Direct Employment of Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing by State

The manufacture of motor vehicle parts accounts for a substantial amount of employment, particularly in the Midwest and in the South. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing directly employed more than 734,000 people in 2012; and all 50 states had some level of employment supported by this industry. The top five states including Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky accounted for nearly half of the employment directly related to motor vehicle parts manufacturing. The table below shows that Michigan had by far the greatest number employed in this sector with more than six times that of Georgia which ranked fifteenth.