Profit Margin
4.0%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 3262
NAICS 3262 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Rubber Product Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$67,414/yr average annual pay, with 115 SBA loans on record for NAICS 3262.
- 4.0%
- Net margin
- 139K
- Workers employed
- $67,414/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $91M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 3262
Rubber Product Manufacturing runs a 4.0% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 2K establishments employing 139K workers.
- 4.0%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 139K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,414/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $91M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Rubber Product Manufacturing
Rubber Product Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing at a 4.0% net margin (below the national median), $67.8B in aggregate receipts across 1,488 returns, averaging $45.5B per establishment.
1,756 establishments employ 138,686 workers (79.0/location) at $67,414/yr average annual pay. Ohio leads employment, followed by Georgia and Indiana.
Total Receipts
$67.8B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$2.7B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
138,686
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,414/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,756
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,924; establishment count decreased by 58. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Rubber Product Manufacturing revenue goes
Workforce scale
Rubber Product Manufacturing margin vs national reference points
Rubber Product Manufacturing net margin 13.4%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
1,488 returns 100%
Margin: 4.0% · Receipts: $67.8B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 1,488
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $45.5B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $9.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 79.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Rubber Product Manufacturing NAICS 32629 | N/A |
| Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing NAICS 32622 | N/A |
| Tire Manufacturing NAICS 32621 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 13,550 |
| Georgia | 7,448 |
| Indiana | 6,192 |
| Oklahoma | 5,057 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,376 |
| Alabama | 4,131 |
| California | 4,026 |
| Texas | 3,695 |
| Kansas | 3,138 |
| Wisconsin | 2,952 |
Showing top 10 of 46 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
115
Total Loan Volume
$91M
Avg Loan Size
$789K
Jobs Supported
1,636
Program Breakdown
7(a) 94 (82%)
504 21 (18%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Bank, National Association
7 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 21
2021 29
2022 17
2023 11
2024 24
2025 13
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Rubber Product Manufacturing?
$67.8B in total annual receipts across all Rubber Product Manufacturing businesses. Average per business: $45.5B.
How profitable is Rubber Product Manufacturing?
4.0% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Rubber Product Manufacturing?
1,756 business establishments. Together they employ 138,686 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Rubber Product Manufacturing?
$67,414/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 79.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Rubber Product Manufacturing employment?
Ohio leads with 13,550 workers. Georgia (7,448) and Indiana (6,192) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Rubber Product Manufacturing receive?
Rubber Product Manufacturing businesses received 115 SBA loans totaling $91 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $789K. These loans supported 1,636 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) 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: Rubber Product Manufacturing reports a higher net margin than 37% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 41% of that same 259-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
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Benchmarking Rubber Product Manufacturing
- Net margin: 4.0% vs sector. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,756 establishments, 138,686 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 115 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 3262 · 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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