Employment
25,348
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 326122
NAICS 326122 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$65,543/yr average annual pay, with 20 SBA loans on record for NAICS 326122.
- 487
- Establishments
- 25K
- Workers employed
- $65,543/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $30M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 326122
California leads Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing activity nationally, across 487 establishments employing 25K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 487
- Business establishments (Census)
- 25K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $65,543/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $30M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
487 establishments employ 25,348 workers (52.0/location) at $65,543/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Ohio and Oklahoma.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$65,543/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
487
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 19; establishment count increased by 3. 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)
- $1.7B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 52.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 2,135 |
| Ohio | 1,490 |
| Oklahoma | 1,243 |
| Tennessee | 1,009 |
| Arkansas | 611 |
| Indiana | 484 |
| Arizona | 417 |
| Colorado | 313 |
| Mississippi | 235 |
| Nebraska | 217 |
Showing top 10 of 39 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
20
Total Loan Volume
$30M
Avg Loan Size
$1504K
Jobs Supported
548
Program Breakdown
7(a) 15 (75%)
504 5 (25%)
Top SBA Lender
Legacy Bank & Trust Company
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
30.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 5
2021 6
2022 5
2023 1
2024 2
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing?
487 business establishments. Together they employ 25,348 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing?
$65,543/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 52.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 2,135 workers. Ohio (1,490) and Oklahoma (1,243) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing receive?
Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing businesses received 20 SBA loans totaling $30 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1504K. These loans supported 548 jobs at origination. Most lending (75%) 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 37% 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 Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 487 establishments, 25,348 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 20 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 326122 · 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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