Employment
27,433
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 33121
NAICS 33121 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel - Industry Benchmarks
$87,092/yr average annual pay, with 113 SBA loans on record for NAICS 33121.
- 294
- Establishments
- 27K
- Workers employed
- $87,092/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $121M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 33121
Texas leads Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel activity nationally, across 294 establishments employing 27K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 294
- Business establishments (Census)
- 27K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $87,092/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $121M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel
Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel sits inside Manufacturing.
294 establishments employ 27,433 workers (93.3/location) at $87,092/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Indiana and Tennessee.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$87,092/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
294
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 2,598; 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)
- $2.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 93.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel NAICS 331210 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 3,886 |
| Indiana | 1,880 |
| Tennessee | 1,166 |
| California | 1,040 |
| Louisiana | 792 |
| Missouri | 409 |
| Georgia | 250 |
Showing top 10 of 26 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
113
Total Loan Volume
$121M
Avg Loan Size
$1067K
Jobs Supported
1,853
Program Breakdown
7(a) 83 (73%)
504 30 (27%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
16 loans in this industry
New Business Share
12.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 17
2021 18
2022 14
2023 18
2024 19
2025 23
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel?
294 business establishments. Together they employ 27,433 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel?
$87,092/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 93.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel employment?
Texas leads with 3,886 workers. Indiana (1,880) and Tennessee (1,166) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel receive?
Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel businesses received 113 SBA loans totaling $121 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1067K. These loans supported 1,853 jobs at origination. Most lending (73%) 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 23% 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.
- Natural Gas Extraction 27,601
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Benchmarking Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 294 establishments, 27,433 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 113 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 33121 · 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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