How big is machinery manufacturing in the U.S.?

Machinery manufacturing produced $205B of value added in 2025, or 7.1% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.7% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 5 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.

Is machinery manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), machinery value added is down 1.7% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.

Which states produce the most machinery?

Texas leads with $20.4B of machinery GDP in 2024, followed by California ($16.3B) and Illinois ($16.1B), per BEA state GDP data.

Is machinery a durable or nondurable goods industry?

BEA classes machinery manufacturing as durable goods. Durable goods (metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles) are products with a service life of three years or more.

Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Machinery Manufacturing

Machinery manufacturing produced $205B of value added in 2025. That is 7.1% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.7% of GDP, making it the 5th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output shrank 1.7% year over year. It is classed as durable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is Texas ($20.4B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $205B in 2025, 7.1% of all U.S. manufacturing and 0.7% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: -1.7% in dollar terms.
Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 333).

Top producing states

Texas: $20.4B (2024)
California: $16.3B (2024)
Illinois: $16.1B (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is machinery manufacturing in the U.S.? Machinery manufacturing produced $205B of value added in 2025, or 7.1% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.7% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 5 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is machinery manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), machinery value added is down 1.7% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.
Which states produce the most machinery? Texas leads with $20.4B of machinery GDP in 2024, followed by California ($16.3B) and Illinois ($16.1B), per BEA state GDP data.
Is machinery a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes machinery manufacturing as durable goods. Durable goods (metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles) are products with a service life of three years or more.

About this data

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (public domain). National quarterly values are seasonally adjusted annual rates. Corporate-profit industry detail reflects inventory valuation adjustment without capital consumption adjustment, per NIPA table 6.16D conventions.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.