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Size of the US Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing industry

NAICS 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$53.5 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Employment
122,023
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
1,526
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
404
2022 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$14.3 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 122,023 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 131,7702019-Q2: 135,7082019-Q3: 134,8542019-Q4: 135,7992020-Q1: 135,1402020-Q2: 135,5592020-Q3: 134,2122020-Q4: 134,2692021-Q1: 135,8252021-Q2: 132,3852021-Q3: 130,2472021-Q4: 130,8852022-Q1: 126,6952022-Q2: 129,4152022-Q3: 129,7102022-Q4: 130,7922023-Q1: 131,1432023-Q2: 134,2672023-Q3: 123,4542023-Q4: 122,6912024-Q1: 123,2212024-Q2: 123,1632024-Q3: 121,9072024-Q4: 122,2392025-Q1: 122,7262025-Q2: 124,1782025-Q3: 122,3592025-Q4: 122,8592026-Q1: 122,023NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1122,0232022
2025-Q4122,8592022
2025-Q3122,3592022
2025-Q2124,1782022
2025-Q1122,7262022
2024-Q4122,2392022
2024-Q3121,9072022
2024-Q2123,1632022
2024-Q1123,2212022
2023-Q4122,6912022
2023-Q3123,4542022
2023-Q2134,2672022
2023-Q1131,1432022
2022-Q4130,7922022
2022-Q3129,7102022
2022-Q2129,4152022
2022-Q1126,6952022
2021-Q4130,8852017
2021-Q3130,2472017
2021-Q2132,3852017
2021-Q1135,8252017
2020-Q4134,2692017
2020-Q3134,2122017
2020-Q2135,5592017
2020-Q1135,1402017
2019-Q4135,7992017
2019-Q3134,8542017
2019-Q2135,7082017
2019-Q1131,7702017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 127,864 · 2023
2017: 126,6362018: 120,3532019: 126,7982020: 130,2722021: 134,1572022: 126,0862023: 127,864
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PeriodValue
2023127,864
2022126,086
2021134,157
2020130,272
2019126,798
2018120,353
2017126,636

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 1,526 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 1,0302019-Q2: 1,0342019-Q3: 1,0462019-Q4: 1,0512020-Q1: 1,0622020-Q2: 1,0632020-Q3: 1,0782020-Q4: 1,0902021-Q1: 1,0102021-Q2: 1,0172021-Q3: 1,0412021-Q4: 1,0662022-Q1: 1,0862022-Q2: 1,1272022-Q3: 1,1702022-Q4: 1,1842023-Q1: 1,2312023-Q2: 1,2582023-Q3: 1,2762023-Q4: 1,3032024-Q1: 1,4012024-Q2: 1,4332024-Q3: 1,4652024-Q4: 1,4652025-Q1: 1,4792025-Q2: 1,4782025-Q3: 1,4862025-Q4: 1,5052026-Q1: 1,526NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q11,5262022
2025-Q41,5052022
2025-Q31,4862022
2025-Q21,4782022
2025-Q11,4792022
2024-Q41,4652022
2024-Q31,4652022
2024-Q21,4332022
2024-Q11,4012022
2023-Q41,3032022
2023-Q31,2762022
2023-Q21,2582022
2023-Q11,2312022
2022-Q41,1842022
2022-Q31,1702022
2022-Q21,1272022
2022-Q11,0862022
2021-Q41,0662017
2021-Q31,0412017
2021-Q21,0172017
2021-Q11,0102017
2020-Q41,0902017
2020-Q31,0782017
2020-Q21,0632017
2020-Q11,0622017
2019-Q41,0512017
2019-Q31,0462017
2019-Q21,0342017
2019-Q11,0302017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 522 · 2023
2017: 5492018: 5352019: 5562020: 5522021: 5152022: 5032023: 522
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PeriodValue
2023522
2022503
2021515
2020552
2019556
2018535
2017549

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $5.0 billion · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $4.4 billion2019-Q2: $3.6 billion2019-Q3: $3.7 billion2019-Q4: $3.7 billion2020-Q1: $4.7 billion2020-Q2: $3.7 billion2020-Q3: $3.7 billion2020-Q4: $4.2 billion2021-Q1: $4.3 billion2021-Q2: $3.7 billion2021-Q3: $3.8 billion2021-Q4: $4.1 billion2022-Q1: $4.4 billion2022-Q2: $3.9 billion2022-Q3: $4.0 billion2022-Q4: $4.0 billion2023-Q1: $4.7 billion2023-Q2: $4.1 billion2023-Q3: $3.7 billion2023-Q4: $3.8 billion2024-Q1: $4.6 billion2024-Q2: $3.8 billion2024-Q3: $3.8 billion2024-Q4: $3.9 billion2025-Q1: $4.7 billion2025-Q2: $4.0 billion2025-Q3: $3.9 billion2025-Q4: $4.1 billion2026-Q1: $5.0 billionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$5.0 billion2022
2025-Q4$4.1 billion2022
2025-Q3$3.9 billion2022
2025-Q2$4.0 billion2022
2025-Q1$4.7 billion2022
2024-Q4$3.9 billion2022
2024-Q3$3.8 billion2022
2024-Q2$3.8 billion2022
2024-Q1$4.6 billion2022
2023-Q4$3.8 billion2022
2023-Q3$3.7 billion2022
2023-Q2$4.1 billion2022
2023-Q1$4.7 billion2022
2022-Q4$4.0 billion2022
2022-Q3$4.0 billion2022
2022-Q2$3.9 billion2022
2022-Q1$4.4 billion2022
2021-Q4$4.1 billion2017
2021-Q3$3.8 billion2017
2021-Q2$3.7 billion2017
2021-Q1$4.3 billion2017
2020-Q4$4.2 billion2017
2020-Q3$3.7 billion2017
2020-Q2$3.7 billion2017
2020-Q1$4.7 billion2017
2019-Q4$3.7 billion2017
2019-Q3$3.7 billion2017
2019-Q2$3.6 billion2017
2019-Q1$4.4 billion2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $14.3 billion · 2023
2017: $12.8 billion2018: $12.2 billion2019: $12.7 billion2020: $12.7 billion2021: $13.0 billion2022: $12.3 billion2023: $14.3 billion
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PeriodValue
2023$14.3 billion
2022$12.3 billion
2021$13.0 billion
2020$12.7 billion
2019$12.7 billion
2018$12.2 billion
2017$12.8 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages122,0232026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages1,5262026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$5.0 billion2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$14.3 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns127,86420232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns52220232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$12.5 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census123,90320222017–2022 · 2 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census55220222017–2022 · 2 published
FirmsEconomic Census40420222017–2022 · 2 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$53.5 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.