Sign Trade Data › Metro areas
BLS QCEW · 2024 annual averages · 383 metro areas

How many sign shops are in each metro area?

Sign manufacturing establishments in every U.S. metro area the BLS publishes, with employment, average pay and how concentrated the trade is locally. Metro figures run a year behind the state figures: 2024 is the latest year published for metro areas.

Most sign shops382New York area
Top 10 metros26%of U.S. sign shops (1,983)
Most concentrated2.23×Grand Rapids area, among metros with 20+ shops

Every metro area, ranked by number of sign shops

Metro areas with 20 or more sign shops have their own page. A dash means the BLS withheld the value to protect a small number of employers, which it does for employment and pay in most metro areas. "Concentration" compares sign shops' share of the area's private employers with their share nationally (1.00× = the national share). Metro areas that cross state lines are counted whole.

#Metro areaSign shopsEmployeesAvg payConcentrationShops vs 2023
1New York areaNY-NJ
382
——0.91×-5.2%
2Los Angeles areaCA
263
2,548$64,3680.58×-1.1%
3Dallas areaTX
230
——1.73×-0.4%
4Chicago areaIL-IN
216
——1.37×-3.1%
5Atlanta areaGA
208
——1.48×+10.6%
6Miami areaFL
175
1,001$61,9451.01×0%
7Houston areaTX
161
——1.45×+7.3%
8Philadelphia areaPA-NJ-DE-MD
139
——1.23×-3.5%
9Phoenix areaAZ
109
——1.17×-5.2%
10Tampa areaFL
100
1,226$62,2821.33×+3.1%
11Detroit areaMI
94
——1.37×-9.6%
12Denver areaCO
89
——1.08×+1.1%
13Seattle areaWA
86
875$66,0321.11×+2.4%
14Minneapolis areaMN-WI
84
——1.22×-3.4%
15Orlando areaFL
80
703$59,1931.33×-2.4%
16Boston areaMA-NH
77
——0.69×+4.1%
16San Diego areaCA
77
613$79,0030.92×+2.7%
18Portland areaOR-WA
74
——1.15×-2.6%
18Washington areaDC-VA-MD-WV
74
——0.54×-5.1%
20Charlotte areaNC-SC
73
——1.18×0%
21San Francisco areaCA
66
——0.47×-4.3%
22Austin areaTX
63
——1.31×-4.5%
23San Antonio areaTX
62
——1.68×+5.1%
24Nashville areaTN
58
——1.19×+5.5%
24Riverside areaCA
58
807$62,9310.56×+1.8%
26Cleveland areaOH
55
——1.37×—
27Pittsburgh areaPA
54
——1.29×0%
28Cincinnati areaOH-KY-IN
53
——1.25×-3.6%
28St. Louis areaMO-IL
53
——0.89×-1.9%
30Indianapolis areaIN
52
——1.38×0%
31Kansas City areaMO-KS
51
——1.05×0%
32Columbus areaOH
48
——1.27×-2%
33Baltimore areaMD
44
——0.90×-4.3%
33Las Vegas areaNV
44
1,019$74,4971.07×0%
33Milwaukee areaWI
44
747$81,1761.37×0%
36Salt Lake City areaUT
42
——0.97×+10.5%
37Louisville areaKY-IN
41
——1.33×0%
38Birmingham areaAL
40
——1.77×+5.3%
39Grand Rapids areaMI
39
——2.23×0%
39Oklahoma City areaOK
