Employment
2,417
Total employees (Census CBP)
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction ·NAICS 212325
NAICS 212325 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining - Industry Benchmarks
$79,628/yr average annual pay, with 1 SBA loans on record for NAICS 212325.
- 17.6%
- Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector margin
- 2K
- Workers employed
- $79,628/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $0M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 212325
Georgia leads Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector runs a 17.6% net margin.
- 17.6%
- Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 2K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $79,628/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $0M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining sits inside Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction, a sector that runs a 17.6% net margin overall.
86 establishments employ 2,417 workers (28.1/location) at $79,628/yr average annual pay. Georgia leads employment, followed by Wyoming and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$79,628/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
86
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 4. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $192.5M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 28.1
Top States by Employment
Showing top 10 of 12 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1
Total Loan Volume
$0M
Avg Loan Size
$388K
Jobs Supported
4
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
Mountain America FCU
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 212325 level. Georgia leads this industry nationally. The broader Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector runs a 17.6% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining?
86 business establishments. Together they employ 2,417 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining?
$79,628/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 28.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining employment?
Georgia leads with 460 workers. Wyoming (390) and Texas (93) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining receive?
Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining businesses received 1 SBA loans totaling $0 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $388K. These loans supported 4 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 2% of that same 801-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
- 86 establishments, 2,417 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 212325 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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