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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)

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

Private sector manufacturing employment in the United States 1985-2017

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