Inflation by Industry Lists

November 15, 2022

Kentley Insights has compiled the top 20 highest-inflation industries for U.S. manufacturing. The data includes 3-year, 1-year, 6-month, and 2-month inflation statistics based on Census PPI (Purchasing Price Index). The inflation data is through October 2022. You can see from the data that inflation is definitely cooling and actually reversing in many industries.

You can click on the industry which will take you to the Kentley Insights Market Research report for the particular manufacturing industry.

The Top 20 Highest Inflation Manufacturing Industries

#

Industry Sector

3-yr
1-yr
6-mo
1-mo

1

Petroleum Refineries

97%
33%
-1.4%
6.2%

2

Pulp Mills

92%
27%
19.5%
1.2%

3

Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing

87%
32%
5.8%
-2.1%

4

Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

73%
-21%
-14.2%
-12.8%

5

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Ag Chemical Manufacturing

72%
27%
-3.7%
2.2%

6

Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Manufacturing

70%
7%
-21.8%
-4.4%

7

Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel

68%
-1%
-5.6%
-4.1%

8

Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing

64%
12%
1.8%
-1.8%

9

Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing

54%
15%
0.8%
-1.7%

10

Communication and Energy Wire and Cable Manufacturing

53%
8%
-0.2%
-0.4%

11

Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing

47%
26%
11.3%
2.8%

12

Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills

47%
13%
3.8%
1.1%

13

Grain and Oilseed Milling

47%
12%
0.8%
-0.8%

14

Wiring Device Manufacturing

44%
14%
1.5%
-0.5%

15

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing

44%
6%
-6.6%
-3.5%

16

Basic Chemical Manufacturing

43%
14%
1.5%
-0.5%

17

Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing

43%
16%
1.9%
0.0%

18

Forging and Stamping

41%
5%
-1.9%
-0.8%

19

Paint and Coating Manufacturing

41%
22%
5.%
1.4%

20

Lime and Gypsum Product Manufacturing

40%
20%
11.7%
0.7%