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Manufacturers in Kentucky

240 companies in Kentucky are listed in the Noramark directory, most often for CNC machining, welding and fabrication and finishing and heat treating. Browse by process below, or page through the full list.

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Manufacturing in Kentucky

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. Kentucky has 1.58x the national share of jobs in manufacturing.

Manufacturing jobs

257,659

2.0% of U.S. · +0.4% year over year

Establishments

7,146

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$75,166

−12% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

240

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Transportation equipment67,111 jobs · LQ 2.95
  2. Food31,479 jobs · LQ 1.39
  3. Fabricated metal product22,712 jobs · LQ 1.23
  4. Machinery20,407 jobs · LQ 1.44
  5. Plastics and rubber products15,958 jobs · LQ 1.73
  6. Primary metal13,769 jobs · LQ 2.91

Top counties

  1. Jefferson County53,624 jobs · LQ 1.35
  2. Boone County13,367 jobs · LQ 1.58
  3. Scott County12,945 jobs · LQ 4.98
  4. Warren County12,281 jobs · LQ 2.11
  5. Fayette County11,026 jobs · LQ 0.66
  6. Hardin County8,654 jobs · LQ 2.15

Top metro areas

  1. Lexington-Fayette, KY31,543 jobs · LQ 1.35
  2. Bowling Green, KY14,628 jobs · LQ 2.21
  3. Clarksville, TN-KY13,726 jobs · LQ 1.64
  4. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH12,613 jobs · LQ 1.11
  5. Elizabethtown, KY9,051 jobs · LQ 2.14
  6. Owensboro, KY7,521 jobs · LQ 1.87

Census County Business Patterns counts 3,669 manufacturing establishments with 257,247 employees in Kentucky (2023). The two federal counts differ because they define an establishment and its coverage differently.

LQ is the location quotient: the state's share of jobs in the industry divided by the U.S. share. BLS withholds some subsectors, counties and metros to protect confidentiality; those are left out of the lists above. Compare every state.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Noramark keeps each downloaded file with its checksum and retrieval date.

Processes in Kentucky

CNC Machining · 56Welding & Fabrication · 31Finishing & Heat Treating · 29Sheet Metal Fabrication · 21

Nearby states

Illinois · 1,583Indiana · 761Missouri · 461Ohio · 1,829Tennessee · 433Virginia · 338West Virginia · 67