Employment
223,313
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 33271
NAICS 33271 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Machine Shops - Industry Benchmarks
$63,715/yr average annual pay, with 1,300 SBA loans on record for NAICS 33271.
- 17K
- Establishments
- 223K
- Workers employed
- $63,715/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.0B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 33271
California leads Machine Shops activity nationally, across 17K establishments employing 223K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 17K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 223K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $63,715/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.0B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Machine Shops
Machine Shops sits inside Manufacturing.
17,156 establishments employ 223,313 workers (13.0/location) at $63,715/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Ohio.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$63,715/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
17,156
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,963; establishment count decreased by 277. 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)
- $14.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 13.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Machine Shops NAICS 332710 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 27,770 |
| Texas | 15,400 |
| Ohio | 14,772 |
| Michigan | 13,425 |
| Pennsylvania | 13,135 |
| Illinois | 11,602 |
| Wisconsin | 11,574 |
| Minnesota | 8,414 |
| Indiana | 7,752 |
| New York | 7,537 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,300
Total Loan Volume
$1.0B
Avg Loan Size
$796K
Jobs Supported
15,437
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,057 (81%)
504 243 (19%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
116 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 195
2021 286
2022 206
2023 191
2024 188
2025 201
2026 33
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Machine Shops?
17,156 business establishments. Together they employ 223,313 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Machine Shops?
$63,715/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 13.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Machine Shops employment?
California leads with 27,770 workers. Texas (15,400) and Ohio (14,772) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Machine Shops receive?
Machine Shops businesses received 1,300 SBA loans totaling $1.0 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $796K. These loans supported 15,437 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) 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 81% of that same 551-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 Machine Shops
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 17,156 establishments, 223,313 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,300 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 33271 · 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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