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Employment in wineries up 153 percent from 2001 to 2017

July 09, 2018

Employment in wineries exceeded 64,000 jobs in 2017. That is an increase of 153 percent from the 25,000 winery jobs in 2001. The number of wineries in the United States has also grown rapidly, reaching more than 4,300 in 2017, compared with about 1,000 in 2001.
Employment and number of establishments in wineries, 2001–17 annual averages
Year Employment Establishments

2001

 25,363 1,066

2002

 26,620 1,251

2003

 29,905 1,410

2004

 31,470 1,565

2005

 33,565 1,700

2006

 35,899 1,923

2007

 37,921 2,112

2008

 40,160 2,311

2009

 40,100 2,456

2010

 40,830 2,616

2011

 42,231 2,771

2012

 45,351 2,978

2013

 48,386 3,201

2014

 52,879 3,560

2015

 57,003 3,848

2016

 60,436 4,083

2017(p)

 64,139 4,308
Footnotes:

(p) Preliminary

About 58 percent of all winery jobs in 2017 were in California (36,924). Washington, Oregon, and New York were the only other states with winery employment greater than 3,000 in 2017.
Winery employment by state, 2017 annual averages
State Employment

Alabama

 13

Arizona

 281

California

 36,924

Connecticut

 321

Florida

 362

Georgia

 208

Idaho

 197

Illinois

 575

Indiana

 875

Iowa

 414

Kansas

 102

Kentucky

 143

Maryland

 305

Massachusetts

 241

Michigan

 992

Minnesota

 303

Missouri

 890

Montana

 59

New Hampshire

 133

New Jersey

 609

New Mexico

 205

New York

 3,012

North Carolina

 695

Ohio

 875

Oklahoma

 74

Oregon

 3,145

Pennsylvania

 1,789

South Carolina

 50

South Dakota

 118

Tennessee

 452

Texas

 1,736

Vermont

 191

Virginia

 2,397

Washington

 3,940

West Virginia

 24

Wisconsin

 534

Wyoming

 25

Note: Data are preliminary. Data are not available for states that are not listed.

These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Data for 2017 are preliminary. For more data on establishments, employment, and wages, see the QCEW data retrieval tool. If you are interested in data about wineries, you also might like to see our Spotlight on Statistics on breweries.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment in wineries up 153 percent from 2001 to 2017 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/employment-in-wineries-up-153-percent-from-2001-to-2017.htm (visited April 16, 2024).

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