Is other transportation equipment manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), other transportation equipment value added is up 6.6% 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 other transportation equipment?

California leads with $24.9B of other transportation equipment GDP in 2024, followed by Washington ($24.7B) and Connecticut ($18.7B), per BEA state GDP data.

Is other transportation equipment a durable or nondurable goods industry?

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

Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

Other Transportation Equipment manufacturing produced $210B of value added in 2025. That is 7.3% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.7% of GDP, making it the 4th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output grew 6.6% year over year. It is classed as durable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is California ($24.9B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $210B in 2025, 7.3% of all U.S. manufacturing and 0.7% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: +6.6% in dollar terms.
Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 3364OT).

Top producing states

California: $24.9B (2024)
Washington: $24.7B (2024)
Connecticut: $18.7B (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is other transportation equipment manufacturing in the U.S.? Other Transportation Equipment manufacturing produced $210B of value added in 2025, or 7.3% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.7% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 4 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is other transportation equipment manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), other transportation equipment value added is up 6.6% 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 other transportation equipment? California leads with $24.9B of other transportation equipment GDP in 2024, followed by Washington ($24.7B) and Connecticut ($18.7B), per BEA state GDP data.
Is other transportation equipment a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes other transportation equipment 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.