39
——1.27×-7.1%
41Jacksonville areaFL
37
——1.07×-5.1%
41Raleigh areaNC
37
234$53,3921.02×+12.1%
43New Orleans areaLA
34
——1.43×-5.6%
43Sacramento areaCA
34
——0.52×0%
45Providence areaRI-MA
32
——0.82×-5.9%
46Greenville areaSC
30
——1.65×+7.1%
46Knoxville areaTN
30
——1.77×0%
46Virginia Beach areaVA-NC
30
——1.00×+15.4%
49Boise areaID
29
——1.24×+7.4%
49Hartford areaCT
29
288$75,2981.06×+3.6%
51Columbia areaSC
28
——1.84×-3.4%
52North Port areaFL
26
168$65,1291.15×+4%
52San Juan areaPR
26
——1.19×+4%
54Baton Rouge areaLA
24
——1.29×+4.3%
54Richmond areaVA
24
——0.86×-11.1%
56Fresno areaCA
23
——0.73×+9.5%
56Palm Bay areaFL
23
145$62,4291.94×-4.2%
56Wichita areaKS
23
244$54,1172.08×-4.2%
59Bridgeport areaCT
22
112$58,4990.79×+4.8%
59Buffalo areaNY
22
293$60,5071.16×-8.3%
59Cape Coral areaFL
22
212$56,6231.21×-4.3%
59Charleston areaSC
22
——1.12×+4.8%
59Deltona areaFL
22
——1.73×0%
59Greensboro areaNC
22
390$57,8321.56×-8.3%
59Memphis areaTN-MS-AR
22
168$45,1121.08×0%
59Rochester areaNY
22
——1.28×-4.3%
59Tulsa areaOK
22
——1.05×+10%
68Toledo areaOH
21
——2.15×+10.5%
68Tucson areaAZ
21
256$48,1591.41×0%
70Albuquerque areaNM
20
——1.13×0%
70Omaha areaNE-IA
20
——1.09×0%
70San Jose areaCA
20
129$73,4550.37×-4.8%
73Colorado Springs areaCO
19
——1.15×-9.5%
74Akron areaOH
18
——1.46×-5.3%
74Allentown areaPA-NJ
18
——1.42×0%
74Canton areaOH
18
——2.85×0%
74Chattanooga areaTN-GA
18
——1.69×+12.5%
74Fort Collins areaCO
18
177$56,8301.87×-10%
74Madison areaWI
18
——1.32×+5.9%
74Mobile areaAL
18
73$32,5262.34×-5.3%
74Myrtle Beach areaSC
18
132$53,6422.29×-25%
74Springfield areaMO
18
——1.86×+12.5%
74Wilmington areaNC
18
80$45,2521.62×+28.6%
84Dayton areaOH
17
——1.35×—
84Little Rock areaAR
17
——1.23×-5.6%
84New Haven areaCT
17
108$61,1361.30×-15%
87Albany areaNY
16
——1.00×+6.7%
87Kiryas Joel areaNY
16
——1.22×—
87Portland areaME
16
89$58,6410.90×-5.9%
87Santa Rosa areaCA
16
89$64,7221.18×0%
87Honolulu areaHI
16
73$51,5510.80×+6.7%
87Winston-Salem areaNC
16
——1.45×-5.9%
93Lakeland areaFL
15
——1.38×-16.7%
93Port St. Lucie areaFL
15
——1.46×0%
93Provo areaUT
15
——1.04×+15.4%
93Syracuse areaNY
15
——1.42×-6.2%
93Worcester areaMA
15
124$65,8480.86×-16.7%
98Des Moines areaIA
14
——0.81×+7.7%
98El Paso areaTX
14
76$49,2531.32×-12.5%
98Lancaster areaPA
14
123$62,4711.52×0%
98Panama City areaFL
14
161$43,6563.01×+7.7%
98Reno areaNV
14
——1.22×+7.7%
103Eugene areaOR
13
264$61,4061.53×-23.5%
103Naples areaFL
13
38$51,0211.12×0%
103Oxnard areaCA
13
72$50,9760.66×0%
103Stockton areaCA
13
