Employment
5,746
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 331314
NAICS 331314 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum - Industry Benchmarks
$78,209/yr average annual pay, with 3 SBA loans on record for NAICS 331314.
- 92
- Establishments
- 6K
- Workers employed
- $78,209/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $5M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 331314
Alabama leads Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum activity nationally, across 92 establishments employing 6K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 92
- Business establishments (Census)
- 6K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $78,209/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $5M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum
Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum sits inside Manufacturing.
92 establishments employ 5,746 workers (62.5/location) at $78,209/yr average annual pay. Alabama leads employment.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$78,209/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
92
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 3. 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)
- $449.4M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 62.5
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
3
Total Loan Volume
$5M
Avg Loan Size
$1643K
Jobs Supported
57
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2 (67%)
504 1 (33%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (3 yrs)
2020 1
2024 1
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum?
92 business establishments. Together they employ 5,746 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum?
$78,209/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 62.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum employment?
Alabama leads with 194 workers.
How much SBA lending does Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum receive?
Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum businesses received 3 SBA loans totaling $5 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1643K. These loans supported 57 jobs at origination. Most lending (67%) 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 7% 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.
Benchmarking Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 92 establishments, 5,746 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 3 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 331314 · 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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