Employment
16,525
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 333992
NAICS 333992 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
132 SBA loans on record, $45M in volume, for NAICS 333992.
- 553
- Establishments
- 17K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 333992
California leads Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing activity nationally, across 553 establishments employing 17K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 553
- Business establishments (Census)
- 17K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing
Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
553 establishments employ 16,525 workers (29.9/location). California leads employment, followed by Illinois and Iowa.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
553
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,294; establishment count increased by 33. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 29.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 978 |
| Illinois | 768 |
| Iowa | 316 |
| New Jersey | 115 |
| Virginia | 63 |
| Washington | 63 |
| Arizona | 53 |
| Montana | 8 |
| Tennessee | 6 |
Showing top 10 of 37 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
132
Total Loan Volume
$45M
Avg Loan Size
$342K
Jobs Supported
830
Program Breakdown
7(a) 120 (91%)
504 12 (9%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
16 loans in this industry
New Business Share
37.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 12
2021 21
2022 21
2023 15
2024 35
2025 25
2026 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing?
553 business establishments. Together they employ 16,525 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing?
Average payroll data for Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 978 workers. Illinois (768) and Iowa (316) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing receive?
Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing businesses received 132 SBA loans totaling $45 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $342K. These loans supported 830 jobs at origination. Most lending (91%) 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 26% 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 Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 553 establishments, 16,525 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 132 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 333992 · 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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