Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Chemical Products Manufacturing in Massachusetts

Chemical Products manufacturing added $24.6B of value to Massachusetts's economy in 2025, up 6.5% year over year. That ranks Massachusetts 8th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 36.1% of Massachusetts's manufacturing output. Nationally, chemical products is a $579B industry (the largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $24.6B in 2025, #8 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +6.5% year over year.
  • Share of Massachusetts's manufacturing: 36.1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: chemical products is a $579B industry nationally, #1 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+5.6% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 325).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the chemical products industry in Massachusetts? Chemical Products added $24.6B of value in Massachusetts in 2025, ranking the state 8th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is chemical products growing in Massachusetts? Massachusetts's chemical products output grew 6.5% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Massachusetts's manufacturing is chemical products? Chemical Products is 36.1% of Massachusetts's total manufacturing value added in 2025, 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 2026-10-01.