333995

Analysis

NAICS 333995 is the 2022 national industry for fluid power cylinder and actuator manufacturing, part of 33399 (All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 298 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 20,490 people at an average annual payroll of $79,414 per employee (68th percentile of national industries). 18% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include actuators, fluid power, manufacturing, cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing, electric linear actuators manufacturing and fluid power actuators manufacturing, among 8 in all.

Its goods appear in 13 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8412 (other engines and motors, and parts thereof), 8302 (base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles…) and 8479 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 7% and employment fell 10%. 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.

For example, manufacturing general purpose air and gas compressors are classified in 333912 (Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing) instead.