109$34,5650.94×+18.2%
107Huntsville areaAL
12
——1.21×0%
107Lafayette areaLA
12
——1.20×-20%
107McAllen areaTX
12
102$42,3971.36×0%
107Ogden areaUT
12
——1.04×+9.1%
107Salem areaOR
12
——1.27×-14.3%
107Shreveport areaLA
12
——1.56×+9.1%
107Spartanburg areaSC
12
35$49,9212.15×0%
114Augusta areaGA-SC
11
——1.24×0%
114Fayetteville areaAR
11
97$49,8951.11×-8.3%
114Scranton areaPA
11
——1.27×0%
117Anchorage areaAK
10
——1.36×0%
117Asheville areaNC
10
——0.89×0%
117Bend areaOR
10
61$67,9461.21×-9.1%
117Jackson areaMS
10
——0.96×0%
117Lexington areaKY
10
——0.73×0%
117Lubbock areaTX
10
67$41,1041.66×+11.1%
117Manchester areaNH
10
54$69,7581.25×-23.1%
117South Bend areaIN-MI
10
180$62,0492.13×-9.1%
125Bakersfield areaCA
9
44$50,1300.51×-10%
125Beaumont areaTX
9
——1.73×0%
125Bellingham areaWA
9
86$53,9141.95×+12.5%
125Bismarck areaND
9
——2.51×0%
125Daphne areaAL
9
——1.63×0%
125Dothan areaAL
9
——3.02×0%
125Durham areaNC
9
——0.71×-25%
125Evansville areaIN
9
——2.00×+12.5%
125Greeley areaCO
9
61$41,0631.50×-10%
125Pensacola areaFL
9
——1.00×+12.5%
125Rockford areaIL
9
——2.12×-18.2%
125St. Cloud areaMN
9
——2.47×0%
125Waterbury areaCT
9
110$79,6841.06×—
125Youngstown areaOH
9
——1.34×-10%
139Boulder areaCO
8
——0.68×-33.3%
139Fargo areaND-MN
8
——1.16×-11.1%
139Fayetteville areaNC
8
——1.57×0%
139Gulfport areaMS
8
——1.38×0%
139Harrisburg areaPA
8
——0.82×-11.1%
139Helena areaMT
8
——2.82×—
139Longview areaTX
8
——1.76×0%
139Reading areaPA
8
136$68,9551.43×-11.1%
139Savannah areaGA
8
——0.97×+14.3%
139Sheboygan areaWI
8
184$56,8434.18×0%
139Sioux Falls areaSD-MN
8
——0.95×0%
139Spokane areaWA
8
——0.76×0%
139Waco areaTX
8
——1.89×+14.3%
139Wausau areaWI
8
137$61,8053.21×0%
153Auburn areaAL
7
29$54,0512.38×+16.7%
153Billings areaMT
7
54$58,3821.26×0%
153Cedar Rapids areaIA
7
——1.22×+40%
153Elkhart areaIN
7
46$37,8492.10×0%
153Erie areaPA
7
138$60,9491.65×0%
153Flint areaMI
7
87$56,8351.53×+16.7%
153Fort Wayne areaIN
7
61$46,4950.93×0%
153Gainesville areaGA
7
82$65,7611.87×0%
153Grand Junction areaCO
7
51$51,0341.96×0%
153Hilton Head Island areaSC
7
——1.28×0%
153Kahului areaHI
7
17$54,3081.41×-12.5%
153Kalamazoo areaMI
7
102$63,3661.86×-22.2%
153Killeen areaTX
7
75$44,2491.39×0%
153Montgomery areaAL
7
——1.07×0%
153Norwich areaCT
7
31$43,4881.22×+75%
153Ocala areaFL
7
30$43,0091.09×0%
153Racine areaWI
7
58$61,9232.13×+16.7%
153Roanoke areaVA
7
——1.10×0%
153Springfield areaMA
7
42$70,6060.59×-22.2%
153Tallahassee areaFL
7
——0.85×0%
153Tuscaloosa areaAL
7
——1.76×0%
153York areaPA
7
128$79,1941.19×0%
