3342

Analysis

NAICS 3342 is the 2022 industry group for communications equipment manufacturing, part of 334 (Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing). Census lists 80 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 1,138 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 73,884 people at an average annual payroll of $121,923 per employee (92nd percentile of national industries). 34% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 10% and employment fell 11%. 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.

Across its national industries Census lists 80 index entries; typical ones are carrier equipment (i.e., analog, digital), telephone…, airborne radio communications equipment manufacturing and alarm system central monitoring equipment manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 77 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8525 (transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or…), 8517 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones…) and 8527 (reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting, whether or not…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 3 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 33422 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing) with 645.