Employment
107,724
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42381
NAICS 42381 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$97,034/yr average annual pay, with 161 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42381.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin
- 108K
- Workers employed
- $97,034/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $122M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42381
Texas leads Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 108K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $97,034/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $122M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.
4,701 establishments employ 107,724 workers (22.9/location) at $97,034/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Ohio.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$97,034/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,701
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 6,580; establishment count decreased by 152. 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)
- $10.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 22.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 423810 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 11,359 |
| California | 6,345 |
| Ohio | 4,603 |
| Tennessee | 3,818 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,523 |
| Missouri | 2,801 |
| New York | 2,198 |
| Utah | 1,901 |
| Indiana | 1,685 |
| South Carolina | 1,632 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
161
Total Loan Volume
$122M
Avg Loan Size
$757K
Jobs Supported
1,200
Program Breakdown
7(a) 123 (76%)
504 38 (24%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
10 loans in this industry
New Business Share
11.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 22
2021 40
2022 15
2023 15
2024 33
2025 28
2026 8
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 42381 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers?
4,701 business establishments. Together they employ 107,724 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers?
$97,034/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 22.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Texas leads with 11,359 workers. California (6,345) and Ohio (4,603) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 161 SBA loans totaling $122 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $757K. These loans supported 1,200 jobs at origination. Most lending (76%) 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 63% of that same 551-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
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Benchmarking Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 4,701 establishments, 107,724 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 161 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 42381 · 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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