175Albany areaOR
6
48$46,6342.42×+50%
175Ann Arbor areaMI
6
38$59,0620.99×-14.3%
175Appleton areaWI
6
——1.35×+20%
175Barnstable Town areaMA
6
19$75,9840.97×+20%
175Bloomington areaIL
6
47$40,7672.84×+20%
175Bloomington areaIN
6
——2.53×-25%
175Bowling Green areaKY
6
——1.53×0%
175Bozeman areaMT
6
42$66,2960.98×—
175Chambersburg areaPA
6
42$42,8322.75×0%
175Clarksville areaTN-KY
6
——1.25×0%
175Crestview areaFL
6
——0.81×-25%
175Davenport areaIA-IL
6
28$50,8160.91×-14.3%
175Elizabethtown areaKY
6
45$62,7892.37×-14.3%
175Gainesville areaFL
6
——0.98×-14.3%
175Green Bay areaWI
6
——1.05×0%
175Greenville areaNC
6
24$42,3262.12×0%
175Houma areaLA
6
——1.72×0%
175Jacksonville areaNC
6
18$33,9112.18×0%
175Kingsport areaTN-VA
6
——1.24×+20%
175Lake Havasu City areaAZ
6
18$48,5741.89×0%
175Lincoln areaNE
6
——0.92×-14.3%
175Missoula areaMT
6
17$43,7041.35×0%
175Modesto areaCA
6
145$61,8560.53×0%
175Monroe areaLA
6
——1.36×0%
175Mount Vernon areaWA
6
30$70,0542.47×+20%
175Peoria areaIL
6
——1.23×0%
175Saginaw areaMI
6
37$37,3232.41×0%
175Salinas areaCA
6
46$51,6580.60×0%
175Sherman areaTX
6
30$33,4022.96×+50%
175Slidell areaLA
6
51$44,3840.87×—
175St. George areaUT
6
121$54,6491.16×0%
175Texarkana areaTX-AR
6
——2.63×0%
175Tyler areaTX
6
65$59,0421.38×+20%
175Utica areaNY
6
——1.43×0%
175Vineland areaNJ
6
——2.54×-14.3%
175Yakima areaWA
6
49$51,6841.49×0%
211Abilene areaTX
5
40$50,3081.74×-28.6%
211Aguadilla areaPR
5
——1.97×0%
211Athens areaGA
5
——1.26×+25%
211Atlantic City areaNJ
5
——0.70×+150%
211Bangor areaME
5
99$55,8651.51×0%
211Casper areaWY
5
35$42,9792.01×0%
211Charlottesville areaVA
5
——0.93×-16.7%
211Columbia areaMO
5
17$28,0091.36×0%
211Columbus areaGA-AL
5
——1.04×0%
211Corpus Christi areaTX
5
28$39,6490.76×0%
211Farmington areaNM
5
——2.58×0%
211Goldsboro areaNC
5
12$38,7603.11×+25%
211Great Falls areaMT
5
——2.49×-16.7%
211Hagerstown areaMD-WV
5
——1.02×0%
211Huntington areaWV-KY-OH
5
——0.75×0%
211Idaho Falls areaID
5
——1.14×0%
211Jackson areaTN
5
——1.68×0%
211Jefferson City areaMO
5
30$44,7041.95×0%
211Kenosha areaWI
5
19$38,2281.83×—
211Lake Charles areaLA
5
——1.13×0%
211Lima areaOH
5
——3.08×0%
211Medford areaOR
5
36$50,6830.95×-16.7%
211Oshkosh areaWI
5
28$51,8561.81×0%
211San Luis Obispo areaCA
5
24$49,3930.68×-16.7%
211Santa Cruz areaCA
5
——0.78×0%
211Santa Maria areaCA
5
28$73,9610.45×+25%
211St. Joseph areaMO-KS
5
——2.19×0%
211Terre Haute areaIN
5
——2.14×0%
211Traverse City areaMI
5
39$55,3511.45×—
211Warner Robins areaGA
5
——1.93×+25%
241Altoona areaPA
4
——1.85×0%
