Pallet supply markets by state
How much pallet-making capacity sits near your delivery points. Counts are private establishments in NAICS 321920 (wood container and pallet manufacturing) from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages. The U.S. total was 3,143 establishments and 61,998 jobs.
| State | Plants | Since 2020 | Employment | Average pay | Metro pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 364 | +19.7% | 6,360 | $53,762 | 14 |
| Texas | 190 | +14.5% | 4,524 | $54,508 | 6 |
| Ohio | 189 | −6.9% | 4,216 | $51,124 | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 189 | +1.1% | 3,737 | $53,952 | 8 |
| Illinois | 169 | +9.0% | 3,076 | $56,434 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 132 | +3.1% | 2,449 | $50,325 | 6 |
| Indiana | 130 | −2.3% | 2,819 | $49,987 | 5 |
| Florida | 109 | +19.8% | 1,553 | $56,488 | 4 |
| Missouri | 108 | +0.9% | 2,048 | $62,948 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 103 | −5.5% | 2,369 | $50,320 | 2 |
| Michigan | 101 | +13.5% | 1,917 | $63,447 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 99 | +6.5% | 2,710 | $49,542 | 3 |
| Georgia | 96 | +6.7% | 2,396 | $65,149 | 1 |
| New York | 95 | +2.2% | 1,502 | $58,674 | 4 |
| Kentucky | 85 | +4.9% | 2,487 | $56,370 | 1 |
| Alabama | 82 | +9.3% | 1,409 | $51,811 | 3 |
| South Carolina | 64 | +6.7% | 839 | $47,981 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 62 | −7.5% | 1,436 | $56,126 | 1 |
| Oregon | 61 | +10.9% | 940 | $54,605 | 2 |
| New Jersey | 60 | +39.5% | 1,132 | $53,999 | 1 |
| Virginia | 60 | +1.7% | 1,467 | $53,621 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 48 | −18.6% | 1,074 | $39,847 | 3 |
| Washington | 46 | +2.2% | 895 | $62,746 | |
| Iowa | 44 | −13.7% | 865 | $55,226 | 3 |
| Mississippi | 42 | 0.0% | 778 | $61,015 | |
| Arizona | 40 | +25.0% | 619 | $53,026 | 1 |
| Utah | 37 | +5.7% | 778 | $51,642 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 32 | 0.0% | 502 | $67,492 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 29 | +7.4% | 649 | $48,931 | 2 |
| Idaho | 24 | +20.0% | 267 | $50,281 | |
| Louisiana | 24 | +4.3% | 565 | $43,921 | 1 |
| Maryland | 23 | −8.0% | 385 | $62,160 | 1 |
| Nevada | 23 | +35.3% | 344 | $52,280 | 1 |
| Kansas | 22 | −15.4% | 408 | $53,405 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 22 | −18.5% | 395 | $50,361 | 1 |
| Colorado | 21 | −22.2% | 407 | $55,623 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 19 | +11.8% | 288 | $51,324 | 1 |
| Maine | 15 | −11.8% | 366 | $59,473 | |
| West Virginia | 15 | +25.0% | 302 | $43,005 | |
| New Hampshire | 14 | +27.3% | 100 | $49,466 | |
| South Dakota | 11 | +22.2% | not disclosed | not disclosed | 1 |
| North Dakota | 7 | +40.0% | 109 | $51,824 | 1 |
| Montana | 6 | +100.0% | 74 | $42,265 | |
| New Mexico | 6 | +50.0% | 62 | $39,253 | |
| Alaska | 5 | +66.7% | not disclosed | not disclosed | |
| Rhode Island | 5 | −16.7% | not disclosed | not disclosed | 1 |
| Delaware | 4 | 0.0% | 109 | $53,591 | |
| Vermont | 4 | −20.0% | not disclosed | not disclosed | |
| Wyoming | 3 | −25.0% | not disclosed | not disclosed | |
| Hawaii | 2 | −33.3% | not disclosed | not disclosed |
How to read this
An establishment is a single plant or location, not a company: one supplier with three yards counts three times. BLS withholds employment and pay where publishing them would reveal a single employer's figures; those cells say "not disclosed". QCEW counts plants that make pallets and wood containers as their main activity, so yards that mostly recycle pallets may be classed elsewhere.
Use the counts to judge how competitive an RFQ can be in a region and how far suppliers will travel, then invite named suppliers through your own search or the quote form. The dual-sourcing guide covers splitting volume across regions.
Source: BLS QCEW annual averages, open data CSV slices, retrieved October 27, 2026.
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