In the years between 2006 and 2016, 252,000 new manufacturing jobs will be created but 1,500,000 jobs will be lost according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The new jobs will be found in:

Pharmaceutical and medicine - 69,000 jobs
Animal slaughter - 60,000 jobs

Also, 122,000 new jobs will be created in:

• Aerospace
• Architecture and structural metals
• Ship and boat building
• Cement and concrete products
• Plastics
• Engineered wood product
• Other industries
  

Most losses will be in:

• Fabricated metal
• Computer
• Machinery
• Printing
• Apparel
  
  

JOB LOSSES AND GAINS BY INDUSTRY

• Food Manufacturing - Animal, grain, sugar, fruit, dairy, and seafood will be reduced by 62,000 jobs.  Animal slaughtering, bakeries, and tortilla producers will add 64,000 jobs.

• Beverage, Tobacco, Textiles, Apparel, and Leather will lose 106,000 jobs.

• Wood Product Manufacturing - sawmills and wood preservation will eliminate 33,000 jobs.  Engineered wood products will add 10,000 jobs.

• Paper Manufacturing and Printing - will reduce the workforce by 241,000 jobs.

• Chemical Manufacturing - basic chemical, resin, synthetic rubber, pesticide, fertilizer, paint, and soap will eliminate 90,000 jobs.  Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing will add 96,000 jobs.

• Rubber and Plastics Manufacturing - rubber will lose 46,000 jobs.  Plastic will add 13,000 jobs.

• Nonmetallic Mineral Manufacturing - clay and glass will eliminate 22,000 jobs.  Cement, concrete products, lime, and gypsum will add 21,000 jobs.

• Primary and Fabricated Metal Manufacturing - iron, steel, aluminum, foundries, forging, cutlery, boiler, hardware, spring, machine shops, and coatings will eliminate 292,000 jobs. Architectural and structural metals will add 23,000 jobs.

• Machinery, Computer, and Electrical Equipment Manufacturing will lose 385,000 jobs.

• Furniture Manufacturing - household, institutional, kitchen, office, and fixtures will experience 37,000 job losses.  Other furniture related products will add 1,000 jobs.

• Miscellaneous Manufacturing - will lose 1,000 jobs.  Miscellaneous medical equipment will add 4,000 jobs.
  
  The metropolitan areas with the most manufacturing growth in the last 12 months and the last 10 years include Las Vegas, Bakersfield, Napa, and Stockton, California,  Amarillo, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Projections to 2016 are not available by metropolitan area.
  
  Finding a job in the Manufacturing sector will be easier in the industry/location combinations that are growing. The pharmaceutical industry for example is growing the fastest (based on the last 12 months and 10 years) in California and North Carolina ... and the pharmaceutical industry is projected to have the most new jobs by 2016.