Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Machinery Manufacturing in Rhode Island

Machinery manufacturing added $253M of value to Rhode Island's economy in 2025, down 7.9% year over year. That ranks Rhode Island 43rd of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 4.1% of Rhode Island's manufacturing output. Nationally, machinery is a $220B industry (the 4th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $253M in 2025, #43 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -7.9% year over year.
  • Share of Rhode Island's manufacturing: 4.1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: machinery is a $220B industry nationally, #4 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.5% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 333).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the machinery industry in Rhode Island? Machinery added $253M of value in Rhode Island in 2025, ranking the state 43rd of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is machinery growing in Rhode Island? Rhode Island's machinery output shrank 7.9% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Rhode Island's manufacturing is machinery? Machinery is 4.1% of Rhode Island'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.