Indiana · NAICS 31-33 · Annual, 2025

Manufacturing in Indiana

Employment, establishments and average pay for NAICS 31-33 in Indiana, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) employed about 517,500 people in Indiana across roughly 9,494 establishments, with average annual pay of $84,000.

Employment in Manufacturing in Indiana declined 9.5% from 2004 to 2025. The industry is 2.0× as concentrated in Indiana as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 2.00). Quarterly values, full industry detail and projections to 2036 for Indiana are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

  • 517,500Employment, 2025
  • 9,494Establishments
  • $84,000Avg. annual pay
  • 16.2%Share of Indiana jobs
  • 2.00Location quotient

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all ownerships

Employment in Manufacturing in Indiana, 2004–2025Line chart of annual employment from 2004 to 2025, from 572,100 to 517,500.0200K400K600K20042010201520202025

Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 572,100; 2005 571,700; 2006 565,700; 2007 550,200; 2008 521,500; 2009 442,300; 2010 448,200; 2011 464,200; 2012 481,800; 2013 491,800; 2014 507,200; 2015 518,900; 2016 522,600; 2017 531,300; 2018 541,800; 2019 541,100; 2020 504,500; 2021 524,600; 2022 541,100; 2023 533,100; 2024 523,200; 2025 517,500.

Last ten years

Annual · 10 years

YearEmploymentEstab.Avg. annual payChangeSource
2025517,5479,494$84,000 1.1%pub.
2024523,1519,434$79,292 1.9%pub.
2023533,0509,470$74,338 1.5%est. · 1.00
2022541,1169,452$72,413 3.1%est. · 1.00
2021524,6179,294$68,885 4.0%est. · 1.00
2020504,4659,257$65,091 6.8%est. · 1.00
2019541,1109,085$63,319 0.1%est. · 1.00
2018541,8448,827$62,679 2.0%est. · 1.00
2017531,3208,556$61,118 1.7%est. · 1.00
2016522,6048,404$59,186 0.7%est. · 1.00

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.

By subsector, 2025

3-digit NAICS · 21 shown

CodeSubsectorEmploymentShare of manufacturingLQSource
311Food Manufacturing46,4819.0%1.28pub.
312Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing7,2341.4%1.08pub.
313Textile Mills7440.1%0.45pub.
314Textile Product Mills2,7350.5%1.44pub.
315Apparel Manufacturing5180.1%0.32pub.
316Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing2790.1%0.58pub.
321Wood Product Manufacturing14,4792.8%1.76pub.
322Paper Manufacturing10,3452.0%1.44pub.
323Printing and Related Support Activities10,9542.1%1.54pub.
324Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing3,8600.8%1.72pub.
325Chemical Manufacturing38,1777.4%2.09pub.
326Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing37,8267.3%2.64pub.
327Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing13,2262.6%1.56pub.
331Primary Metal Manufacturing40,5467.8%5.46pub.
332Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing55,91910.8%1.91pub.
333Machinery Manufacturing44,8158.7%2.01pub.
334Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing12,4142.4%0.61pub.
335Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing7,9071.5%0.89pub.
336Transportation Equipment Manufacturing121,54923.5%3.34pub.
337Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing21,6324.2%3.16pub.
339Miscellaneous Manufacturing25,9085.0%2.07pub.

Where these numbers come from

Reading these figures

The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Where QCEW withheld a value, the marked figure is an estimate that DTG produced under the constraints of the published record; suppression is a property of QCEW, not of DTG, and a withheld value is marked rather than silently omitted. Two things DTG itself holds back, and says so where it does: an estimate that cannot be given a reliability score is not shown, and average pay is not shown where fewer than three jobs are reported. The row is marked withheld, with the reason in a note beneath the table. The mark is on every row that carries a value: the headline, the yearly history, the subsectors and the other states. An estimated value that rounds below one is shown as less than one, not as zero. Quarterly figures, county figures and projected years are in the app.

How this figure was built

Employment is the average of the three monthly counts in each quarter, averaged across the year, and establishments are averaged across the year the same way. Average annual pay is the year’s total wages divided by that average employment. Each of these is DTG’s value: QCEW’s published figure where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate, marked, where it did not. How withheld values are estimated, and what the reliability score beside a figure means, are described on the industry data and disclosure and provenance pages.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry.

Notes

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Manufacturing in Indiana, quarterly, at full depth

This page shows annual figures for manufacturing in Indiana. A free account shows every detailed industry beneath it, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.

County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.