Employment
83,488
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 3279
NAICS 3279 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$67,805/yr average annual pay, with 359 SBA loans on record for NAICS 3279.
- 3K
- Establishments
- 83K
- Workers employed
- $67,805/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $313M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 3279
Texas leads Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing activity nationally, across 3K establishments employing 83K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 3K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 83K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,805/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $313M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
3,341 establishments employ 83,488 workers (25.0/location) at $67,805/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Ohio.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,805/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,341
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,606; establishment count increased by 34. 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)
- $5.7B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 25.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Abrasive Product Manufacturing NAICS 32791 | N/A |
| All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing NAICS 32799 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 7,184 |
| California | 5,699 |
| Ohio | 5,210 |
| Georgia | 5,039 |
| Illinois | 4,021 |
| New York | 3,321 |
| Florida | 3,218 |
| Indiana | 3,095 |
| North Carolina | 2,377 |
| Missouri | 2,008 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
359
Total Loan Volume
$313M
Avg Loan Size
$871K
Jobs Supported
4,438
Program Breakdown
7(a) 290 (81%)
504 69 (19%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
20 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 55
2021 71
2022 61
2023 41
2024 57
2025 65
2026 9
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing?
3,341 business establishments. Together they employ 83,488 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing?
$67,805/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 25.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 7,184 workers. California (5,699) and Ohio (5,210) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing receive?
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing businesses received 359 SBA loans totaling $313 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $871K. These loans supported 4,438 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) 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 27% 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 workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 3,341 establishments, 83,488 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 359 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 3279 · 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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