What Manufacturing Sectors are Growing?

Manufacturing is booming. With technological advances, the manufacturing process has been streamlined and transformed from high physical labor to machinery. These are the 10 manufacturing sectors that are growing within the last five years.

• Transportation – this sector has added over 270,000 jobs, a 20% increase 
• Fabricated Metal Products – has added over 100,000 jobs, an 8% growth
• Food Products – added 100,000 jobs, a 7% increase
• Plastic and Rubber Products – added 75,000 jobs, a 12% increase
• Beverages – 66,000 jobs, an astounding 39% growth
• Machinery – added 50,000 jobs, a 5% increase
• Wood products – added 31,000 jobs, a 9% growth
• Nonmetallic Mineral products – added 15,000 jobs, a 4% growth
• Chemicals and Primary Metals – 20,000 jobs, a 4% increase
• Electrical Equipment and Appliances – added 9,000 jobs, a 2% increase
• Furniture – 6,000 jobs, a 1% increase 

Many of those sectors are tied to Construction, which itself saw a 57% increase since 2014. This is reflected in chemical and energy related initiatives. The number is expected to taper down to a steady 16% increase in 2020. This is due to population growth, initiatives for renewable energy and continued climate change proposals.