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Manufacturing 2.0: A More Prosperous California

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Indicator Value % Change Value % Change Rank Value % Change Rank Value % Change Rank Value % Change Rank Value % Change Rank Value % Change Rank Value % Change Rank Value % Change Rank

Real gross state product (US$ billions) $11,523.9 17.4% $1,549 20.3% 4 $213.3 34.6% 1 $207.6 6.8% 8 $96.5 16.6% 6 $214.9 16.1% 7 $143.7 27.8% 2 $903.4 24.2% 3 $261.1 17.6% 5

Per capita personal income (US$) $38,615 29.4% $41,805 28.8% 3 $32,833 28.0% 5 $33,215 22.4% 8 $25,197 22.9% 7 $41,105 28.4% 4 $35,143 25.1% 6 $37,083 31.0% 1 $4,1203 29.7% 2

Total exports of goods (US$ billions) $1,162.5 48.7% $134.3 12.3% 8 $19.2 34.1% 7 $25.9 68.7% 4 $10.3 99.7% 2 $18.1 75.3% 3 $16.5 44.5% 6 $168.2 62.0% 5 $66.4 106.0% 1

Manufacturing's share of real GDP (%) 13.6% -6.1% 12.8% -9.8% 8 12.6% -3.1% 4 28.2% -5.4% 6 15.9% -4.4% 5 15.8% 1.7% 3 32.1% 65.8% 1 15.8% 23.8% 2 10.5% -7.8% 7

Real manufacturing output per worker (US$ thousands) $113.6 37.9% $136.8 39.1% 4 $148.5 50.1% 3 $106.5 22.0% 7 82.8 20.2% 8 $99.2 37.1% 5 $226.7 135.1% 1 $153.1 75.7% 2 $95.1 23.2% 6

Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, Milken Institute.
Note: Data are 2007 figures, unless stated otherwise. The rankings are among the eight peer states, 1 = best and 8 = worst, based on the growth rate between 2000 and 2007.

Economic climate indicators

	United States		California			Arizona			Indiana			Kansas			Minnesota			Oregon			Texas			Washington
Indicator	Value	% Change	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank
Real gross domestic product (US$ billions)	$11,523.9	17.4%	$1,549	20.3%	4	$213.3	34.6%	1	$207.6	6.8%	8	$96.5	16.6%	6	$214.9	16.1%	7	$143.7	27.8%	2	$903.4	24.2%	3	$261.1	17.6%	5
Total nonfarm employment (thousands, SA)	$13,7604.3	4.4%	$15,173.4	4.7%	5	$2,673.8	19.2%	1	$2,985.9	-0.5%	8	$1,380	2.5%	7	$2,771.4	3.2%	6	$1,731.4	7.0%	4	$10,395	10.2%	2	$2,933.7	8.2%	3
Total exports of goods (US$ billions)	$1,162.5	48.7%	$134.3	12.3%	8	$19.2	34.1%	7	$25.9	68.7%	4	$10.3	99.7%	2	$18.1	75.3%	3	$16.5	44.5%	6	$168.2	62.0%	5	$66.4	106.0%	1
Per capita personal income (US$)	$38,615	29.4%	$41,805	28.8%	3	$32,833	28.0%	5	$33,215	22.4%	8	$25,197	22.9%	7	$41,105	28.4%	4	$35,143	25.1%	6	$37,083	31.0%	1	$41,203	29.7%	2
Median household income (US$)	$50,740	20.8%	$59,928	26.2%	1	$49,923	23.1%	2	$47,422	14.1%	8	$47,341	16.5%	7	$55,664	18.2%	6	$48,735	19.1%	4	$47,563	19.1%	5	$55,628	21.5%	5
Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, Milken Institute. Note: Data are 2007 figures, unless stated otherwise. The rankings are among the eight peer states, 1 = best and 8 = worst, based on the growth rate between 2000 and 2007.

