Industry · NAICS 333

Machinery manufacturing

The United States has 21,668 employer establishments in machinery manufacturing (0.6 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,086,146 people at an average annual pay of $78,310, plus 17,043 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
21,668
17,043 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
0.6
Paid employees
1,086,146
Average annual pay
$78,310

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Machinery manufacturing by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV6,328,73041154,3590.10.10×1,424$80,074105
2Durham-Chapel Hill, NC609,280787,0400.10.18×1,042$71,47512
3Gulfport-Biloxi, MS422,383584,4770.10.18×132$49,22016
4Killeen-Temple, TX502,497771,7850.10.22×776$57,48712
5Jackson, MS609,365967,7070.10.23×1,133$61,92322
6Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC398,699666,4500.20.23×104$46,8088
7Kennewick-Richland, WA315,388563,0780.20.25×45$75,4006
8Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ371,220661,8700.20.25×66$59,182—
9Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV305,789561,1580.20.25×2,197$76,1278
10Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA299,197559,8390.20.26×104$67,3947
11Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV2,351,0084058,7750.20.26×943$54,15860
12Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC629,9881157,2720.20.27×1,656$90,30518
13Clarksville, TN-KY340,083656,6810.20.27×584$58,74813
14Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA277,358555,4720.20.28×58$59,3977
15Savannah, GA426,660853,3330.20.29×980$74,0597
16Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL306,296651,0490.20.30×20$48,85011
17Corpus Christi, TX448,626949,8470.20.31×173$66,70536
18Tallahassee, FL394,551849,3190.20.32×436$86,2946
19Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC1,789,3253847,0880.20.33×5,109$73,57634
20Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT280,776646,7960.20.33×583$93,3268
21New Orleans-Metairie, LA972,0932146,2900.20.34×883$73,60921
22McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0962045,0550.20.34×195$43,969104
23Raleigh-Cary, NC1,519,6793444,6960.20.35×2,436$70,07637
24Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL532,4601244,3720.20.35×670$63,30023
25Seaford, DE264,046644,0080.20.35×30$44,00011

1–25 of 331 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $4.7B on contracts under NAICS 333 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (104,285 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$363.2M7.7%
    315 awards
  2. Roanoke, VA$302.7M6.4%
    13 awards
  3. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$199M4.2%
    37,243 awards
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$196.7M4.2%
    1,039 awards
  5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$174.5M3.7%
    7,245 awards
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$160.8M3.4%
    1,420 awards
  7. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$152.3M3.2%
    635 awards
  8. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$125.6M2.7%
    361 awards
  9. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$124.8M2.6%
    610 awards
  10. Warner Robins, GA$94.7M2.0%
    59 awards

Counties

  1. Orange County, FL$353.1M7.5%
    239 awards
  2. Roanoke County, VA$302.7M6.4%
    12 awards
  3. Dallas County, TX$154.2M3.3%
    548 awards
  4. Waukesha County, WI$119.8M2.5%
    173 awards
  5. Oakland County, MI$117.1M2.5%
    287 awards
  6. Houston County, GA$94.7M2.0%
    57 awards
  7. Baltimore city, MD$89.3M1.9%
    115 awards
  8. Chatham County, GA$79.2M1.7%
    48 awards
  9. Virginia Beach city, VA$77.8M1.7%
    36,307 awards
  10. Winnebago County, WI$74.8M1.6%
    287 awards

Cities and towns

  1. University CDP, FL$217.1M4.6%
    30 awards
  2. Irving city, TX$138.7M2.9%
    219 awards
  3. Hollins CDP, VA$115.1M2.4%
    12 awards
  4. New Berlin city, WI$109.8M2.3%
    13 awards
  5. Novi city, MI$92.1M2.0%
    29 awards
  6. Baltimore city, MD$89.3M1.9%
    115 awards
  7. Virginia Beach city, VA$77.8M1.7%
    36,307 awards
  8. Pooler city, GA$68.1M1.4%
    22 awards
  9. Manchester city, NH$65.8M1.4%
    10 awards
  10. Kansas City city, MO$49.8M1.1%
    23 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)