Additive manufacturing in the US

The database provide information on possible proxies for AM adoption and innovation. Specifically, the data contains the following variables: "CBSA_ID": identifier of the CBSA (2015 vintage)"NAME": name of the CBSA (2015 vintage)"year": relevant year"jobpostings_3dp": number of online job postings mentioning 3DP related keywords in the description (Lightcast)"pat3dp_inventor": number of 3DP related patents fractionally allocated to regions based on inventors (Patstat)"pat3dp_assignee": number of 3DP related patents fractionally allocated to regions based on assignees (Patstat)"trade_kg_import": imported kg of AM machinery (based on Bill of Lading data) "trade_kg_export" exported kg of AM machinery (based on Bill of Lading data)"transactions_import": import transactions of AM machinery (based on Bill of Lading data)"transactions_export": export transactions of AM machinery (based on Bill of Lading data)"trading_firms_import": number of unique firms importing of AM machinery (based on Bill of Lading data)"trading_firms_export": number of unique firms exporting of AM machinery (based on Bill of Lading data) The data is organized by core-based statistical areas in the continental US and covers the period 2010-2025. The datasources used for building this data are: Job-posting data provided by Lightcast. © 2025 Lightcast. Data retrieved on 2025-10-11. European Patent Office (EPO), PATSTAT 2025 Autumn Edition. Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC). Bill of Lading, 2022–2025. Data retrieved on 2026-10-14. See ReadMe file for more details.