Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Machinery Manufacturing in Connecticut
Machinery manufacturing added $2.1B of value to Connecticut's economy in 2024, up 5.2% year over year. That ranks Connecticut 27th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 5.1% of Connecticut's manufacturing output. Nationally, machinery is a $205B industry (the 5th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $2.1B in 2024, #27 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: +5.2% year over year.
- Share of Connecticut's manufacturing: 5.1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: machinery is a $205B industry nationally, #5 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-1.7% year over year).
- Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 333).
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the machinery industry in Connecticut? Machinery added $2.1B of value in Connecticut in 2024, ranking the state 27th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is machinery growing in Connecticut? Connecticut's machinery output grew 5.2% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Connecticut's manufacturing is machinery? Machinery is 5.1% of Connecticut's total manufacturing value added in 2024, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
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.