Manufacturing in San Diego County, California

The Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing industry in San Diego has 28,301 employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The register lists 606 facilities in San Diego within the Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing industry. VIASAT, located in Carlsbad, employed 2,756 people in 2025.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Biggest cities

San Diego1,889 Carlsbad314 Vista263 El Cajon251 Oceanside239 Escondido217 San Marcos200 Poway181 Chula Vista170 National City116 Santee103 Ramona77

Federal labor statistics counted at least 3,627 manufacturing establishments in San Diego County in 2025, employing about 109,770 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 4,451.

What San Diego County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing606 Chemical Manufacturing588 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing551 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing493 Miscellaneous Manufacturing455 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing364 Machinery Manufacturing334 Food Manufacturing190 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing160 Printing and Related Support Activities149 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing141 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing140 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing112 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing72 Wood Product Manufacturing59 Apparel Manufacturing56 Primary Metal Manufacturing53 Textile Product Mills31 Textile Mills29 Paper Manufacturing25 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing21

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of California — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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