Manufacturing is the process of using raw materials to add value and create a new product. The manufacturing industry itself covers many other industries, including durable goods (aircraft, automobiles, chemicals, tools, electronics, furniture) and nondurable goods (food and beverage, clothing, pharmaceuticals). Manufacturing companies and jobs are often thought of as high labor and working with machines, but they involve a wide range of jobs, including administrative/office workers, engineers, sales and marketing, supervisors/managers, welders, accountants, designers, researchers, truck drivers, and more. In Southwest Florida, the top jobs in the manufacturing industry are miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, first-line supervisors, sales representatives, cabinet makers/bench carpenters, welder/cutters, laborers and freight/stock movers, machinists, general managers, inspectors/testers, and packers. The industry is expected to grow 3.3% between 2021-2022 and by 9% between 2021-2025. By 2030, the manufacturing industry is expected to grow 15.5% is Southwest Florida.