Manufacturing in Lea County, New Mexico

Lea, New Mexico, has 17 establishments according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2024 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The register lists 32 facilities in Lea, across 5 cities. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing accounts for 7 of the facilities listed in the register. FlexSteel - Hobbs had 41 employees in 2025.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Biggest cities

Hobbs25 Lovington4 Jal1 Monument1 Nadine1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 17 manufacturing establishments in Lea County in 2024, employing about 95 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 32.

What Lea County makes12 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing7 Machinery Manufacturing4 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing4 Chemical Manufacturing4 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing3 Food Manufacturing2 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing2 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing2 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing1 Textile Product Mills1 Apparel Manufacturing1 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing1

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 New Mexico — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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