Most people know Idaho for agriculture, but the Gem State's manufacturing sector tells a very different story. Idaho is home to the only U.S. manufacturer of DRAM memory chips, a booming semiconductor industry, and one of the fastest growing manufacturing workforces in the entire country.
Idaho's manufacturing industry has grown by 29% over the past decade, outpacing the national growth rate of 7% by a wide margin.
What Idaho Makes
Leading Sectors of Idaho Manufacturing
Semiconductor and Electronics
Idaho is a nationally significant hub for semiconductor production. Memory chips, integrated circuits, solar photovoltaic components, and electronic systems manufactured in Idaho ship to markets across Asia and North America.
Food manufacturing is one of Idaho's largest and most stable industrial sectors. Potato processing, dairy, meat packing, grain milling, and specialty food production create steady, year-round employment for thousands of workers across the state.
Precision metal fabrication, industrial equipment, and specialized machinery manufacturing round out Idaho's production base, supporting sectors from construction and mining to aerospace component supply chains.
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