WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE
UNITED STATES
January 2015
THE U.S. WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY:
• Makes products essential to everyday life from a renewable resource that absorbs and sequesters carbon
• Employs about 400,000 people in wood products manufacturing and supports additional jobs in forestry and other industries
• Pays nearly $1 billion in state and local taxes annually
UNITED STATES, BY THE NUMBERS
ANNUAL PAYROLL INCOME (in thousands of dollars)
EMPLOYMENT
Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2013
Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2013
Wood Products
Forestry & Logging Total Employment
408,900
139,000
547,900
$17,728,000
$3,147,000
$20,875,000
VALUE OF INDUSTRY SHIPMENTS (in thousands of dollars)
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
U.S. Census Bureau Geographic Area Statistics, 2011
Random Lengths 2014 Big Book
Sawmills, Millwork, Treating
Engineered Wood and Panel
Other Wood Products Total Facilities
Wood Products
Forestry & Logging Total Compensation 651
181
110
942
Wood Manufacturing $67,365,450
TAX PAYMENTS (in millions of dollars)
AWC est. based on Ernst & Young (2012) and Bur. of Econ.
Analysis (2012) data
Estimated State & Local Taxes $926
Wood products data does not include paper and pulp industry
LAND AREA (in thousands of acres)
TIMBERLAND (in thousands of acres)
U.S. Forest Service, 2012
Total Land Area
Forests Forests as Percent of Total
Federal Lands
National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service, 2012
2,260,952
776,234
33.9%
238,469
145,229
National Forest System Other Federal State, County and Municipal
Private Corporate Private non-Corporate Total Timberland
98,308
14,002
48,668
111,279
248,896
521,154
The American Wood Council (AWC) is the voice of the North American
wood products manufacturing industry, providing information on wood
design, green building, and environmental regulations and advocating
for balanced government policies that affect wood products.
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