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Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing: NAICS 332

About the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector

The fabricated metal product manufacturing subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

Industries in the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector transform metal into intermediate or end products, other than machinery, computers and electronics, and metal furniture, or treat metals and metal formed products fabricated elsewhere. Important fabricated metal processes are forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining, used to shape individual pieces of metal; and other processes, such as welding and assembling, used to join separate parts together. Establishments in this subsector may use one of these processes or a combination of these processes.

North American Industry Classification System

The fabricated metal product manufacturing subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Forging and Stamping: NAICS 3321
  • Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing: NAICS 3322
  • Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing: NAICS 3323
  • Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing: NAICS 3324
  • Hardware Manufacturing: NAICS 3325
  • Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing: NAICS 3326
  • Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing: NAICS 3327
  • Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities: NAICS 3328
  • Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing: NAICS 3329

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in fabricated metal product manufacturing. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

1,459.6 1,461.5 (p)1,459.7 (p)1,463.4

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)

1,047.9 1,041.8 (p)1,040.1 (p)1,039.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2023

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

57,710

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

67,020

Machinists

102,140

Team assemblers

121,450

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

109,430

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for fabricated metal product manufacturing.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in fabricated metal product manufacturing.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$31.60 $31.94 (p)$31.98 (p)$32.14

Average weekly hours

40.0 39.7 (p)39.9 (p)39.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$26.18 $26.39 (p)$26.40 (p)$26.53

Average weekly hours

40.8 40.7 (p)40.8 (p)40.7

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2023
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

20.82 21.27 43,300 44,240

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

31.60 33.75 65,730 70,190

Machinists

23.49 24.91 48,860 51,810

Team assemblers

19.02 20.31 39,570 42,250

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

23.09 23.91 48,020 49,720

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in fabricated metal product manufacturing. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series 2019 2020 2021 2022

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

50 53 53 52

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series 2022

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

Total recordable cases

3.7

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

2.0

Cases involving days away from work

1.0

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

1.0

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Prices

This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction. The import price index reflects the percentage change in prices paid to foreign producers for their goods and services within the U.S., while the export price index measures the percentage change in prices received by U.S. producers for goods and services sold outside the U.S.

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Producer price index

(p)283.665 (p)283.786 (p)285.172 (p)285.042

Percent change from previous month

  (p)0.1% (p)0.0% (p)0.5% (p)0.0%

Import index

145.5 145.2 145.1 146.2

Percent change from previous month

  0.4% -0.2% -0.1% 0.8%

Export index

       

Percent change from previous month

         

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in fabricated metal product manufacturing. Also included in this section is information on productivity, presented as the rate of change in output per hour of workers in the industry.

Establishments

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2nd quarter
2023
3rd quarter
2023
4th quarter
2023
1st quarter
2024

Number of establishments

Private industry

60,603 60,882 60,999 (p)61,534

Local government

6 6 8 (p)8

State government

1 1 1 (p)1

Federal government

5 5 5 (p)5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked. Growth in unit labor costs represent the annual change in the labor cost of producing one unit of output.

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2020 2021 2022 2023

Labor productivity, output per hour

0.9 2.9 -1.8 -3.8

Hours worked

-9.5 1.3 3.7 1.2

Output

-8.7 4.2 1.9 -2.6

Unit labor costs

5.1 0.4 6.6 9.0

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: October 31, 2024