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NAICS 2022

336

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

Analysis

NAICS 336 is the 2022 subsector for transportation equipment manufacturing. Census lists 369 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 11,691 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,682,910 people at an average annual payroll of $82,654 per employee (71st percentile of national industries). 27% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Across its national industries Census lists 369 index entries; typical ones are assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture, assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses on chassis of own…, ambulance bodies manufacturing and automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 488 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8708 (parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings…), 8802 (other aircraft (for example, helicopters, airplanes, except…) and 8903 (yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; row boats…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 7 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 3363 (Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing) with 4,659.

Its more detailed codes are 3361 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (331 establishments), 3362 Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (2,199 establishments), 3363 Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (4,659 establishments), 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (1,907 establishments), 3365 Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing (220 establishments) and 3366 Ship and Boat Building (1,427 establishments) and 1 more.

Official definition

Industries in the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing subsector produce equipment for transporting people and goods. Transportation equipment is a type of machinery. An entire subsector is devoted to this activity because of the significance of its economic size in all three North American countries.

Establishments in this subsector utilize production processes similar to those of other machinery manufacturing establishments—bending, forming, welding, machining, and assembling metal or plastic parts into components and finished products. However, the assembly of components and subassemblies and their further assembly into finished vehicles tends to be a more common production process in this subsector than in the Machinery Manufacturing subsector.

NAICS has industry groups for the manufacture of equipment for each mode of transport—road, rail, air, and water. Parts for motor vehicles warrant a separate industry group because of their importance and because they require less assembly than complete vehicles.

Land use motor vehicle equipment not designed for highway operation (e.g., agricultural equipment, construction equipment, and material handling equipment) is classified in the appropriate NAICS subsector based on the type and use of the equipment.

Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.

Index entries (369)

  • Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture
  • Assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses on chassis of own manufacture
  • Ambulance bodies manufacturing
  • Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing
  • Assembly line conversions of purchased vans and minivans
  • Automobile transporter trailers, single car, manufacturing
  • Assembly line rebuilding of automotive and truck gasoline engines
  • Aircraft lighting fixtures manufacturing
  • Automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts manufacturing
  • Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
  • Assembly line rebuilding of automotive, truck, and bus transmissions
  • Aircraft seats manufacturing
  • Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing
  • Air bag assemblies manufacturing
  • Aircraft conversions (i.e., major modifications to system)
  • Aircraft engine and engine parts (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves) manufacturing
  • Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing
  • Developing and producing prototypes for complete guided missiles and space vehicles
  • Developing and producing prototypes for guided missile and space vehicle engines
  • Airframe assemblies for guided missiles manufacturing
  • Brakes and parts for railroad rolling stock manufacturing
  • Barge building
  • Air boat building
  • Bicycles and parts manufacturing
  • Armored military vehicles (except tanks) and parts manufacturing
  • All-terrain vehicles (ATVs), wheeled or tracked, manufacturing