Employment
14,260
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 331222
NAICS 331222 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Steel Wire Drawing - Industry Benchmarks
$64,377/yr average annual pay, with 4 SBA loans on record for NAICS 331222.
- 198
- Establishments
- 14K
- Workers employed
- $64,377/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 331222
Oklahoma leads Steel Wire Drawing activity nationally, across 198 establishments employing 14K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 198
- Business establishments (Census)
- 14K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $64,377/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Steel Wire Drawing
Steel Wire Drawing sits inside Manufacturing.
198 establishments employ 14,260 workers (72.0/location) at $64,377/yr average annual pay. Oklahoma leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Missouri.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$64,377/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
198
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 454; establishment count decreased by 21. 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)
- $918.0M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 72.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 1,732 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,320 |
| Missouri | 1,171 |
| Texas | 678 |
| Connecticut | 414 |
Showing top 10 of 19 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
4
Total Loan Volume
$4M
Avg Loan Size
$1042K
Jobs Supported
28
Program Breakdown
7(a) 3 (75%)
504 1 (25%)
Top SBA Lender
Small Business Growth Corporat
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)
2021 1
2022 1
2023 1
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Steel Wire Drawing?
198 business establishments. Together they employ 14,260 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Steel Wire Drawing?
$64,377/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 72.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Steel Wire Drawing employment?
Oklahoma leads with 1,732 workers. Pennsylvania (1,320) and Missouri (1,171) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Steel Wire Drawing receive?
Steel Wire Drawing businesses received 4 SBA loans totaling $4 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1042K. These loans supported 28 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 23% 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.
- Other Waste Collection 14,188
- Industrial Design Services 14,360
- Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills 14,366
Benchmarking Steel Wire Drawing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 198 establishments, 14,260 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 4 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 331222 · 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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