Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Electrical Equipment and Appliances Manufacturing in Pennsylvania

Electrical Equipment and Appliances manufacturing added $4.3B of value to Pennsylvania's economy in 2024, up 5.0% year over year. That ranks Pennsylvania 6th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 4% of Pennsylvania's manufacturing output. Nationally, electrical equipment and appliances is a $82.5B industry (the 11th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $4.3B in 2024, #6 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +5% year over year.
  • Share of Pennsylvania's manufacturing: 4% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: electrical equipment and appliances is a $82.5B industry nationally, #11 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+2.9% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 335).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the electrical equipment and appliances industry in Pennsylvania? Electrical Equipment and Appliances added $4.3B of value in Pennsylvania in 2024, ranking the state 6th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is electrical equipment and appliances growing in Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania's electrical equipment and appliances output grew 5.0% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Pennsylvania's manufacturing is electrical equipment and appliances? Electrical Equipment and Appliances is 4% of Pennsylvania'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.