Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Machinery Manufacturing in Texas

Machinery manufacturing added $20.4B of value to Texas's economy in 2024, up 3.6% year over year. That ranks Texas 1st of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 6.2% of Texas's manufacturing output. Nationally, machinery is a $205B industry (the 5th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $20.4B in 2024, #1 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +3.6% year over year.
  • Share of Texas's manufacturing: 6.2% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: machinery is a $205B industry nationally, #5 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-1.7% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 333).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the machinery industry in Texas? Machinery added $20.4B of value in Texas in 2024, ranking the state 1st of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is machinery growing in Texas? Texas's machinery output grew 3.6% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Texas's manufacturing is machinery? Machinery is 6.2% of Texas'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.