A stacked bar chart showing the total value of the textile industry at $60.9 billion. It includes four categories: Man-made Fibers at $5.5 billion, Apparel at $9.3 billion, Textile Products at $21.7 billion, and Textile Mills at $24.3 billion.

Shipments

In 2025, the value of U.S. man-made fiber and filament, textile, and apparel shipments totaled an estimated $60.9 billion. 

The breakdown of 2025 shipments by industry sector:

  • $24.3 billion for NAICS 313 – Textile Mills (Yarns & Fabrics)

  • $21.7 billion for NAICS 314 – Textile Product Mills (Home Furnishings, Carpet, & Non-Apparel Sewn Products)

  • $9.3 billion for NAICS 315 – Apparel

  • An estimated $5.5 billion for NAICS 32522 – Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments (Man-Made Fibers & Filaments

Bar chart showing the 2025 value of shipments in billions of dollars for man-made fiber, yarn, fabric, apparel, and sewn products. The years range from 2015 to 2025, with the highest value in 2015 at $71.7 billion and the lowest in 2025 at $60.9 billion.

KEY FACTS

The National Council of Textile Organizations is comprised of five councils to ensure a broad representation of the industry supply chain.

A circular infographic showing the number of jobs in different industries, totaling 453,000 jobs. The segments are color-coded: orange for Yarn & Fabrics with 82,000 jobs, purple for Home Furnishings, Carpet & Non-Apparel Sewn Products with 93,400 jobs, green for Apparel with 79,000 jobs, dark blue for Cotton Farming & Related Industry with 87,200 jobs, pink for Wool Growing & Related Industry with 88,900 jobs, and light blue for Man-Made Fibers with 22,600 jobs.

The U.S. textile industry supply chain—from textile fibers to apparel and other sewn products—employed 453,122 workers in 2025. The U.S. government estimates that 1 textile manufacturing job in this country supports 3 other jobs.

Employment

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A bar chart showing the total value of textile industry sectors in the U.S. in billions of dollars. Man-made fibers: $5.5 billion, Apparel: $9.3 billion, Textile products: $21.7 billion, Textile mills: $24.3 billion. The total industry value is $60.9 billion.

Shipments

U.S. textile and apparel shipments totaled $60.9 billion in 2025.

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A colorful bar chart showing U.S. import values across categories, totaling $27 billion. The categories are Cotton, Wool & Fine Animal Hair, Yarns, Fabrics, Home Furnishings, Carpet & Non-Apparel Sewn Products, and Apparel, with respective import values of $4.9 billion, $3.7 billion, $7.8 billion, $3.7 billion, and $6.9 billion.

The U.S. textile industry supplies more than 8,000 different textile products to the U.S. military.

U.S. Military

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Exports

The U.S. industry is the 2nd largest exporter of textile-related products in the world. Fiber, textile, and apparel exports combined were $26.9 billion in 2025.

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Graph showing U.S. investment in yarn, fabric, apparel, and sewn products manufacturing from 2017 to 2024, increasing from $3.3 billion to $5.5 billion, totaling $34.3 billion since 2017.
Graph showing U.S. investment in yarn, fabric, apparel, and sewn products manufacturing from 2017 to 2024, increasing from $3.3 billion to $5.5 billion, totaling $34.3 billion since 2017.

The United States is the world leader in textile research and development, with the U.S. textile complex developing next generation textile materials such as conductive fabric with anti-static properties, electronic textiles that can monitor heart rate and other vital signs, antimicrobial fibers, lifesaving body armor, and new fabrics that adapt to the climate to make the wearer warmer or cooler.

R&D

Capital Investments

The U.S. textile industry invested $34.3 billion in new plants and equipment from 2017 to 2024. Recently U.S. manufacturers have opened new facilities throughout the textile production chain, including recycling facilities to convert textile and other waste to new textile uses and resins.

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In 2022, hourly and nonsupervisory textile mill workers on average earned more than 2x as much as apparel store workers ($854 per week vs. $412) and received healthcare and retirement benefits. 

Wages