Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Chemical Products Manufacturing in New Jersey
Chemical Products manufacturing added $36.5B of value to New Jersey's economy in 2025, up 5.2% year over year. That ranks New Jersey 5th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 48.4% of New Jersey'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: $36.5B in 2025, #5 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: +5.2% year over year.
- Share of New Jersey's manufacturing: 48.4% 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 New Jersey? Chemical Products added $36.5B of value in New Jersey in 2025, ranking the state 5th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is chemical products growing in New Jersey? New Jersey's chemical products output grew 5.2% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of New Jersey's manufacturing is chemical products? Chemical Products is 48.4% of New Jersey'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.