Profit Margin
4.3%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 336
NAICS 336 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$82,654/yr average annual pay, with 1,027 SBA loans on record for NAICS 336.
- 4.3%
- Net margin
- 1.7M
- Workers employed
- $82,654/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $921M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 336
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing runs a 4.3% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 12K establishments employing 1.7M workers.
- 4.3%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 1.7M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $82,654/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $921M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing at a 4.3% net margin (below the national median), $1.2T in aggregate receipts across 9,796 returns, averaging $122.2B per establishment.
11,691 establishments employ 1,682,910 workers (143.9/location) at $82,654/yr average annual pay. Michigan leads employment, followed by Indiana and California.
Total Receipts
$1.2T
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$51.5B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
1,682,910
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$82,654/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
11,691
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 27,891; establishment count increased by 126. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Transportation Equipment Manufacturing revenue goes
Workforce scale
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing margin vs national reference points
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing net margin 14.3%
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
9,796 returns 100%
Margin: 4.3% · Receipts: $1.2T
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 9,796
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $122.2B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $139.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 143.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing NAICS 3364 | 5.4% |
| Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing NAICS 3362 | N/A |
| Motor Vehicle Manufacturing NAICS 3361 | 3.5% |
| Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing NAICS 3363 | N/A |
| Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing NAICS 3369 | 8.5% |
| Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing NAICS 3365 | N/A |
| Ship and Boat Building NAICS 3366 | 7.0% |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 180,036 |
| Indiana | 144,469 |
| California | 119,600 |
| Ohio | 111,559 |
| Texas | 90,747 |
| Alabama | 75,655 |
| Kentucky | 69,384 |
| South Carolina | 55,405 |
| Illinois | 53,904 |
| Florida | 44,378 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,027
Total Loan Volume
$921M
Avg Loan Size
$897K
Jobs Supported
18,338
Program Breakdown
7(a) 860 (84%)
504 167 (16%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
52 loans in this industry
New Business Share
19.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 116
2021 195
2022 144
2023 156
2024 184
2025 205
2026 27
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Transportation Equipment Manufacturing?
$1.2T in total annual receipts across all Transportation Equipment Manufacturing businesses. Average per business: $122.2B.
How profitable is Transportation Equipment Manufacturing?
4.3% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing?
11,691 business establishments. Together they employ 1,682,910 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing?
$82,654/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 143.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Transportation Equipment Manufacturing employment?
Michigan leads with 180,036 workers. Indiana (144,469) and California (119,600) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Transportation Equipment Manufacturing receive?
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing businesses received 1,027 SBA loans totaling $921 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $897K. These loans supported 18,338 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: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing reports a higher net margin than 34% of the 79 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 70% of that same 77-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.
- Truck Transportation 1,693,228
- Food Manufacturing 1,707,316
- Construction of Buildings 1,621,439
Benchmarking Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
- Net margin: 4.3% vs sector. Browse Manufacturing
- 11,691 establishments, 1,682,910 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,027 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 336 · 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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