Savills: U.S. Manufacturing Jobs, Investment Rebound Sharply

U.S. manufacturing job announcements and capital investment are rebounding sharply after months of plateauing earlier in 2026, Savills reported Tuesday. The firm’s latest Manufacturing Pulse cited 78,117 jobs and nearly $70 billion in capital investment announced over the trailing 12 months, for year-over-year increases of 46.6% and 108.3%, respectively. At the same time, the “stall rate” of projects being delayed or canceled reached a two-year low in August.

Defense and AI & energy infrastructure continue to drive the bulk of new activity, together accounting for 69% of jobs announced over the past 12 months, with Saronic Technologies’ $3.2-billion Brownsville facility leading a wave of recent announcements that also includes SpaceX, Janicki Industries and Electra.aero, according to Savills.

As suggested by the Saronic announcement, Texas has captured more of the latest manufacturing wave than any other state, with 24,615 jobs and nearly $30 billion in capital investment announced over the past year.

Pictured: A recently announced SpaceX Terafab facility to be built near College Station, TX.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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