SIC 3442 Metal Doors, Sash, Frames, Molding, and Trim

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SIC 3442
METAL DOORS, SASH, FRAMES, MOLDING, AND TRIM

Companies in this industry are engaged primarily in manufacturing ferrous and nonferrous metal doors, sash, window and door frames and screens, molding, and trim. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing metal covered wood doors, windows, sash, door frames, molding, and trim are classified in SIC 2431: Millwork.

NAICS Code(s)

332321 (Metal Window and Door Manufacturing)

Industry Snapshot

The metal doors, sash, frames, molding, and trim industry is an extremely competitive industry with a low profit margin. It has experienced moderate but steady growth in shipments since 1982, except for a slight dip in 1990 and 1991. Shipments were valued at $4.69 billion that year. Shipments grew to $8.2 billion in 1996, and to $12.01 billion in 2000. Employment levels grew slightly in the early 1980s but flattened between 1986 and 1988. In 1982 approximately 66,300 people were employed by this industry, 47,600 of those being production workers. These figures grew to 83,885 total employees and 61,177 production workers by 2000.

Workers are paid poorly in this industry compared to average pay in all manufacturing industries combined. In 1982 the average hourly wage was $6.61; the figure grew to $9.73 by the end of 1996. That same year the average hourly wage for all manufacturing workers was $12.40. By 2000 the average hourly wage had reached $11.33, still...

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