industry group, so together they add up to all of manufacturing. The small numbers are NAICS industry codes, the federal system BLS uses to classify businesses.
Data sources
- Census Bureau Construction Spending: private factory construction by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted annual rate. Published nationally only.
- BLS Producer Price Index for new industrial building construction: used to adjust construction spending for building costs.
- BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages: establishments (plants and shops) and jobs by state and industry, private sector, annual averages.
- us-atlas: state outlines from the Census Bureau.