Employment
101,617
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 333415
NAICS 333415 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$67,386/yr average annual pay, with 79 SBA loans on record for NAICS 333415.
- 852
- Establishments
- 102K
- Workers employed
- $67,386/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $52M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 333415
Georgia leads Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing activity nationally, across 852 establishments employing 102K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 852
- Business establishments (Census)
- 102K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,386/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $52M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
852 establishments employ 101,617 workers (119.3/location) at $67,386/yr average annual pay. Georgia leads employment, followed by Oklahoma and Missouri.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,386/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
852
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 2,097; establishment count increased by 23. 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)
- $6.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 119.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 7,666 |
| Oklahoma | 6,764 |
| Missouri | 6,742 |
| Arkansas | 4,178 |
| Florida | 3,766 |
| California | 3,159 |
| Minnesota | 1,907 |
| Washington | 843 |
| Maine | 198 |
Showing top 10 of 39 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
79
Total Loan Volume
$52M
Avg Loan Size
$661K
Jobs Supported
1,055
Program Breakdown
7(a) 75 (95%)
504 4 (5%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
9 loans in this industry
New Business Share
21.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 6
2021 8
2022 9
2023 15
2024 19
2025 19
2026 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing?
852 business establishments. Together they employ 101,617 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing?
$67,386/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 119.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing employment?
Georgia leads with 7,666 workers. Oklahoma (6,764) and Missouri (6,742) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing receive?
Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing businesses received 79 SBA loans totaling $52 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $661K. These loans supported 1,055 jobs at origination. Most lending (95%) 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 73% of that same 801-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 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 852 establishments, 101,617 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 79 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 333415 · 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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