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Manufacturers in Rhode Island

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

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Manufacturing in Rhode Island

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. Rhode Island has about the national share of jobs in manufacturing (0.98x).

Manufacturing jobs

39,858

0.3% of U.S. · −1.3% year over year

Establishments

1,480

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$71,956

−16% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

179

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Transportation equipment8,082 jobs · LQ 1.43
  2. Fabricated metal product4,181 jobs · LQ 0.91
  3. Food3,897 jobs · LQ 0.69
  4. Miscellaneous3,630 jobs · LQ 1.85
  5. Computer and electronic product3,561 jobs · LQ 1.09
  6. Chemical2,516 jobs · LQ 0.88

Top counties

  1. Providence County18,642 jobs · LQ 0.79
  2. Washington County11,815 jobs · LQ 2.43
  3. Kent County5,555 jobs · LQ 0.89
  4. Newport County2,016 jobs · LQ 0.58

Census County Business Patterns counts 1,188 manufacturing establishments with 40,210 employees in Rhode Island (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.