Decatur, AL Metro Ranks No. 2 for Best Places to Work in Manufacturing

SmartAsset ranked the Decatur, AL Metro No. 2 on the list of 2022 Best Places to Work in Manufacturing. To determine the Top 25 Places to Work in Manufacturing, SmartAsset analyzed nearly 400 metro areas across topics such as manufacturing employment, income and cost of living.

According to SmartAsset, 27% of the workforce in the Decatur area belongs to the manufacturing industry. Employment numbers are up with a 9% growth over the same one-year time period and nearly 15% between 2017 and 2020.

The top ranking went to Ames, IA. To see the rankings, click here.