Employment
6,704
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 332215
NAICS 332215 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$73,747/yr average annual pay, with 29 SBA loans on record for NAICS 332215.
- 205
- Establishments
- 7K
- Workers employed
- $73,747/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $29M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 332215
Pennsylvania leads Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing activity nationally, across 205 establishments employing 7K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 205
- Business establishments (Census)
- 7K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $73,747/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $29M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing 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 Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing
Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
205 establishments employ 6,704 workers (32.7/location) at $73,747/yr average annual pay. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by Florida and Alaska.
Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing sits in the 9th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$73,747/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
205
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 724; establishment count decreased by 8. 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)
- $494.4M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 32.7
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 627 |
| Florida | 56 |
| Alaska | 22 |
| Colorado | 4 |
| Illinois | 2 |
Showing top 10 of 26 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
29
Total Loan Volume
$29M
Avg Loan Size
$991K
Jobs Supported
569
Program Breakdown
7(a) 28 (97%)
504 1 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
10.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 5
2021 3
2022 2
2023 4
2024 4
2025 9
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing?
205 business establishments. Together they employ 6,704 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing?
$73,747/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 32.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 627 workers. Florida (56) and Alaska (22) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing receive?
Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing businesses received 29 SBA loans totaling $29 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $991K. These loans supported 569 jobs at origination. Most lending (97%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing ranks #728 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (6,704 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Manufacturing · Rankings
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 332215 · 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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