STATE OF MANUFACTURING – Rhode Island Manufacturing

Published August 01, 2025

Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing is a subsector of manufacturing that makes critical goods from metal components.

Precision Turned Products Manufacturing is a subsector of fabricated metal product manufacturing that makes the components that MAKE IT WORK!

RHODE ISLAND ECONOMIC OUTPUT

Rhode Island Manufacturing
NAICS 31-33
$5,280,000,000

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
NAICS 332
$674,912,000

Precision Turned Product Manufacturing
NAICS 332721
$70,819,000

RHODE ISLAND MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTS FOR

Manufacturing Is Productivity –7.1% of Rhode Island’s total output. (GDP)

Manufacturing Builds Businesses –1,547 manufacturing establishments in the state of Rhode Island.

Manufacturing Creates Jobs – Jobs: 8.46% of all Rhode Island’s employees are in the manufacturing sector.
(41,000 employees)

Manufacturing produces for Rhode Island

Manufacturing is the fifth largest GDP Producer in Rhode Island.
Manufacturing employment in Rhode Island has grown 2% each year since 2019 surpassing the national average over 1.8% over that time period, with a forecasted growth of 2.4% over the next decade.

Rhode Island is a great place for a career in manufacturing

Manufacturing jobs pay on average 19% over the average job in Rhode Island.
Job sites are currently reporting over 500 available manufacturing job openings in Rhode Island.

Joe Jackson

Director of Communications & Events, PMPA