241Blacksburg areaVA
4
——1.32×-20%
241Brownsville areaTX
4
28$32,2290.88×-20%
241Burlington areaVT
4
18$42,2560.56×0%
241Burlington areaNC
4
——1.44×-20%
241Carson City areaNV
4
——3.04×-33.3%
241Coeur d'Alene areaID
4
——0.73×0%
241Dalton areaGA
4
——1.94×0%
241Duluth areaMN-WI
4
——0.83×0%
241Elmira areaNY
4
64$47,9663.32×0%
241Florence areaAL
4
——1.52×0%
241Florence areaSC
4
——1.28×+33.3%
241Grand Forks areaND-MN
4
——1.67×0%
241Grand Island areaNE
4
61$46,4212.58×-20%
241Hattiesburg areaMS
4
——1.70×0%
241Kennewick areaWA
4
——0.82×0%
241Lansing areaMI
4
——0.61×-20%
241Lebanon areaPA
4
84$70,3582.17×0%
241Lynchburg areaVA
4
——0.79×+33.3%
241Mayaguez areaPR
4
——1.88×+100%
241Merced areaCA
4
——0.74×0%
241Muskegon areaMI
4
——2.02×+33.3%
241Olympia areaWA
4
34$46,3370.75×0%
241Prescott Valley areaAZ
4
38$64,2280.85×—
241Rapid City areaSD
4
16$38,8990.87×0%
241Rochester areaMN
4
——1.06×0%
241Sioux City areaIA-NE-SD
4
——1.36×0%
241Topeka areaKS
4
15$51,2000.98×0%
241Vallejo areaCA
4
——0.46×0%
241Waterloo areaIA
4
——1.25×0%
241Wenatchee areaWA
4
——1.45×0%
241Williamsport areaPA
4
22$33,8972.10×0%
273Albany areaGA
3
15$40,9641.25×0%
273Amarillo areaTX
3
——0.67×0%
273Ames areaIA
3
——1.25×0%
273Brunswick areaGA
3
——1.24×0%
273Cleveland areaTN
3
——1.69×+200%
273College Station areaTX
3
111$45,8170.79×0%
273Decatur areaAL
3
——1.21×-25%
273Eau Claire areaWI
3
——0.91×0%
273Fond du Lac areaWI
3
44$52,6831.88×0%
273Grants Pass areaOR
3
20$42,5521.70×+50%
273Homosassa Springs areaFL
3
——1.31×0%
273Jackson areaMI
3
——1.54×0%
273Janesville areaWI
3
46$61,7171.21×0%
273Johnson City areaTN
3
——0.93×0%
273Jonesboro areaAR
3
28$34,6031.38×-25%
273Lafayette areaIN
3
——0.94×0%
273Laredo areaTX
3
——0.80×+50%
273Las Cruces areaNM
3
——0.82×0%
273Lawton areaOK
3
——1.68×+50%
273Logan areaUT-ID
3
——0.93×-25%
273Manhattan areaKS
3
——1.35×0%
273Mansfield areaOH
3
——1.65×0%
273Midland areaTX
3
57$55,3190.72×-25%
273Minot areaND
3
——1.54×—
273Paducah areaKY-IL
3
3$38,6691.28×—
273Punta Gorda areaFL
3
——0.81×0%
273Redding areaCA
3
——0.55×0%
273Rome areaGA
3
——1.95×+200%
273Santa Fe areaNM
3
——0.70×0%
273Sebastian areaFL
3
20$30,3260.81×0%
273Springfield areaIL
3
——0.92×0%
273Valdosta areaGA
3
——1.25×0%
273Visalia areaCA
3
14$47,3530.32×0%
273Weirton areaWV-OH
3
——1.63×0%
273Wichita Falls areaTX
3
17$34,1541.25×0%
273Wildwood areaFL
3
9$40,6691.77×—
273Yuma areaAZ
3
——1.20×0%
310Alexandria areaLA
2
——0.73×+100%
310Battle Creek areaMI
2
——1.21×0%
310Bay City areaMI
2
——1.50×-33.3%
310Binghamton areaNY
