Profit Margin
7.5%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 3332
NAICS 3332 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$98,245/yr average annual pay, with 332 SBA loans on record for NAICS 3332.
- 7.5%
- Net margin
- 111K
- Workers employed
- $98,245/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $262M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 3332
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing runs a 7.5% pre-tax net margin - in line with the national median - across 3K establishments employing 111K workers.
- 7.5%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 111K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $98,245/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $262M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing at a 7.5% net margin (in line with the national median), $44.6B in aggregate receipts across 3,036 returns, averaging $14.7B per establishment.
2,836 establishments employ 111,497 workers (39.3/location) at $98,245/yr average annual pay. Wisconsin leads employment, followed by Ohio and Massachusetts.
Total Receipts
$44.6B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$3.3B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
111,497
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$98,245/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,836
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,522; establishment count decreased by 74. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Industrial Machinery Manufacturing revenue goes
Workforce scale
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing margin vs national reference points
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing net margin 24.9%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
3,036 returns 100%
Margin: 7.5% · Receipts: $44.6B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 3,036
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $14.7B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $11.0B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 39.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Industrial Machinery Manufacturing NAICS 33324 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7,776 |
| Ohio | 7,694 |
| Massachusetts | 5,007 |
| Michigan | 4,823 |
| Illinois | 4,626 |
| New York | 4,154 |
| Minnesota | 4,026 |
| Connecticut | 3,517 |
| Georgia | 2,777 |
| North Carolina | 2,346 |
Showing top 10 of 47 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
332
Total Loan Volume
$262M
Avg Loan Size
$789K
Jobs Supported
4,060
Program Breakdown
7(a) 280 (84%)
504 52 (16%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
18 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 62
2021 61
2022 40
2023 45
2024 65
2025 54
2026 5
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Industrial Machinery Manufacturing?
$44.6B in total annual receipts across all Industrial Machinery Manufacturing businesses. Average per business: $14.7B.
How profitable is Industrial Machinery Manufacturing?
7.5% net profit margin, in line with the national median.
How many businesses are in Industrial Machinery Manufacturing?
2,836 business establishments. Together they employ 111,497 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Industrial Machinery Manufacturing?
$98,245/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 39.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Industrial Machinery Manufacturing employment?
Wisconsin leads with 7,776 workers. Ohio (7,694) and Massachusetts (5,007) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Industrial Machinery Manufacturing receive?
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing businesses received 332 SBA loans totaling $262 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $789K. These loans supported 4,060 jobs at origination. Most lending (84%) 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: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing reports a higher net margin than 67% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 36% of that same 259-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Net margin: 7.5% vs sector. Browse Manufacturing
- 2,836 establishments, 111,497 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 332 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 3332 · 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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