Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Chemical Products Manufacturing in Massachusetts
Chemical Products manufacturing added $21.6B of value to Massachusetts's economy in 2024, up 5.7% year over year. That ranks Massachusetts 11th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 35.1% of Massachusetts's manufacturing output. Nationally, chemical products is a $578B industry (the 1st-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $21.6B in 2024, #11 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: +5.7% year over year.
- Share of Massachusetts's manufacturing: 35.1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: chemical products is a $578B industry nationally, #1 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+4.3% 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 $21.6B of value in Massachusetts in 2024, ranking the state 11th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is chemical products growing in Massachusetts? Massachusetts's chemical products output grew 5.7% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Massachusetts's manufacturing is chemical products? Chemical Products is 35.1% of Massachusetts'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.