Work: machinery, boatbuilding and stone in the Apuan area's exports
In 2025 exports from the province of Massa-Carrara exceeded 3 billion euro for the first time (+50.4%), driven by machinery tied to large orders, while the stone sector declined. Firms in the municipality of Massa grew by 1.0%. The job centre is at viale della Stazione 65.
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What the province produces
According to the Toscana Nord-Ovest Chamber of Commerce, in 2025 the province of Massa-Carrara exported 3.163 billion euro (+50.4%), a result tied to the cycle of large orders. Machinery is the dominant sector: general-purpose machines exceeded one billion, over 32% of the total, and other general-purpose machines rose to 583 million; boatbuilding more than doubled its sales, to 445 million. The stone sector is declining, both worked stone (394 million, -6.4%) and raw stone. The United States is the first market.
Firms and skills
In 2025 the number of firms in the province fell by 0.1%, but the Massa-Carrara area ended with a positive balance thanks to the municipality of Massa (+1.0%), which offset declines in Carrara and Montignoso. The Chamber reports that in the province the difficulty of finding information engineers reached 76%; this led to the first university degree course in the Apuan area, the University of Pisa's bachelor's in Digital Technologies Engineering, taught in Carrara.
Job centre
Public employment services are run by ARTI, the Tuscan regional employment agency. The Massa job centre is at viale della Stazione 65.
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Sources
Updated: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-22
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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