• In the most recent data, manufacturers contributed $2.09 trillion to the economy.  This figure has steadily risen since 2009 when manufacturers contributed $1.73 trillion.

• The sector accounts for 12 percent of the nations GDP.

• Manufacturing in the United States produces $1.8 trillion of value each year, or 12.2 percent of U.S. GDP. For every $1.00 spent in manufacturing, another $1.37 is added to the economy, the highest multiplier effect of any economic sector.

• Manufacturing supports an estimated 17.6 million jobs in the United States—about one in six private-sector jobs. More than 12 million Americans (or 9 percent of the workforce) are employed directly in manufacturing.

• In 2013, the average manufacturing worker in the United States earned $77,506 annually, including pay and benefits. The average worker in all industries earned $62,546.

• Manufacturers in the United States are the most productive in the world, far surpassing the worker productivity of any other major manufacturing economy, leading to higher wages and living standards.

• Taken alone, manufacturing in the United States would be the ninth-largest economy in the world.

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