Business climate indicators

	United States		California			Arizona			Indiana			Kansas			Minnesota			Oregon			Texas			Washington
Indicator	Value	% Change	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank
Corporate income tax rate	15.0% -35.0%	--	8.84%	0.0%	7	6.97%	-12.9%	4	8.5%	150.0%	7	4.00% - 7.35%	0.0% -83.8%	5	9.8%	0.0%	8	6.6%	0.00%	2	1.0%	--	2	0%	--	1
Individual income tax rate	10.0% -35.0%	--	1.0% -10.3%	0.0% - 10.8%	8	2.73% -4.79%	-4.9% - -5.0%	4	3.4%	0.0%	2	3.5%-6.45%	0.00%	4	5.35%-7.85%	-2.7% - -1.9%	6	5.0% -9.0%	0.00%	7	0%	--	1	0%	--	1
Property tax rate	13.8%	--	6.8%	--	1	12.1%	--	5	2.12%	--	7	2.09%	--	5	1.27%	--	6	1.22%	--	3	2.57%	--	8	1.13%	--	2
Sales tax rate	0%	--	6.25%	4.2%	3	5.6%	12.0%	3	6.0%	20.0%	4	5.3%	8.20%	2	6.5%	0.0%	7	0%	--	1	6.25%	0.0%	5	6.5%	0.0%	7
Employer unemployment insurance tax rate	0.66%	24.5%	0.73%	37.7%	3	0.34%	17.2%	1	0.61%	64.9%	5	0.48%	11.60%	3	0.77%	67.4%	2	1.16%	-4.10%	8	0.45%	21.6%	2	1.12%	-0.9%	7
Total state-local tax burden rate	9.9%	4.2%	10.8%	2.9%	8	8.7%	0.0%	2	9.5%	6.7%	4	9.9%	6.50%	5	10.4%	2.0%	5	9.6%	0.00%	4	8.3%	3.8%	1	9.1%	7.1%	3
Per capita total state-local taxes paid (US$)	$4,223	35.8%	$4,993	32.4%	8	$3,302	33.6%	1	$3,459	35.4%	3	$3,886	41.90%	5	$4,599	29.1%	2	$3,701	26.70%	3	$3,428	38.3%	2	$4,248	34.0%	6
Government debt as % of GDP	65.5%	12.9%	6.3%	43.2%	5	3.9%	95.0%	3	7.8%	90.2%	8	4.8%	108.70%	4	3.5%	16.7%	2	7.1%	29.10%	7	2.1%	-19.2%	1	6.8%	28.3%	6
Per capita government spending (US$)	$14,327	42.3%	$6,390	44.5%	8	$4,470	40.6%	2	$4,540	36.1%	2	$4,749	39.90%	5	$6,134	29.3%	7	$5,499	19.20%	5	$3,791	30.8%	1	$5,738	30.6%	6
Nonfarm establishments (latest 2006)	7,601,160	7.5%	878,128	9.8%	4	$137,845	20.1%	1	$151,283	3.4%	7	$76,446	2.00%	8	$151,150	8.7%	5	$110,684	10.00%	2	$509,080	8.0%	6	$179,908	9.7%	4
Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, The Tax Foundation, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Milken Institute. Note: Data are 2007 figures, unless stated otherwise. The rankings are among the eight peer states, 1 = best and 8 = worst, based on the growth rate between 2000 and 2007.

