Employment
30,845
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 332311
NAICS 332311 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$74,506/yr average annual pay, with 112 SBA loans on record for NAICS 332311.
- 867
- Establishments
- 31K
- Workers employed
- $74,506/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $111M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 332311
Texas leads Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing activity nationally, across 867 establishments employing 31K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 867
- Business establishments (Census)
- 31K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $74,506/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $111M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing
Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
867 establishments employ 30,845 workers (35.6/location) at $74,506/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Georgia and California.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$74,506/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
867
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 2,736; establishment count increased by 68. 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)
- $2.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 35.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 5,030 |
| Georgia | 2,044 |
| California | 1,836 |
| Nebraska | 1,480 |
| Florida | 1,276 |
| North Carolina | 1,184 |
| Wisconsin | 1,168 |
| Oklahoma | 729 |
| Ohio | 699 |
| Colorado | 556 |
Showing top 10 of 43 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
112
Total Loan Volume
$111M
Avg Loan Size
$990K
Jobs Supported
1,406
Program Breakdown
7(a) 77 (69%)
504 35 (31%)
Top SBA Lender
Florida Business Development C
5 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 16
2021 20
2022 17
2023 17
2024 18
2025 18
2026 6
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing?
867 business establishments. Together they employ 30,845 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing?
$74,506/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 35.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 5,030 workers. Georgia (2,044) and California (1,836) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing receive?
Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing businesses received 112 SBA loans totaling $111 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $990K. These loans supported 1,406 jobs at origination. Most lending (69%) 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 42% 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 Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 867 establishments, 30,845 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 112 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 332311 · 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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