Analysis
NAICS 3254 is the 2022 industry group for pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing, part of 325 (Chemical Manufacturing).
It has only one more detailed code, 32541, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 2,905 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 321,068 people at an average annual payroll of $113,582 per employee (89th percentile of national industries). 28% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 17% and employment rose 26%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 7 codes at this level within Chemical Manufacturing, with 20% of them.