Employment
32,394
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 332420
NAICS 332420 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$70,505/yr average annual pay, with 27 SBA loans on record for NAICS 332420.
- 678
- Establishments
- 32K
- Workers employed
- $70,505/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 332420
Texas leads Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing activity nationally, across 678 establishments employing 32K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 678
- Business establishments (Census)
- 32K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $70,505/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing
Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
678 establishments employ 32,394 workers (47.8/location) at $70,505/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and California.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$70,505/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
678
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,608; establishment count decreased by 30. 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
- 47.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 4,789 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,570 |
| California | 1,493 |
| Illinois | 1,240 |
| Kentucky | 1,020 |
| Mississippi | 1,002 |
| Indiana | 929 |
| North Carolina | 757 |
| New York | 614 |
| Louisiana | 578 |
Showing top 10 of 40 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
27
Total Loan Volume
$45M
Avg Loan Size
$1660K
Jobs Supported
702
Program Breakdown
7(a) 17 (63%)
504 10 (37%)
Top SBA Lender
Meridian Bank
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
11.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 9
2021 3
2022 3
2023 6
2024 3
2025 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing?
678 business establishments. Together they employ 32,394 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing?
$70,505/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 47.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 4,789 workers. Pennsylvania (1,570) and California (1,493) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing receive?
Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing businesses received 27 SBA loans totaling $45 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1660K. These loans supported 702 jobs at origination. Most lending (63%) 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 43% 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 Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 678 establishments, 32,394 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 27 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 332420 · 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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