Global Manufacturing Jobs

In 2015, the percentage of US employees in manufacturing jobs was 10.5 %, down from 25% in 1970. The article below gives us a snapshot of how low US manufacturing jobs had declined by 2015.

 

PROPORTION OF WORKFORCE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR

Global Manufacturing Scorecard, How US Companies Compare to 18 Other Nations, by Darrell West and Christian Lansang, 7/10/18, Brookings

Poland is the leading country in terms of the percentage of its population employed in manufacturing (see Table 2). A total of 20.2 percent is employed there, followed by Germany (19 percent), Italy (18.5 percent), Turkey (18.1 percent), South Korea (16.9 percent), China (16.9 percent), and Japan (16.9 percent). 10.5 percent of the American workforce is employed in manufacturing.

Table 2: Proportion of workforce employed in the

manufacturing sector

Country - # Mfg Employees - % of Population   

Poland          3,540,000      20.2%

Germany      7,911,000      19.0%

Iraly              4,090,000      18.5%

Turkey          5,012,000      18.1%

S Korea        4,499,000      16.9%

China        128,869,000      16.9%

Japan          10,260,000      16.9%

Mexico          9,154,000       16.3%

Russia         10,260,000       14.4%

Indonesia     16,363,000      13.5%

Switzerland       612,000      13.0%

France            3,396,000      12.4%

Spain              2,332,000      12.3%

Brazil             10,388,000      11.4%

India              57,244,000      11.4%

US                 16,381,000      10.5%

Netherlands        898,000      10.4%

UK                   3,069,000         9.5%

Source: International Labour Organization, 2017

https://www.brookings.edu/research/global-manufacturing-scorecard-how-the-us-compares-to-18-other-nations/

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader