New pallets and skids in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s warehouses employ 123,481 people, third in the country and 1.6 times the national share. The jobs cluster along the interstates in the east and center: Luzerne County had 13,602, Cumberland 12,506 and Lehigh 9,774. Distribution centers there serve much of the Northeast within a day’s drive, on 48 x 40 pallets built for racking and conveyors.
Food manufacturing is the state’s other large pallet user, with 82,538 jobs, fourth nationally. Pennsylvania also has 228 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space and 4,102 refrigerated warehousing jobs, so pallets that go straight into cold storage are a real share of the demand. Food and grocery covers what those loads need.
Montgomery County is third in the country for pharmaceutical jobs, part of a state total of 20,358, and plastics plants employ 34,094. Both want clean, dry, consistent pallets.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage | 123,481 | 48 x 40 |
| Food manufacturing | 82,538 | 48 x 40 |
| Plastics product manufacturing | 34,094 | Sized to the bag |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 20,358 | 48 x 40 |
| Refrigerated warehousing | 4,102 | 48 x 40 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s warehouses sit along its interstates: Luzerne County has 13,602 warehousing jobs, Cumberland 12,506 and Lehigh 9,774. Warehousing here is 1.6 times its national concentration, so the plain 48 x 40, bought in full trailers on a standing order, is the commonest request. Food manufacturing adds 82,538 jobs and pharmaceuticals 20,358.
Cross-dock buildings handle pallets from every direction, so many Pennsylvania distribution buyers ask for four-way entry: notched stringers for forklifts, or a block build where pallet jacks must enter from the sides as well. Cold-storage buyers should add dried lumber to the same request.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a Pennsylvania delivery ZIP. We write the build down as a spec, quote new pallets against it with delivery priced in, and reorders follow the same sheet.
Quote new pallets for Pennsylvania
Every pallet is quoted to a written spec, wherever the dock is. Give the delivery ZIP with the size, load and quantity.
- Delivery
- ZIP code in Pennsylvania
- Pallet size
- Stringer length first
- Load weight
- Per pallet, in pounds
Not sure of a line? Leave it blank. Size, load weight and quantity are enough to start a quote.
The builds Pennsylvania’s trades use
- Food and groceryThe 48 x 40 at its home: distribution centers, food plants and store docks, and why dry, clean lumber matters.
- Plastics and bulk bagsA full, smooth deck under resin bags that slump into any gap.
- PharmaceuticalClean, dry, documented pallets for audited warehouses.
- Meat and poultryBoxed product into blast freezers: a close deck, dried lumber, one-way builds.