Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Machinery Manufacturing in Kansas

Machinery manufacturing added $3.2B of value to Kansas's economy in 2024, up 2.6% year over year. That ranks Kansas 20th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 8.9% of Kansas'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: $3.2B in 2024, #20 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +2.6% year over year.
  • Share of Kansas's manufacturing: 8.9% 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 Kansas? Machinery added $3.2B of value in Kansas in 2024, ranking the state 20th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is machinery growing in Kansas? Kansas's machinery output grew 2.6% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kansas's manufacturing is machinery? Machinery is 8.9% of Kansas'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.