Manufacturing Output and Firms
Total Manufacturing Output ($billions, 2018)
$108.43
(Percent share of total gross state product)
12.54%
Manufacturing Firms in Illinois (2017)
12,077
Illinois Manufacturing Facts
Manufacturers in Illinois account for 12.54% of the total output in the state, employing 9.58% of the workforce. Total output from manufacturing was $108.43 billion in 2018. In addition, there were an average of 592,000 manufacturing employees in Illinois in 2019, with an average annual compensation of $89,853.35 in 2018.
Employment and Compensation
Manufacturing Employment (2019)
592,000
(Percent share of nonfarm employment)
9.58%
Average Annual Compensation (Manufacturing, 2018)
$89,853.35
(Nonfarm Businesses, 2018)
$57,096.05
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau
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Illinois Export Facts
Manufacturers help to drive Illinois’s economy, with $56.17 billion in manufactured goods exports in 2019. That same year, $36.87 billion in exports was with our free trade agreement (FTA) partners. This helps create jobs in the state, and 26.90% of its employment stemmed from exports in 2011. Small businesses comprised 90.00% percent of all exporters in Illinois.
Manufacturing Exports
Manufactured Goods Exports ($billions, 2019)
$56.17
(Percent share of total goods exports)
93.74%
Growth in Manufactured Goods Exports (2010–2019)
21.34%
U.S. Jobs Supported by Goods Exports (2016)
267,941
Employment from Manufacturing Exports (Export share of manufacturing jobs, 2011)
26.90%
Small Business Share of Total Exporters (2015)
90.00%
Manufactured Goods to Free Trade Agreement Partners ($billions, 2019)
$36.87
(Percent of total exports, 2019)
56.73%
Total Manufactured Goods Exports to Canada and Mexico (USMCA, 2019)
$23.71
Top Five Export Markets (Percent of total manufactured goods exports, 2019)
42.21%
Canada
27.15%
Mexico
15.06%
Australia
6.16%
Germany
5.66%
China
4.81%
Sources: International Trade Administration, U.S. Census Bureau
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Additional Trade Facts
- The 20 U.S. FTA partners purchased 48.3% ($659.49 billion) of U.S. manufactured goods exports in 2019 – even though these countries represent only six percent of the world’s population and 10 percent of GDP.
- FTA countries: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, Singapore and South Korea.