3361

Analysis

NAICS 3361 is the 2022 industry group for motor vehicle manufacturing, part of 336 (Transportation Equipment Manufacturing). Census lists 30 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 331 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 277,328 people at an average annual payroll of $111,394 per employee (88th percentile of national industries). 28% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Across its national industries Census lists 30 index entries; typical ones are assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture and assembly plants, heavy trucks, and buses on chassis of own….

Its goods appear in 54 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8704 (motor vehicles for the transport of goods), 8701 (tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)) and 8702 (motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 33611 (Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing) with 222.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 4% and employment rose 31%. 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.