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    2021 IW U.S. 500: Top Manufacturing States

    Aug. 2, 2021
    The top state employed 1,338,000.
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    10. Colorado

    10. Colorado

    Fifteen manufacturing companies call Colorado home.

    Manufacturers in Colorado account for 6.82% of the total output in the state, employing 5.38% of the workforce. Total output from manufacturing was $25.15 billion in 2018. In addition, there were an average of 149,000 manufacturing employees in Colorado in 2019, with an average annual compensation of $79,051.09 in 2018.
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    Which states have the most manufacturing headquarters?  Here are the top 10 based on IndustryWeek's annual list of the top 500 publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies based on revenue.    

    Note: Information for each state was drawn from NAM's 2020 US Manufacturing Facts. The data is from 2019 and 2018 in some cases depending on what data was available.

    About the Author

    Adrienne Selko | Sr. Editor

    Focus: Workforce, Talent 

    Email: [email protected]

    Follow Me on Twitter: @ASelkoIW

    Senior Editor Adrienne Selko has written about many topics over the 17 years she has been with the publication and currently focuses on workforce development strategies. She is also a senior editor at Material Handling & Logistics and EHS Today. 

    Previously Adrienne was in corporate communications at a medical manufacturing company as well as a large regional bank. 

    She is the author of  Do I Have to Wear Garlic Around My Neck?, which made the Cleveland Plain Dealer's best sellers list. 

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