Employment
23,500
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 327120
NAICS 327120 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$62,594/yr average annual pay, with 11 SBA loans on record for NAICS 327120.
- 461
- Establishments
- 24K
- Workers employed
- $62,594/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $12M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 327120
Texas leads Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing activity nationally, across 461 establishments employing 24K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 461
- Business establishments (Census)
- 24K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $62,594/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $12M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Clay Building Material and Refractories 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 Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing
Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
461 establishments employ 23,500 workers (51.0/location) at $62,594/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Tennessee and Alabama.
Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing sits in the 34th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$62,594/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
461
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 242; establishment count decreased by 3. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 51.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,600 |
| Tennessee | 2,168 |
| Alabama | 1,248 |
| California | 1,198 |
| Kentucky | 934 |
| New York | 787 |
| Indiana | 637 |
| Utah | 279 |
| Kansas | 192 |
| Minnesota | 89 |
Showing top 10 of 38 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
11
Total Loan Volume
$12M
Avg Loan Size
$1053K
Jobs Supported
143
Program Breakdown
7(a) 8 (73%)
504 3 (27%)
Top SBA Lender
Citizens Bank & Trust Co
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
45.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 2
2021 2
2022 2
2023 2
2024 2
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing?
461 business establishments. Together they employ 23,500 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing?
$62,594/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 51.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 2,600 workers. Tennessee (2,168) and Alabama (1,248) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing receive?
Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing businesses received 11 SBA loans totaling $12 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1053K. These loans supported 143 jobs at origination. Most lending (73%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing ranks #528 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (23,500 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Manufacturing · 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 327120 · 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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