Top US states for new manufacturing jobs

CNBC ^ | 6-25-13 | Mark Koba

[bigbob]

Manufacturing jobs in the U.S. appear to be coming back—if ever so slightly.

Several American firms, including Caterpillar, GE and Ford, have announced they're shifting some manufacturing operations back to the United States, mainly because of increasing production and energy costs overseas.

And since January of 2010, the United States has added 520,000 manufacturing jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are currently 12 million manufacturing jobs on record in the United States.

But the U.S. is clearly in catch-up mode.

[bigbob]

What many people assume about manufacturing job growth isn't true...

[bigbob]

[Olog-hai]

Such as?

The regulation and taxation that will smother new startups within an average of one to three years is still in place. This is not the stage being set for the USA to return to being a manufacturing powerhouse to the degree of relative autarky that allowed us to win two world wars.

[cripplecreek]

As a Michigander I can say that things have gotten better but are far from utopian. If our governor wasn’t fixated on “Green industry” there would be a true boom.

[Blood of Tyrants]

510,000 new manufacturing jobs (gross, not net, I am sure the net is negative) in three years for the whole country. Pitiful.

[Vigilanteman]

All five of the top five and eight of the top ten have GOP governors. Why do you suppose that is?

[jimpick]

Gosh that right to work might actually do some thing for Michigan. Then again maybe it is because the governor does not state that business needs to pay more taxes. Er I mean the state is not openly stating that they are going to steal from them by excessive taxation..