From manufacturing facilities to suppliers and local businesses, packaging supports economic activity across the country. Explore the scale of that contribution—and the industries and communities behind the numbers.
Total Economic Output
$694.79 Billion
American Jobs Supported
1.82 Million
Wages and Benefits
$160.39 Billion
Federal, State, and Local Taxes
$63.35 Billion
National estimates include direct, supplier, and induced economic impacts. Source: AMERIPEN / John Dunham & Associates, 2026.
Bring the Findings Closer To Home
What is Packaging’s Impact in Your State?
Explore state-level jobs, compensation, economic output, and tax contributions. View, download, or print a report to use in your next presentation or policy discussion.
Inside the report
Understand what’s behind the numbers.
Read the national findings and learn how packaging’s economic contribution was measured.
- Jobs, wages, benefits, and economic output.
- Separate estimates for manufacturing, suppliers, and employee spending.
- Direct impacts by packaging material and supplier impacts by sector.
What Does the Study Include?
Containers, boxes, cans, bottles, bags, protective packaging, labels, packing materials, envelopes, pallets, and drums made from glass, metals, fiber, or plastics.
Inform Policy Conversations
Bring national and state economic context to discussions with policymakers.
Support Company Presentations
Explain packaging’s connections to employment, suppliers, and communities.
Build Industry Understanding
Share documented findings about the breadth of packaging’s economic contribution.