Manufacturing accounted for between 18% and 19% of employment in Wisconsin over the 2009 to 2022 period.
Manufacturing is substantially more important to Polk County than other St. Croix River Valley counties; nearly one-in-four jobs in Polk County are in the manufacturing sector.
Pierce County is the only county in which manufacturing as a percentage of total employment is lower than the state average as of 2022.
Manufacturing has accounted for between 13% and 14% of employment in Minnesota since 2009.
Employment in manufacturing has been slightly higher than the state average in both Chisago and Washington counties, but Washington County was comparable to the state average in 2022.
Manufacturing is a larger part of the employment picture in Wisconsin and its counties than in Minnesota and its counties.
As noted above, manufacturing is a particularly important source of jobs in Polk County.