How Does Your State Rank for Manufacturing?

The 2014 Connexus Indiana Manufacturing and Logistics report is a clear, easy to understand 6 page document with graphs and a single Data table report card to give you great insights into the “state of Manufacturing in your state.”
We were pleased to find a treasure trove of state by state data on Manufacturing at the 2014 Manufacturing and Logistics report prepared by Connexus Indiana, CBER Ball State Muncie Indiana.
Think of this as a useful piece of “Business Intelligence” to confirm your feelings about your particular states Manufacturing performance.

Manufacturing Health

 

From the report:
“Manufacturing is the production of both consumer durable goods (e.g. automobiles, electronics, and home appliances that last for years) and consumer non-durable goods (e.g. clothing, processed foods, and other goods that are consumed after use).
To measure manufacturing industry health, we include three variables: the share of total income earned by manufacturing employees in each state, the wage premium paid to manufacturing workers relative to the other states’ employees, and the share of manufacturing employment per capita.
Sources: U.S. Department of the Census and Bureau of Economic Analysis. “
On this site you will also find indicators grading states for:

• Human Capital,
• Worker Benefit Costs,
• Tax Climate,
• Expected Fiscal Liability Gap,
• Global Reach,
• Sector Diversification,
• Productivity and Innovation
• And Logistics.

Here’s that link:  2014 Manufacturing and Logistics report
 
About Ball State CBER
The Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) is an economic policy and forecasting research center at Ball State University. In addition to its analysis and data delivery offerings, CBER organizes the annual Indiana Economic Outlook and quarterly meetings of the Business Roundtable.
Center for Business and Economic Research
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