Top 10 U.S. metro areas’ manufacturing job growth
NewGeography.com ranked 65 U.S. metro areas based on their manufacturing job growth in 2011 as well as the trends over five years and 10 years.
|
Rank |
Area |
Index |
Employment |
|
1 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA |
81.2 |
164.3 |
|
2 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
74.8 |
33.6 |
|
3 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
74.7 |
55.1 |
|
4 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX |
74.6 |
229.8 |
|
5 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI |
74.4 |
135.3 |
|
6 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN |
71.7 |
109.3 |
|
7 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
70.3 |
46.3 |
|
8 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX |
69.3 |
50.9 |
|
9 |
Fort Worth- Arlington, TX |
68.3 |
89.1 |
|
10 |
Milwaukee- Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
67.9 |
118.5 |
Source: NewGeography.com