2
——0.60×0%
310Bremerton areaWA
2
——0.47×0%
310Cape Girardeau areaMO-IL
2
——1.01×-33.3%
310Champaign areaIL
2
——0.65×0%
310Cheyenne areaWY
2
——0.67×+100%
310Chico areaCA
2
——0.35×-33.3%
310Decatur areaIL
2
——1.61×0%
310Dubuque areaIA
2
——0.85×0%
310Enid areaOK
2
——1.81×—
310Gettysburg areaPA
2
——1.42×0%
310Hanford areaCA
2
——0.58×0%
310Harrisonburg areaVA
2
——0.83×0%
310Hickory areaNC
2
——0.34×0%
310Ithaca areaNY
2
——1.15×0%
310Kankakee areaIL
2
——1.45×0%
310Kingston areaNY
2
——0.54×0%
310La Crosse areaWI-MN
2
——0.66×0%
310Lawrence areaKS
2
——0.85×-33.3%
310Lewiston areaME
2
——0.88×0%
310Lexington Park areaMD
2
——0.76×—
310Macon areaGA
2
——0.52×+100%
310Mankato areaMN
2
——1.06×0%
310Michigan City areaIN
2
——1.28×0%
310Morgantown areaWV
2
——0.63×0%
310Morristown areaTN
2
——1.22×0%
310Muncie areaIN
2
——1.35×0%
310Napa areaCA
2
——0.49×-33.3%
310Niles areaMI
2
——0.78×-50%
310Odessa areaTX
2
——0.74×0%
310Parkersburg areaWV
2
——1.16×0%
310Pocatello areaID
2
——0.98×+100%
310Ponce areaPR
2
——0.86×0%
310Pueblo areaCO
2
——0.82×0%
310Rocky Mount areaNC
2
——0.92×+100%
310Springfield areaOH
2
——1.22×0%
310Sumter areaSC
2
——1.38×0%
310Victoria areaTX
2
——1.23×0%
310Watertown areaNY
2
——1.08×0%
310Wheeling areaWV-OH
2
——0.77×0%
310Winchester areaVA-WV
2
——0.76×0%
353Amherst Town areaMA
1
——0.32×—
353Arecibo areaPR
1
——0.63×0%
353Beckley areaWV
1
——0.42×0%
353Corvallis areaOR
1
——0.51×0%
353Dover areaDE
1
——0.27×0%
353Eagle Pass areaTX
1
——1.66×—
353El Centro areaCA
1
——0.16×0%
353Fort Smith areaAR-OK
1
——0.27×0%
353Gadsden areaAL
1
——0.65×0%
353Glens Falls areaNY
1
——0.43×0%
353Hammond areaLA
1
——0.42×-50%
353Hinesville areaGA
1
——1.27×0%
353Hot Springs areaAR
1
——0.49×-50%
353Johnstown areaPA
1
——0.48×0%
353Joplin areaMO-KS
1
——0.29×0%
353Kokomo areaIN
1
——0.83×0%
353Lewiston areaID-WA
1
——0.77×0%
353Longview areaWA
1
——0.59×-50%
353Midland areaMI
1
——0.40×0%
353Owensboro areaKY
1
——0.42×0%
353Pinehurst areaNC
1
——0.46×—
353Pittsfield areaMA
1
——0.29×0%
353San Angelo areaTX
1
——0.50×0%
353Sandusky areaOH
1
——0.48×—
353Sebring areaFL
1
——0.60×0%
353State College areaPA
1
——0.44×0%
353Staunton areaVA
1
——0.43×0%
353Trenton areaNJ
1
——0.14×-50%
353Twin Falls areaID
1
——0.32×—
353Walla Walla areaWA
1
——0.88×—
383Monroe areaMI
0
————

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, metropolitan statistical areas, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. Area names follow the BLS area titles. State-level figures for 2025 are on the state list.