Manufacturing ·NAICS 332812

NAICS 332812 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers - Industry Benchmarks

$59,554/yr average annual pay, with 212 SBA loans on record for NAICS 332812.

3K
Establishments
54K
Workers employed
$59,554/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$154M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 332812

California leads Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers activity nationally, across 3K establishments employing 54K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

3K
Business establishments (Census)
54K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$59,554/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$154M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers 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 Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers

Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers sits inside Manufacturing.

2,672 establishments employ 54,251 workers (20.3/location) at $59,554/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Ohio and Texas.

Employment

54,251

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$59,554/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

2,672

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 1,050; establishment count decreased by 5. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Workforce scale

Financial Detail

Annual Payroll (Total)
$3.2B
Avg Employees per Establishment
20.3

Top States by Employment

State Employment
California 5,034
Ohio 4,912
Texas 4,609
Michigan 4,216
Wisconsin 3,634
Indiana 3,191
Illinois 3,175
Pennsylvania 3,018
New York 1,654
Minnesota 1,548

Showing top 10 of 48 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

212

Total Loan Volume

$154M

Avg Loan Size

$727K

Jobs Supported

2,568

Program Breakdown

7(a) 160 (75%)
504 52 (25%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

13 loans in this industry

New Business Share

19.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
21
2021
49
2022
45
2023
29
2024
30
2025
34
2026
4

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers?
2,672 business establishments. Together they employ 54,251 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers?
$59,554/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 20.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers employment?
California leads with 5,034 workers. Ohio (4,912) and Texas (4,609) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers receive?
Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers businesses received 212 SBA loans totaling $154 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $727K. These loans supported 2,568 jobs at origination. Most lending (75%) 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.

According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers ranks #340 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.

Closest workforce scale

Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 332812 · 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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