336411

Analysis

NAICS 336411 is the 2022 national industry for aircraft manufacturing, part of 33641 (Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing). Census lists 13 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 358 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 172,941 people at an average annual payroll of $112,402 per employee (89th percentile of national industries). 38% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include aircraft conversions (i.e., major modifications to system), aircraft manufacturing, aircraft overhauling and aircraft rebuilding (i.e., restoration to original design…, among 13 in all.

Its goods appear in 47 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8802 (other aircraft (for example, helicopters, airplanes, except…), 8806 (unmanned aircraft) and 8801 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 336414, 333310, 488190 and 541715. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.

For example, manufacturing guided missiles and space vehicles are classified in 336414 (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing) instead.