{"id":568,"date":"2025-04-23T11:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=568"},"modified":"2025-04-23T11:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:43:48","slug":"us-auto-industry-related-jobs-by-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/us-auto-industry-related-jobs-by-state\/","title":{"rendered":"US AUTO INDUSTRY RELATED JOBS BY STATE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ranked: The Top 10 U.S. States by Auto Manufacturing Jobs<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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Automobile manufacturing continues to be a major source of employment across America, employing over a million people in 2025.<\/p>\n

From Detroit\u2019s \u201cMotor City\u201d heritage in Michigan to emerging plants in Southern states like Kentucky and Alabama, the U.S. has several vehicle manufacturing hubs.<\/p>\n

This infographic ranks the top 10 U.S. states by total auto manufacturing jobs as of February 2025, using preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> which only provides data for the top 10 states. It breaks down employment by vehicle manufacturing and assembly, body\/trailer manufacturing, and vehicle parts manufacturing.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s Auto Manufacturing Hubs by Employees<\/h2>\n

Together, the top 10 states employ over 520,000<\/strong> workers in auto manufacturing\u2014making up more than half of the industry\u2019s nationwide employment.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the top 10 states stack up by auto manufacturing employment, as of February 2025:<\/p>\n

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Rank<\/span><\/th>\nState<\/span><\/th>\nVehicles Manufacturing<\/span><\/th>\nBodies and Trailers<\/span><\/th>\nVehicle Parts Manufacturing <\/span><\/th>\nTotal Employees<\/span><\/th>\nAnnual growth rate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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1<\/td>\nMichigan<\/td>\n49K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n115K<\/td>\n164K<\/td>\n-3.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nIndiana<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n39K<\/td>\n53K<\/td>\n92K<\/td>\n-2.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nOhio<\/td>\n19K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n65K<\/td>\n84K<\/td>\n-1.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nKentucky<\/td>\n24K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n34K<\/td>\n58K<\/td>\n-0.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n23K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n30K<\/td>\n53K<\/td>\n0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCalifornia<\/td>\n25K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n25K<\/td>\n-6.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n16K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n16K<\/td>\n-0.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMissouri<\/td>\n14K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n14K<\/td>\n0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nNew York<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n8K<\/td>\n8K<\/td>\n-0.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nMississippi<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6K<\/td>\n6K<\/td>\n-0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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States in the Midwest remain the centers of auto manufacturing in America.<\/p>\n

Michigan leads the pack with 164,000<\/strong> auto manufacturing jobs, accounting for over 15%<\/strong> of all such jobs in the country. Its dominance is driven by legacy automakers like Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (previously Chrysler), who have significant manufacturing footprints in Detroit.<\/p>\n

States like Indiana and Ohio are also heavily invested in parts production, with Indiana also leading in bodies and trailers manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Southern states are becoming increasingly important for vehicle manufacturing, with Kentucky and Alabama attracting investments from foreign automakers<\/a> like Toyota, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz.<\/p>\n

Overall, employment in U.S. auto manufacturing is down 12.7%<\/strong> from a year ago, with the parts manufacturing segment taking the biggest hit at -17.8%<\/strong>. California has seen the biggest decline in jobs in this segment, dropping 6.5% from February 2024 levels.<\/p>\n

The State of the U.S. Auto Industry<\/h2>\n

The U.S. auto industry is facing speed bumps from the latest round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, which include a 25%<\/strong> levy on imported auto parts and completely built up vehicles.<\/p>\n

S&P Global forecasts<\/a> that U.S. light vehicle sales will fall by 700,000<\/strong> units in 2025, and North American production will decline by nearly 1.3 million<\/strong> units as a result of the new tariffs. Increased manufacturing costs from tariffs on auto parts are also likely to result in higher vehicle prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ranked: The Top 10 U.S. States by Auto Manufacturing Jobs Automobile manufacturing continues to be a major source of employment across America, employing over a million people in 2025. From Detroit\u2019s \u201cMotor City\u201d heritage in Michigan to emerging plants in Southern states like Kentucky and Alabama, the U.S. has several vehicle manufacturing hubs. This infographic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}