Manufacturing ·NAICS 32612

NAICS 32612 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks

$65,654/yr average annual pay, with 26 SBA loans on record for NAICS 32612.

822
Establishments
44K
Workers employed
$65,654/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$38M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 32612

California leads Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing activity nationally, across 822 establishments employing 44K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

822
Business establishments (Census)
44K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$65,654/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$38M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.

Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023

Benchmarking Insights for Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing

Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.

822 establishments employ 44,297 workers (53.9/location) at $65,654/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by North Carolina and Georgia.

Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing sits in the 35th percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.

Employment

44,297

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$65,654/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

822

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 162; establishment count decreased by 4. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Workforce scale

Financial Detail

Annual Payroll (Total)
$2.9B
Avg Employees per Establishment
53.9

Sub-Industries

Industry Profit Margin
Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing

NAICS 326122

 N/A
Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing

NAICS 326121

 N/A

Top States by Employment

State Employment
California 3,153
North Carolina 2,306
Georgia 1,826
Tennessee 1,607
Wisconsin 1,495
Indiana 1,403
Oklahoma 1,279
Arizona 824
New York 715
Missouri 667

Showing top 10 of 44 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

26

Total Loan Volume

$38M

Avg Loan Size

$1453K

Jobs Supported

896

Program Breakdown

7(a) 20 (77%)
504 6 (23%)

Top SBA Lender

Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC

4 loans in this industry

New Business Share

26.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)

2020
6
2021
9
2022
7
2023
1
2024
2
2026
1

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing?
822 business establishments. Together they employ 44,297 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing?
$65,654/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 53.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 3,153 workers. North Carolina (2,306) and Georgia (1,826) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing receive?
Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing businesses received 26 SBA loans totaling $38 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1453K. These loans supported 896 jobs at origination. Most lending (77%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers

Two IRS/Census peer sets for Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.

According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing ranks #356 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 32612 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI

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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