NAICS 2022
486
Pipeline Transportation
Analysis
NAICS 486 is the 2022 subsector for pipeline transportation. Census lists 21 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 3,517 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 45,688 people at an average annual payroll of $148,648 per employee (97th percentile of national industries). 45% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Across its national industries Census lists 21 index entries; typical ones are booster pumping station, crude oil transportation, booster pumping station, natural gas transportation, booster pumping station, refined petroleum products… and booster pumping station (except natural gas, petroleum).
It splits into 3 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 4862 (Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas) with 1,908.
Its more detailed codes are 4861 Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil (725 establishments), 4862 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (1,908 establishments) and 4869 Other Pipeline Transportation (884 establishments).
Official definition
Industries in the Pipeline Transportation subsector use transmission pipelines to transport products, such as crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products, and slurry. Industries are identified based on the products transported (i.e., pipeline transportation of crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products, and other products).
The Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas industry includes the storage of natural gas because the storage is usually done by the pipeline establishment and because a pipeline is inherently a network in which all the nodes are interdependent.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (21)
- Booster pumping station, crude oil transportation
- Booster pumping station, natural gas transportation
- Booster pumping station, refined petroleum products transportation
- Booster pumping station (except natural gas, petroleum)