Employment
18,995
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 332811
NAICS 332811 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Metal Heat Treating - Industry Benchmarks
$67,557/yr average annual pay, with 67 SBA loans on record for NAICS 332811.
- 697
- Establishments
- 19K
- Workers employed
- $67,557/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $73M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 332811
Texas leads Metal Heat Treating activity nationally, across 697 establishments employing 19K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 697
- Business establishments (Census)
- 19K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,557/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $73M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Metal Heat Treating's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Metal Heat Treating 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 Heat Treating
Metal Heat Treating sits inside Manufacturing.
697 establishments employ 18,995 workers (27.3/location) at $67,557/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Michigan and Ohio.
Metal Heat Treating sits in the 29th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,557/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
697
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 442; establishment count decreased by 28. 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)
- $1.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 27.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,805 |
| Michigan | 2,705 |
| Ohio | 2,012 |
| California | 1,638 |
| Wisconsin | 1,150 |
| New York | 698 |
| Connecticut | 358 |
| Tennessee | 299 |
| Minnesota | 207 |
| Washington | 193 |
Showing top 10 of 35 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
67
Total Loan Volume
$73M
Avg Loan Size
$1093K
Jobs Supported
1,110
Program Breakdown
7(a) 49 (73%)
504 18 (27%)
Top SBA Lender
WBD, Inc.
5 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 8
2021 17
2022 13
2023 7
2024 14
2025 7
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Metal Heat Treating?
697 business establishments. Together they employ 18,995 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Metal Heat Treating?
$67,557/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 27.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Metal Heat Treating employment?
Texas leads with 2,805 workers. Michigan (2,705) and Ohio (2,012) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Metal Heat Treating receive?
Metal Heat Treating businesses received 67 SBA loans totaling $73 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1093K. These loans supported 1,110 jobs at origination. Most lending (73%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Metal Heat Treating, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Metal Heat Treating ranks #567 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (18,995 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 332811 · 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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