[[File:BDS_VT_Manufacturing_1978to2019.PNG|right|500px]] Restricting the data to just NAICS 31-33 shows that manufacturing in Vermont:
* Reached an apex around 1998-2000 in terms of both jobs and establishments.
* Is now at its lower **lowest level on record of for employment ** and **near a 40 year for the number of establishments**.
* Declined around five years after the creation of the VMEC.