Manufacturing Job Growth ~ How other metros stack up to the Syracuse MSA (Buffalo: metropolitan area)

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Decline in Manufacturing Jobs Compared

Number of manufacturing jobs in 2000 and 2008 in selected metropolitan areas in the US.

Syracuse, NY MSA
2000 ~ 44,500
2008 ~ 31,700

Flint, MI MSA
2000 ~ 30,800
2008 ~ 13,000

Lansing, MI MSA
2000 ~ 28,700
2008 ~ 20,000

Grand Rapids, MI MSA
2000 ~ 90,200
2008 ~ 68,300

Detroit, MI MSA
2000 ~ 391,600
2008 ~ 235,200

Youngstown, OH MSA
2000 ~ 52,800
2008 ~ 34,800

Toledo, OH MSA
2000 ~ 62,500
2008 ~ 44,300

Des Moines, IA MSA
2000 ~ 21,800
2008 ~ 19,700

Madison, WI MSA
2000 ~ 36,500
2008 ~ 31,800

Rochester, NY MSA
2000 ~ 102,700
2008 ~ 70,100

Buffalo, NY MSA
2000 ~ 83,700
2008 ~ 58,200

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
2000 ~ 28,500
2008 ~ 22,500

Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA
2000 ~ 40,200
2008 ~ 32,600

Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA
2000 ~ 82,800
2008 ~ 58,200

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The good thing about Syracuse's low number of manufacturing jobs is that we have less to fall if the current trend of outsourcing factory jobs continue. Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit and Grand Rapids still have a relatively large manufacturing base. So those metros could be hurting in the next few years.

The advantage Syracuse has over places like Flint and Youngstown is that Syracuse has a diverse economic base compared to those two metros.