How big is petroleum and coal products manufacturing in the U.S.?

Petroleum and Coal Products manufacturing produced $161B of value added in 2025, or 5.6% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.5% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 8 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.

Is petroleum and coal products manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), petroleum and coal products value added is down 17.7% 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 petroleum and coal products?

Texas leads with $73.1B of petroleum and coal products GDP in 2024, followed by California ($20.1B) and Louisiana ($16.6B), per BEA state GDP data.

Is petroleum and coal products a durable or nondurable goods industry?

BEA classes petroleum and coal products manufacturing as nondurable goods. Nondurable goods (food, chemicals, plastics, fuel, paper) are products generally consumed within three years.

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Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

Petroleum and Coal Products manufacturing produced $161B of value added in 2025. That is 5.6% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.5% of GDP, making it the 8th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output shrank 17.7% year over year. It is classed as nondurable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is Texas ($73.1B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $161B in 2025, 5.6% of all U.S. manufacturing and 0.5% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: -17.7% in dollar terms.
Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 324).

Top producing states

Texas: $73.1B (2024)
California: $20.1B (2024)
Louisiana: $16.6B (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is petroleum and coal products manufacturing in the U.S.? Petroleum and Coal Products manufacturing produced $161B of value added in 2025, or 5.6% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0.5% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 8 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is petroleum and coal products manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), petroleum and coal products value added is down 17.7% 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 petroleum and coal products? Texas leads with $73.1B of petroleum and coal products GDP in 2024, followed by California ($20.1B) and Louisiana ($16.6B), per BEA state GDP data.
Is petroleum and coal products a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes petroleum and coal products manufacturing as nondurable goods. Nondurable goods (food, chemicals, plastics, fuel, paper) are products generally consumed within three years.

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.