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Ten States Leading America’s FDI Manufacturing Workforce

In the past five years, international companies created nearly 400,000 manufacturing jobs while the U.S. overall sadly lost 223,000. Global connections are key to America’s competitiveness in this sector, helping to diversify America’s economy and make it more resilient to downturns. Nationwide, 35.9 percent of FDI-supported jobs are in the manufacturing sector, with 25 states exceeding this average.