Employment
5,746
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 331314
NAICS 331314 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
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 August 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
Use Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 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 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.
Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum sits in the 7th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
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.
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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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum ranks #742 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (5,746 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 331314 · 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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