Miscellaneous Manufacturing: NAICS 339

About the Miscellaneous Manufacturing subsector

The miscellaneous manufacturing subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

The miscellaneous manufacturing subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing: NAICS 3391
• Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing: NAICS 3399

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in miscellaneous manufacturing. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Unemployment

Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics survey are for the Miscellaneous Durable Goods Manufacturing industry (NAICS 339)

Data series	Back data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		613.1	610.2	(p)612.8	(p)612.4
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)		379.2	378.2	(p)378.5	(p)378.4
Unemployment
Unemployment rate		3.8%	5.0%	3.7%	3.9%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2024
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	6,510
Dental laboratory technicians	29,060
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	22,200
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	19,670
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	18,100
Team assemblers	97,340

(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 miscellaneous 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 miscellaneous manufacturing.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics survey are for the Miscellaneous Durable Goods Manufacturing industry (NAICS 339)

Data series	Back data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
Average hourly earnings		$33.47	$33.62	(p)$33.95	(p)$33.62
Average weekly hours		39.4	39.5	(p)39.6	(p)39.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics survey are for the Miscellaneous Durable Goods Manufacturing industry (NAICS 339)

Data series	Back data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
Average hourly earnings		$25.05	$25.26	(p)$25.36	(p)$25.47
Average weekly hours		39.9	40.6	(p)40.4	(p)40.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2024
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	20.52	21.42	42,680	44,550
Dental laboratory technicians	23.13	25.91	48,120	53,900
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	32.84	34.34	68,310	71,420
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	22.86	24.17	47,540	50,280
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	36.14	39.71	75,170	82,600
Team assemblers	19.68	20.76	40,920	43,180

(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 miscellaneous 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	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fatalities
Number of fatalities				11
There was a series break beginning with 2023 data due to NAICS 2022. Data for years prior to 2023 are available at www.bls.gov/iif.

Data series	2023
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	2.1
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.3
Cases involving days away from work	0.7
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.6
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.

Data series	Back data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
Producer price index		(p)152.472	(p)152.949	(p)153.141	(p)153.575
Percent change from previous month		(p)0.9%	(p)0.3%	(p)0.1%	(p)0.3%
Import index		(r)129.6	(r)130.7	(r)131.0	131.8
Percent change from previous month		(r)-0.2%	(r)0.8%	(r)0.2%	(r)0.6%
Export index		(r)140.4	(r)141.3	(r)142.0	142.8
Percent change from previous month		(r)-1.3%	(r)0.6%	(r)0.5%	(r)0.6%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in miscellaneous 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

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024	3rd quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry		37,523	(p)37,458	(p)37,837	(p)38,232
Local government		3	(p)1
State government
Federal government		16	(p)16	(p)16	(p)17
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.

Data series	Back data	2021	2022	2023	2024
Labor productivity, output per hour		6.0	-7.7	-3.2	-1.9
Hours worked		4.5	4.1	1.5	-1.1
Output		10.8	-4.0	-1.8	-2.9
Unit labor costs		-1.7	12.4	4.8	7.5

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: May 16, 2025