Employment
9,490
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 331492
NAICS 331492 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) - Industry Benchmarks
$79,163/yr average annual pay, with 5 SBA loans on record for NAICS 331492.
- 187
- Establishments
- 9K
- Workers employed
- $79,163/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 331492
Pennsylvania leads Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) activity nationally, across 187 establishments employing 9K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 187
- Business establishments (Census)
- 9K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $79,163/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)
Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) sits inside Manufacturing.
187 establishments employ 9,490 workers (50.8/location) at $79,163/yr average annual pay. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by Florida and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$79,163/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
187
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 344; establishment count increased by 2. 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)
- $751.3M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 50.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1,384 |
| Florida | 429 |
| Illinois | 331 |
| Ohio | 309 |
| Rhode Island | 165 |
Showing top 10 of 21 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
5
Total Loan Volume
$1M
Avg Loan Size
$298K
Jobs Supported
12
Program Breakdown
7(a) 4 (80%)
504 1 (20%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)
2020 1
2021 1
2022 1
2023 1
2024 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)?
187 business establishments. Together they employ 9,490 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)?
$79,163/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 50.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 1,384 workers. Florida (429) and Illinois (331) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) receive?
Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) businesses received 5 SBA loans totaling $1 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $298K. These loans supported 12 jobs at origination. Most lending (80%) 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 14% 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, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 187 establishments, 9,490 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 5 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 331492 · 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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