Employment
17,655
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 324121
NAICS 324121 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$82,845/yr average annual pay, with 69 SBA loans on record for NAICS 324121.
- 1K
- Establishments
- 18K
- Workers employed
- $82,845/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $39M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 324121
Texas leads Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing activity nationally, across 1K establishments employing 18K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 1K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 18K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $82,845/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $39M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing
Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
1,397 establishments employ 17,655 workers (12.6/location) at $82,845/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$82,845/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,397
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 900; establishment count was unchanged by 0. 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)
- $1.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 12.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 3,282 |
| Ohio | 962 |
| Pennsylvania | 930 |
| Massachusetts | 505 |
| Louisiana | 398 |
| Kansas | 230 |
| Alabama | 178 |
| Connecticut | 140 |
| Colorado | 120 |
| New Mexico | 81 |
Showing top 10 of 44 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
69
Total Loan Volume
$39M
Avg Loan Size
$559K
Jobs Supported
905
Program Breakdown
7(a) 62 (90%)
504 7 (10%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
37.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 5
2021 8
2022 7
2023 13
2024 24
2025 11
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing?
1,397 business establishments. Together they employ 17,655 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing?
$82,845/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 3,282 workers. Ohio (962) and Pennsylvania (930) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing receive?
Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing businesses received 69 SBA loans totaling $39 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $559K. These loans supported 905 jobs at origination. Most lending (90%) 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 28% 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 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,397 establishments, 17,655 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 69 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 324121 · 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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