Employment
44,297
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 32612
NAICS 32612 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
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 July 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
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.
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.
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 FY2020–2026SBA 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
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.
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 35% of that same 551-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 Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unlaminated Profile Shape Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 822 establishments, 44,297 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 26 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 32612 · 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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