Manufacturing ·NAICS 3333

NAICS 3333 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks

$82,553/yr average annual pay, with 146 SBA loans on record for NAICS 3333.

9.3%
Net margin
81K
Workers employed
$82,553/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$133M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 3333

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing runs a 9.3% pre-tax net margin - in line with the national median - across 2K establishments employing 81K workers.

9.3%
Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
81K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$82,553/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$133M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing at a 9.3% net margin (in line with the national median), $45.1B in aggregate receipts across 2,333 returns, averaging $19.3B per establishment.

1,731 establishments employ 80,504 workers (46.5/location) at $82,553/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and Illinois.

Profit Margin

9.3%

Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)

Total Receipts

$45.1B

Annual revenue (IRS SOI)

Net Income

$4.2B

Pre-tax net income

Employment

80,504

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$82,553/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

1,731

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 3,412; establishment count increased by 3. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Where each dollar of Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing revenue goes

Workforce scale

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing margin vs national reference points

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing net margin 30.9%
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
2,333 returns 100%

Margin: 9.3% · Receipts: $45.1B

Financial Detail

Total Tax Returns Filed
2,333
Avg Receipts per Business
$19.3B
Annual Payroll (Total)
$6.6B
Avg Employees per Establishment
46.5

Sub-Industries

Industry Profit Margin
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing

NAICS 33331

N/A

Top States by Employment

State Employment
California 9,013
Florida 7,431
Illinois 4,950
Wisconsin 4,658
Ohio 4,095
Texas 4,063
Michigan 3,023
Massachusetts 2,276
Oregon 2,255
Colorado 2,202

Showing top 10 of 48 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

146

Total Loan Volume

$133M

Avg Loan Size

$911K

Jobs Supported

1,797

Program Breakdown

7(a) 119 (82%)
504 27 (18%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

9 loans in this industry

New Business Share

13.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
30
2021
31
2022
11
2023
17
2024
29
2025
25
2026
3

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average revenue for Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing?
$45.1B in total annual receipts across all Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing businesses. Average per business: $19.3B.
How profitable is Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing?
9.3% net profit margin, in line with the national median.
How many businesses are in Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing?
1,731 business establishments. Together they employ 80,504 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing?
$82,553/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 46.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 9,013 workers. Florida (7,431) and Illinois (4,950) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing receive?
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing businesses received 146 SBA loans totaling $133 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $911K. These loans supported 1,797 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) 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: Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing reports a higher net margin than 79% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 26% 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 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing

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

NAICS 3333 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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