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.
What is Packaging’s Impact in Your State?
Click on the map to 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
See what the study measures and how the economic impact is broken down, including:
- Jobs, wages, and economic output
- Economic activity tied to packaging manufacturers, suppliers, and employee spending
- Taxes paid by packaging manufacturers and their employees
- Coverage across glass, metals, fiber, and plastics, including containers, boxes, cans, bottles, bags, labels, pallets, drums, and other packaging formats
Put the Data to Work
Support Policy Conversations
Use national and state-level findings to provide economic context for discussions with policymakers.
Inform Business Discussions
Bring economic impact data into leadership presentations, stakeholder briefings, and internal planning.
Strengthen Industry Understanding
Show how packaging connects manufacturers, suppliers, workers, and communities across the country.