Manufacturing indicators

	United States		California			Arizona			Indiana			Kansas			Minnesota			Oregon			Texas			Washington
Indicator	Value	% Change	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank	Value	% Change	Rank
Manufacturing share of real GDP	13.6%	-6.1%	12.8%	-9.8%	8	12.6%	-3.1%	4	28.2%	-5.4%	6	15.9%	-4.4%	5	15.8%	1.7%	3	32.1%	65.8%	1	15.8%	23.8%	2	10.5%	-7.8%	7
High-tech manufacturing share of real GDP	4.8%	39.3%	7.4%	6.5%	5	8.8%	5.4%	6	7.3%	29.7%	4	6.5%	1.9%	7	5.6%	87.3%	2	25.1%	153.6%	1	6.3%	86.1%	3	5.1%	1.4%	8
Manufacturing employment (thousands)	13,882.6	-19.6%	1463.3	-21.0%	8	181.7	-13.5%	5	549.97	-17.2%	7	185.5	-7.5%	1	341.2	-14.0%	6	204.42	-9.1%	2	934.4	-12.5%	4	293.2	-11.7%	3
High-tech manufacturing employment (thousands)	2,468.7	-19.4%	485.9	-22.8%	7	76.5	-17.8%	6	68.1	-5.4%	1	53.1	-9.2%	2	77.1	-12.6%	4	49.5	-11.0%	3	184.1	-23.1%	8	110.2	-13.3%	5
Share of U.S. high-tech manufacturing employment	2.0% (U.S. avg.)	2.0%	19.68%	-4.2%	7	3.1%	2.0%	6	2.76%	17.4%	1	2.15%	12.6%	2	3.12%	8.3%	4	2.0%	10.5%	3	7.46%	-4.5%	8	4.46%	7.7%	5
Manufacturing wage per employee (US$)	$53,804	25.3%	$66,241	28.0%	2	$58,904	18.6%	8	$51,340	25.2%	5	$48,558	25.3%	4	$52,765	25.8%	3	$51,904	18.7%	7	$6,0421	30.3%	1	$60,515	21.7%	6
Manufacturers' capital expenditures (US$ billions)	$135.8	-12.3%	$14.1	-16.8%	6	$1.9	-24.6%	7	$5.3	-13.3%	4	$1.9	51.8%	1	$2.8	-4.3%	3	$1.8	-33.2%	8	$12.8	-16.3%	5	$3	14.9%	2
Industrial R&D expenditures (US$ billions, 2005)	$226.2	13.3%	$50.7	10.7%	7	$3	21.9%	6	$4.6	72.8%	3	$2	74.8%	2	$6.3	70.3%	4	$3.3	97.0%	1	$12.4	38.8%	5	$9.7	5.1%	8
Real manufacturing output (US$ billions)	$1,571.7	10.2%	$198.6	8.5%	6	$27.1	30.5%	3	$58.5	1.1%	8	$15.4	11.4%	5	$33.9	18.1%	4	$46.1	111.9%	1	$143.1	53.9%	2	$27.5	8.5%	7
Real manufacturing output per worker (US$ thousands)	113.6	37.9%	136.8	39.1%	4	148.5	50.1%	3	106.5	22.0%	7	82.8	20.2%	8	99.2	37.1%	5	226.7	135.1%	1	153.1	75.7%	2	95.1	23.2%	6
Value added per production worker (US$)	$249,139	48.8%	$268,768	34.2%	7	$270,500	14.5%	8	$224,781	39.8%	5	$207,944	43.4%	4	$222,051	35.5%	6	$316,417	78.7%	1	$347,557	74.5%	2	$295,559	62.6%	3
Exports of manufactured goods (US$ billions)	$1,022.1	44.4%	$118.9	6.6%	8	$17.1	26.6%	7	$25.3	68.6%	4	$9	92.4%	2	$16.3	71.5%	3	$13.7	36.5%	6	$158.2	59.5%	5	$57.4	100.3%	1
Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The National Science Foundation, U.S. Census Bureau, Milken Institute. Note: Data are 2007 figures, unless stated otherwise. The rankings are among the eight peer states, 1 = best and 8 = worst, based on the growth rate between 2000 and 2007.

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State Business Tax Climate Index (Tax Foundation) 8 47 5 25 4 12 6 33 7 42 2 10 1 8 4 11

Best & Worst States [to do business] Survey (Chief Executive Magazine) 8 51 2 8 3 11 4 21 6 32 4 24 1 1 7 40

Competitiveness Index (Beacon Hill Institute) 7 24 5 19 8 44 4 17 1 6 3 14 6 20 2 7

Economic Competitiveness Index (American Legislative Exchange Council) 4 27 3 8 8 47 6 42 6 34 5 29 1 1 2 5

2007 State and Local Tax Burden (Public Policy Institute of New York) 8 41 2 12 4 23 4 22 2 13 6 34 1 10 6 32

Economic Freedom Index (Pacific Research Institute) 8 49 2 11 3 14 1 1 7 44 5 29 4 17 6 31

Small Business Survival Index (Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council) 8 49 3 13 4 20 5 31 7 46 6 32 2 6 1 5

2007 Cost-of-Doing-Business Index (Milken Institute) 8 44 4 22 2 14 8 38 2 13 6 29 5 26 6 35

State New Economy Index (Kauffman Foundation) 2 8 6 20 8 36 7 31 3 14 5 15 6 18 1 2

State Technology & Science Index (Milken Institute) 4 4 4 17 8 33 7 24 3 11 6 23 6 20 2 5

Note: Indices cited were published in 2008, unless otherwise stated. Some index rankings results were reversed from published rank in order to make them consistent across the different indices as presented here. The rankings are among the eight peer states, 1 = best and 8 = worst.

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