336414

Analysis

NAICS 336414 is the 2022 national industry for guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing, part of 33641 (Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing). Census lists 5 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 27% and employment fell 20%. 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.

County Business Patterns counts 52 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 29,556 people at an average annual payroll of $148,006 per employee (97th percentile of national industries). 21% 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 developing and producing prototypes for complete guided…, guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing, guided missiles, complete, assembling and rockets (guided missiles), space and military, complete…, among 5 in all.

Its goods appear in 3 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8802 (other aircraft (for example, helicopters, airplanes, except…) and 9306 (bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing space satellites are classified in 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing) instead.