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A woman in a striped shirt works on a Pratt & Whitney radial engine for a C-47 transport at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach, California, in 1942

EconomyOctober 24, 2026

U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Since 1939: The Long Decline and the 2026 Rebound

How many Americans work in manufacturing? Charts of 85+ years of BLS data: the 1979 peak, the 2000s collapse, and the 72,000 jobs added since December 2025.

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