MNI also finds that New Mexico's largest industrial sectors experienced the biggest growth in employment with oil and gas extraction being the top concentration with 8,441 jobs, which is up 11.3 percent from last year. Electronics manufacturing faced the second most growth with 7,987 jobs, up 1 percent over the past twelve months, while food products accounts for 5,998 of the state's industrial jobs, marking a 3.3 percent increase. Among other industrial sectors that added jobs are transportation equipment at 6.2 percent and chemicals at 1 percent.

MNI reports that employment losses occurred in stone, clay and glass at 6.2 percent; primary metals at 6 percent; furniture and fixtures at 5.9 percent; textiles and apparel at 5 percent; printing and publishing at 3.2 percent; rubber and plastics at 2 percent; and fabricated metals at 1.9 percent. The lumber and wood sector experienced the largest drop in employment at 25 percent.

Northwest New Mexico has the largest part of the state's industrial employment with 35,467 jobs, a decline from 1.6 percent over the year while southeast New Mexico accounts for 10,861 jobs, up 7.5 percent. Southwest New Mexico accounts for 5,138 industrial jobs, up 2.6 percent, and northeast New Mexico has 3,847 jobs, up 1.6 percent over the past twelve months.