Employment
114,153
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 332312
NAICS 332312 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$73,161/yr average annual pay, with 390 SBA loans on record for NAICS 332312.
- 3K
- Establishments
- 114K
- Workers employed
- $73,161/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $323M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 332312
Texas leads Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing activity nationally, across 3K establishments employing 114K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 3K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 114K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $73,161/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $323M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing
Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
3,434 establishments employ 114,153 workers (33.2/location) at $73,161/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Pennsylvania.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$73,161/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,434
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 6,637; establishment count increased by 4. 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)
- $8.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 33.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 16,536 |
| California | 5,801 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,591 |
| Florida | 5,380 |
| Indiana | 3,887 |
| Alabama | 3,812 |
| Ohio | 3,446 |
| Washington | 3,341 |
| Louisiana | 3,259 |
| Georgia | 2,890 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
390
Total Loan Volume
$323M
Avg Loan Size
$827K
Jobs Supported
5,041
Program Breakdown
7(a) 322 (83%)
504 68 (17%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
16 loans in this industry
New Business Share
19.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 45
2021 66
2022 64
2023 55
2024 65
2025 84
2026 11
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing?
3,434 business establishments. Together they employ 114,153 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing?
$73,161/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 33.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 16,536 workers. California (5,801) and Pennsylvania (5,591) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing receive?
Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing businesses received 390 SBA loans totaling $323 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $827K. These loans supported 5,041 jobs at origination. Most lending (83%) 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 76% 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 Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 3,434 establishments, 114,153 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 390 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 332312 · 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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