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Source : U . S . Census Bureau TABLE 21
Annual Average Investment Per Employee in Manufacturing ( 2021 )
Rank
$/ Employee
Employees
Machinery and Equipment Expenditures
( thousands )
1 Louisiana
$ 49,980
109,188
$ 5,457,219
2 Wyoming
$ 44,141
9,548
$ 421,462
3 Alaska
$ 41,687
11,079
$ 461,845
4 New Mexico
$ 25,575
23,357
$ 597,364
5 Texas
$ 22,827
759,565
$ 17,338,879
6 Alabama
$ 22,341
252,670
$ 5,644,930
7 Montana
$ 21,813
18,017
$ 393,003
8 Delaware
$ 21,016
25,265
$ 530,964
9 Tennessee
$ 20,009
317,973
$ 6,362,163
10 Kentucky
$ 19,909
231,746
$ 4,613,792
11 Iowa
$ 19,682
210,469
$ 4,142,488
12 Idaho
$ 18,514
60,842
$ 1,126,399
13 West Virginia
$ 17,966
43,791
$ 786,754
14 Oklahoma
$ 16,255
114,815
$ 1,866,369
15 North Carolina
$ 16,067
418,556
$ 6,725,054
16 Illinois
$ 15,863
496,131
$ 7,870,243
17 Arkansas
$ 15,636
149,202
$ 2,332,870
18 Ohio
$ 15,397
637,736
$ 9,818,916
19 Arizona
$ 15,176
146,821
$ 2,228,174
20 Oregon
$ 15,171
166,028
$ 2,518,837
21 South Carolina
$ 15,137
220,967
$ 3,344,682
22 Kansas
$ 15,104
152,916
$ 2,309,672
23 Utah
$ 14,765
131,590
$ 1,942,888
24 Virginia
$ 14,682
229,018
$ 3,362,490
25 Wisconsin
$ 14,681
451,577
$ 6,629,670
26 New Jersey
$ 14,667
203,285
$ 2,981,681
27 Georgia
$ 14,570
359,176
$ 5,233,277
28 Indiana
$ 14,232
486,431
$ 6,922,929
29 California
$ 14,102
1,081,500
$ 15,251,576
30 Maryland
$ 14,027
93,461
$ 1,310,977
31 Minnesota
$ 13,892
297,876
$ 4,137,948
32 Mississippi
$ 13,833
139,113
$ 1,924,334
33 Nebraska
$ 13,820
94,225
$ 1,302,179
34 Michigan
$ 12,739
557,086
$ 7,096,899
35 South Dakota
$ 12,259
43,947
$ 538,742
36 Massachusetts
$ 12,211
228,720
$ 2,792,833
37 Colorado
$ 12,201
122,103
$ 1,489,811
38 Pennsylvania
$ 12,199
512,076
$ 6,246,716
39 North Dakota
$ 11,929
25,600
$ 305,374
40 Florida
$ 11,908
305,166
$ 3,633,848
41 Connecticut
$ 11,826
144,162
$ 1,704,887
42 Rhode Island
$ 11,493
37,236
$ 427,964
43 Maine
$ 11,226
48,579
$ 545,371
44 Missouri
$ 11,199
263,469
$ 2,950,524
45 New Hampshire
$ 11,090
63,366
$ 702,754
46 New York
$ 10,995
373,231
$ 4,103,688
47 Washington
$ 10,918
249,525
$ 2,724,191
48 Nevada
$ 10,252
47,164
$ 483,516
49 Vermont
$ 8,046
28,912
$ 232,626
50 Hawaii
$ 6,803
10,501
$ 71,434
Dist . of Columbia
$ 3,020
1,203
$ 3,633
United States
$ 15,523
11,205,980
$ 173,946,839
Washington manufacturers invested $ 10,918 per employee in 2021 .