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Manufacturers in Minnesota

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

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Manufacturing in Minnesota

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. Minnesota has 1.33x the national share of jobs in manufacturing.

Manufacturing jobs

320,271

2.5% of U.S. · −1.7% year over year

Establishments

8,550

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$83,280

−3% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

793

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Food47,503 jobs · LQ 1.42
  2. Fabricated metal product43,806 jobs · LQ 1.61
  3. Computer and electronic product43,338 jobs · LQ 2.25
  4. Machinery35,786 jobs · LQ 1.71
  5. Miscellaneous28,194 jobs · LQ 2.43
  6. Printing and related support activities16,637 jobs · LQ 2.47

Top counties

  1. Hennepin County75,553 jobs · LQ 1.00
  2. Ramsey County27,466 jobs · LQ 1.03
  3. Anoka County22,681 jobs · LQ 2.07
  4. Dakota County19,591 jobs · LQ 1.26
  5. Washington County11,621 jobs · LQ 1.48
  6. Stearns County11,532 jobs · LQ 1.61

Top metro areas

  1. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI199,378 jobs · LQ 1.25
  2. St. Cloud, MN14,930 jobs · LQ 1.74
  3. Fargo, ND-MN12,090 jobs · LQ 1.00
  4. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN9,245 jobs · LQ 1.35
  5. Rochester, MN9,024 jobs · LQ 0.90
  6. Duluth, MN-WI8,536 jobs · LQ 0.83

Census County Business Patterns counts 6,718 manufacturing establishments with 325,317 employees in Minnesota (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 Minnesota

CNC Machining · 184Finishing & Heat Treating · 115Welding & Fabrication · 82Sheet Metal Fabrication · 61Laser Cutting · 40Injection Molding · 34Metal Stamping · 31Electronics & Cable Assembly · 303D Printing · 25

Nearby states

Iowa · 340North Dakota · 92South Dakota · 133Wisconsin · 996