Manufacturers' Q4-25 after-tax profits inch up 2.1%
U.S. manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits in the fourth quarter of 2025 totaled $247.3 billion, up $5.1billion from the after-tax profits of $242.2 billion recorded in the third quarter of 2025 — according to the Census Bureau's Quarterly Financial Report: U.S. Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries, Fourth Quarter 2025.
The profits total was up $34.3 billion from the after-tax profits of $213.0 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Seasonally adjusted sales for the quarter totaled $2,088.9 billion, not statistically different from the $2,050.3 billion in the third quarter of 2025, but up $114.0 billion from the $1,974.9 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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