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Private sector manufacturing employment in the United States 1985-2017

Number of private sector manufacturing employees in the United States from 1985 to 2017 (in thousands)
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The data displays the number of private sector manufacturing employees in the U.S. from 1985 to 2017. In 2017, roughly 14.66 million people were employed in the private sector manufacturing industry.

1985 20120.1
1986 20295.8
1987 20235.3
1988 20430
1989 20690.4
1990 20338.6
1991 19589.5
1992 19076.2
1993 18710.1
1994 19271.2
1995 19520
1996 19653.4
1997 19961.2
1998 19762.5
1999 19322.9
2000 19167.3
2001 18147.1
2002 16918.2
2003 16129.8
2004 15753.5
2005 15518.4
2006 15642.6
2007 15341.5
2008 15131.4
2009 13454
2010 13251.8
2011 13596.1
2012 13935.9
2013 14188.3
2014 14462
2015 14534.5
2016 14777.7
2017 14656.1