Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Wood Products Manufacturing in Vermont

Wood Products manufacturing added $141M of value to Vermont's economy in 2025, down 2.0% year over year. That ranks Vermont 43rd of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 3.6% of Vermont's manufacturing output. Nationally, wood products is a $55.5B industry (the 15th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $141M in 2025, #43 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -2% year over year.
  • Share of Vermont's manufacturing: 3.6% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: wood products is a $55.5B industry nationally, #15 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.2% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 321).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the wood products industry in Vermont? Wood Products added $141M of value in Vermont in 2025, ranking the state 43rd of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is wood products growing in Vermont? Vermont's wood products output shrank 2.0% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Vermont's manufacturing is wood products? Wood Products is 3.6% of Vermont'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.