2023 Competitiveness Redbook 2023 | Page 28

Source : U . S . Census Bureau TABLE 21
Annual Average Investment Per Employee in Manufacturing ( 2020 )
Rank
$/ Employee
Employees
Machinery and Equipment Expenditures
( thousands )
1 North Dakota
$ 38,645
25,429
$ 982,700
2 Louisiana
$ 34,936
114,449
$ 3,998,370
3 New Mexico
$ 28,630
23,326
$ 667,827
4 Arizona
$ 20,254
146,842
$ 2,974,138
5 Texas
$ 18,540
768,509
$ 14,248,489
6 Wyoming
$ 17,048
9,444
$ 161,001
7 Alabama
$ 16,541
254,749
$ 4,213,737
8 South Carolina
$ 15,023
228,787
$ 3,437,008
9 Kentucky
$ 13,911
226,647
$ 3,152,810
10 Idaho
$ 13,394
58,528
$ 783,927
11 Georgia
$ 13,263
360,686
$ 4,783,628
12 Arkansas
$ 13,058
154,593
$ 2,018,678
13 Montana
$ 13,050
17,524
$ 228,688
14 Oregon
$ 12,095
182,759
$ 2,210,408
15 Oklahoma
$ 11,986
121,627
$ 1,457,790
16 Mississippi
$ 11,605
136,210
$ 1,580,726
17 Maryland
$ 11,560
95,612
$ 1,105,258
18 West Virginia
$ 11,499
45,968
$ 528,577
19 Kansas
$ 11,359
156,329
$ 1,775,705
20 Indiana
$ 11,294
484,739
$ 5,474,795
21 Tennessee
$ 10,994
323,497
$ 3,556,445
22 Iowa
$ 10,858
208,448
$ 2,263,424
23 Delaware
$ 10,673
26,948
$ 287,615
24 Wisconsin
$ 10,658
453,794
$ 4,836,325
25 Ohio
$ 10,623
644,274
$ 6,844,083
26 Illinois
$ 9,999
513,220
$ 5,131,542
27 Nevada
$ 9,985
45,767
$ 456,962
28 Minnesota
$ 9,933
301,734
$ 2,997,198
29 New Jersey
$ 9,794
212,835
$ 2,084,404
30 California
$ 9,738
1,097,427
$ 10,686,816
31 North Carolina
$ 9,705
414,423
$ 4,022,178
32 Florida
$ 9,654
297,380
$ 2,870,799
33 Nebraska
$ 9,374
95,750
$ 897,563
34 Virginia
$ 9,307
228,452
$ 2,126,140
35 Utah
$ 9,243
125,864
$ 1,163,405
36 Washington
$ 8,821
257,019
$ 2,267,119
37 Colorado
$ 8,624
122,353
$ 1,055,218
38 Michigan
$ 8,523
564,121
$ 4,808,279
39 Missouri
$ 8,501
263,007
$ 2,235,883
40 Maine
$ 8,243
49,473
$ 407,803
41 Rhode Island
$ 8,230
36,273
$ 298,515
42 Pennsylvania
$ 8,152
521,337
$ 4,249,720
43 Massachusetts
$ 8,108
240,693
$ 1,951,593
44 Connecticut
$ 8,045
152,586
$ 1,227,518
45 New York
$ 7,773
382,628
$ 2,974,357
46 South Dakota
$ 7,288
44,022
$ 320,842
47 Vermont
$ 6,550
29,723
$ 194,677
48 New Hampshire
$ 6,353
63,585
$ 403,963
Alaska
N / A
11,605
N / A
Hawaii
N / A
10,365
N / A
Dist . of Columbia
N / A
1,231
N / A
United States
$ 11,334
11,329,390
$ 128,404,646
Washington manufacturers invested $ 8,821 per employee in 2020 .