Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Machinery Manufacturing Economies of 2016: Alameda, Wayne, Weld Counties Create Most Machinery Manufacturing Jobs; Harris, Oklahoma, Montgomery Counties Lose Most

09 Aug 2017 Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Machinery Manufacturing Economies of 2016: Alameda, Wayne, Weld Counties Create Most Machinery Manufacturing Jobs; Harris, Oklahoma, Montgomery Counties Lose Most

Recently released data show that Machinery Manufacturing job creation in 2016 across counties in the US varied from a high of 1,000 in Alameda County, CA to a loss of 9,000 jobs in Harris County, TX.

Out of more than 1,100 counties with Machinery Manufacturing economies, the Top 5 job creators also included Wayne County-MI (700), Weld County-CO (400), Roanoke County-VA (400), and Spartanburg County, SC (400).

Machinery manufacturing job losses were also led by Oklahoma County-OK (-1,300), Montgomery County-TX (-900), Stephens County-OK (-900) and Cuyahoga County-OH (-800).

Overall in the U.S., the Machinery Manufacturing Sector lost 44,700 jobs in 2016.

Research, analysis and content developed by Headlight Data. Original data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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