MANUFACTURING
The manufacturing sector contracted at an average rate of 0.6 percent per year in the last five
years. The sector, however, is expected to record net job growth over the next five years at a rate
of 0.4 percent per year. Manufacturers linked to the U.S. housing market, including furniture and
finished wood products producers and certain plastics manufacturers, will enjoy solid growth
during the outlook period. Other segments of the sector that should grow steadily over the next five
years are food products and auto parts fabricators.
Figure 3.6: Share of Total Manufacturing Employment (2015)
Other Nondurables
6%
Figure 3.8: West Virginia Manufacturing Industry Employment Growth Forecast
Graph
3.8 WV Manufacturing Industry Employment Growth Forecast
Machinery
4%
Other Durables
6%
Other Nondurables
Wood Products & Furniture
Chemicals
20%
Nonmetallic Minerals
6%
Plastics & Rubber
Food & Beverage
Transportation Equipment
Manufacturing
Plastics & Rubber
7%
Graph 3.6 Share of
Total Manufacturing
Employment, 2015
Wood Products & Furniture
13%
Nonmetallic Minerals
Fabricated Metals
11%
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics
2016-2021
Chemicals
Primary Metals
Food & Beverage
8%
Primary Metals
9%
2005-2015
Machinery
Transportation
Equipment
10%
Other Durables
Fabricated Metals
-7%
-6%
-5%
-4%
-3%
-2%
-1%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
Average annual growth, %
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics; WVU BBER Econometric Model
SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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