| Table 25. Industry by State, Palau: 2015 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Total | Kayangel | Ngerchelong | Ngaraard | Ngiwal | Melekeok | Ngchesar | Airai | | Aimeliik | Ngatpang | Ngardmau | Ngaremlengui | Angaur | Peleliu | Koror | Sonsorol | Hatohobei |
| Total | 10,630 | 30 | 162 | 229 | 144 | 176 | 147 | 1,470 | Total | 199 | 156 | 111 | 201 | 61 | 256 | 7,252 | 20 | 16 |
| Agriculture fishing mining | 736 | 0 | 24 | 60 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 129 | Agriculture fishing mining | 51 | 31 | 11 | 42 | 4 | 18 | 298 | 0 | 0 |
| Construction | 772 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 149 | Construction | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 556 | 1 | 0 |
| Manufacturing | 179 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Manufacturing | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 155 | 0 | 0 |
| Transportation and storage | 326 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 41 | Transportation and storage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 241 | 0 | 0 |
| Communication and utilities | 380 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 51 | Communication and utilities | 10 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 225 | 0 | 0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motocycles | 1,138 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 154 | Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motocycles | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 884 | 0 | 0 |
| Accomodation and food service activities | 1,041 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 120 | Accomodation and food service activities | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 864 | 0 | 0 |
| Financial and insurance real estate | 163 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Financial and insurance real estate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 134 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional scientific and technical activities | 325 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 51 | Professional scientific and technical activities | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 0 | 0 |
| Arts entertainment and recreation | 149 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | Arts entertainment and recreation | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 4 |
| Human health and social work activities | 403 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 58 | Human health and social work activities | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 317 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 692 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 109 | Education | 13 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 437 | 3 | 0 |
| Other service activities | 1,592 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 31 | 51 | 24 | 196 | Other service activities | 23 | 22 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 48 | 1,036 | 10 | 8 |
| Public administration and defence compulsory social security | 844 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 110 | Public administration and defence compulsory social security | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 604 | 2 | 3 |
| Other | 1,890 | 10 | 51 | 48 | 42 | 29 | 40 | 254 | Other | 37 | 45 | 25 | 46 | 6 | 70 | 1,182 | 4 | 1 |
| Males | | | | | | | | | Males | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 5,877 | 16 | 85 | 129 | 76 | 102 | 67 | 829 | Total | 107 | 87 | 65 | 105 | 42 | 150 | 3,995 | 11 | 11 |
| Agriculture fishing mining | 567 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 102 | Agriculture fishing mining | 42 | 25 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 17 | 249 | 0 | 0 |
| Construction | 746 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 145 | Construction | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 535 | 1 | 0 |
| Manufacturing | 134 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Manufacturing | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 0 | 0 |
| Transportation and storage | 273 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 37 | Transportation and storage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 197 | 0 | 0 |
| Communication and utilities | 290 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | Communication and utilities | 10 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 158 | 0 | 0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motocycles | 631 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 77 | Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motocycles | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 503 | 0 | 0 |
| Accomodation and food service activities | 481 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | Accomodation and food service activities | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 414 | 0 | 0 |
| Financial and insurance real estate | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Financial and insurance real estate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional scientific and technical activities | 178 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | Professional scientific and technical activities | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 |
| Arts entertainment and recreation | 77 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | Arts entertainment and recreation | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| Human health and social work activities | 116 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | Human health and social work activities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 222 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 39 | Education | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 148 | 0 | 0 |
| Other service activities | 986 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 22 | 34 | 16 | 107 | Other service activities | 9 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 35 | 630 | 7 | 6 |
| Public administration and defence compulsory social security | 591 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 79 | Public administration and defence compulsory social security | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 418 | 2 | 1 |
| Other | 517 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 81 | Other | 8 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 306 | 1 | 0 |
| Females | | | | | | | | | Females | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 4,753 | 14 | 77 | 100 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 641 | Total | 92 | 69 | 46 | 96 | 19 | 106 | 3,257 | 9 | 5 |
| Agriculture fishing mining | 169 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 27 | Agriculture fishing mining | 9 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Construction | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Construction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Manufacturing | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Manufacturing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Transportation and storage | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Transportation and storage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Communication and utilities | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | Communication and utilities | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motocycles | 507 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 77 | Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motocycles | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 381 | 0 | 0 |
| Accomodation and food service activities | 560 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 65 | Accomodation and food service activities | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 450 | 0 | 0 |
| Financial and insurance real estate | 95 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Financial and insurance real estate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional scientific and technical activities | 147 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | Professional scientific and technical activities | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| Arts entertainment and recreation | 72 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Arts entertainment and recreation | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Human health and social work activities | 287 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 38 | Human health and social work activities | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 228 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 470 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 70 | Education | 11 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 289 | 3 | 0 |
| Other service activities | 606 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 89 | Other service activities | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 406 | 3 | 2 |
| Public administration and defence compulsory social security | 253 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 31 | Public administration and defence compulsory social security | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 186 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 1,373 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 35 | 173 | Other | 29 | 29 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 51 | 876 | 3 | 1 |
| Source: 2015 Palau Census compiled by PacificWeb | | | | | | | | | | | | | |