Employment
127,864
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 334511
NAICS 334511 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$111,528/yr average annual pay, with 25 SBA loans on record for NAICS 334511.
- 522
- Establishments
- 128K
- Workers employed
- $111,528/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 334511
California leads Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing activity nationally, across 522 establishments employing 128K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 522
- Business establishments (Census)
- 128K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $111,528/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing 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 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
522 establishments employ 127,864 workers (244.9/location) at $111,528/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and New Jersey.
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing sits in the 77th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$111,528/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
522
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,778; establishment count increased by 19. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $14.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 244.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 18,327 |
| Florida | 6,535 |
| New Jersey | 5,898 |
| New York | 4,080 |
| Minnesota | 3,808 |
| Alabama | 2,737 |
| Oregon | 1,418 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,404 |
| North Carolina | 850 |
| Missouri | 160 |
Showing top 10 of 36 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
25
Total Loan Volume
$25M
Avg Loan Size
$989K
Jobs Supported
416
Program Breakdown
7(a) 19 (76%)
504 6 (24%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Bank, National Association
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
24.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 3
2021 2
2022 2
2023 3
2024 9
2025 5
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing?
522 business establishments. Together they employ 127,864 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing?
$111,528/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 244.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 18,327 workers. Florida (6,535) and New Jersey (5,898) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing receive?
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing businesses received 25 SBA loans totaling $25 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $989K. These loans supported 416 jobs at origination. Most lending (76%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing ranks #186 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (127,864 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 334511 · 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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