Steel-Consuming Jobs vs. Steel-Producing Jobs

Based on data from 1999

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STATE	STEEL-CONSUMING JOBS	STEEL-PRODUCING JOBS	LARGE STEEL-CONSUMING SECTORS	STEEL-CONSUMING VS STEEL-PRODUCING JOBS
Alabama	206,839	8,713	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment	24 steel-consuming for every steel-producing job
Alaska	14,427	0	Special trade contractors, non-residential construction
Arizona	213,944	529	Transportation equipment, heavy construction	404:1
Arkansas	121,089	4,549	Special trade contractors, fabricated metal products, industrial machinery & equipment	27:1
California	1,218,046	6,857	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, general building contractors	178:1
Colorado	196,038	1,199	Special trade contractors, industrial machinery & equipment	164:1
Connecticut	202,963	1,939	Transportation equipment, fabricated metal products, industrial machinery & equipment	105:1
Delaware	53,437	627	Chemicals and related products, special trade contractors	85:1
Florida	470,416	1,558	Transportation equipment, fabricated metal products, industrial machinery & equipment	302:1
Georgia	335,793	1,301	Transportation equipment, fabricated metal products, industrial machinery & equipment	258:1
Hawaii	19,885	0	Special trade contractors, heavy construction
Idaho	48,842	0	Special trade contractors, industrial machinery & equipment
Illinois	646,968	19,834	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	33:1
Indiana	450,363	33,071	Transportation equipment, special trade contractors, industrial machinery & equipment	14:1
Iowa	161,934	1,277	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	127:1
Kansas	161,781	729	Transportation equipment, industrial machinery & equipment, special trade contractors	222:1
Kentucky	220,448	5,374	Special trade contractors, transportation equipment, industrial machinery & equipment	41:1
Louisiana	218,141	1,130	Chemicals and related products, transportation equipment	193:1
Maine	45,406	0	Special trade contractors, transportation equipment, non-residential construction
Maryland	181,872	5,524	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment	33:1
Massachusetts	247,651	975	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	254:1
Michigan	794,795	11,744	Transportation equipment, industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	68:1
Minnesota	248,047	1,087	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	228:1
Mississippi	133,086	1,358	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment	98:1
Missouri	303,702	2,435	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, special trade contractors	125:1
Montana	20,111	0	Special trade contractors, heavy construction
Nebraska	74,277	0	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products, special trade contractors
Nevada	88,866	0	Special trade contractors, heavy construction
New Hampshire	54,726	184	Special trade contractors, industrial machinery & equipment	297:1
New Jersey	299,007	2,091	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products, chemicals and related products	143:1
New Mexico	45,972	0	Special trade contractors, heavy construction
New York	536,399	4,174	Special trade contractors, industrial machinery & equipment, chemicals and related products	129:1
North Carolina	421,941	1,764	Industrial machinery & equipment, chemicals and related products, transportation equipment	239:1
North Dakota	25,874	0	Industrial machinery & equipment, special trade contractors, heavy construction
Ohio	769,071	38,797	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	20:1
Oklahoma	143,694	1,779	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, fabricated metal products	81:1
Oregon	132,214	1,807	Industrial machinery & equipment, special trade contractors	73:1
Pennsylvania	553,315	35,730	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	16:1
Rhode Island	35,380	1,132	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products, special trade contractors	31:1
South Carolina	217,701	2,689	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, special trade contractors	81:1
South Dakota	33,774	0	Industrial machinery & equipment, special trade contractors
Tennessee	328,501	3,396	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, fabricated metal products	97:1
Texas	951,563	7,751	Heavy construction, industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	123:1
Utah	109,886	2,130	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, special trade contractors	52:1
Vermont	22,701	0	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, special trade contractors
Virginia	295,096	1,276	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, heavy construction	231:1
Washington	287,501	730	Industrial machinery & equipment, transportation equipment, special trade contractors	394:1
West Virginia	57,932	6,718	Industrial machinery & equipment, chemicals and related products, special trade contractors	9:1
Wisconsin	365,933	2,253	Industrial machinery & equipment, fabricated metal products	162:1
Wyoming	19,300	0	Special trade contractors, heavy construction, chemicals and related products
TOTALS:	12,806,648	226,211

SOURCE: The Trade Partnership, derived from data provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Employment considered steel-consuming includes workers in the following sectors: fabricated metal products (SIC 34); industrial machinery and equipment (SIC 35); electric distribution equipment (SIC 361); electrical industrial apparatus (SIC 362); household appliances (SIC 363); electric lighting and wiring equipment (SIC 364); transportation equipment (SIC 37); chemicals and related products (SIC 28); tires (SIC 301); petroleum refining (SIC 291), and nonresidential construction (SIC 15 -17 minus SIC 152).

These figures are conservative because data is not available for workers of transportation services, such as railroads and ports.

Steel-producing employment includes workers at blast furnaces and manufacturers of basic steel products (SIC 331).