NAICS 334290 other communications equipment manufacturing obligations

A residual manufacturing code at $12.7 billion

NAICS 334290 is the residual class inside communications equipment manufacturing. Radio, telephone, and broadcast equipment that fit tighter six-digit codes live elsewhere. What remains — tagged “other” — still sums to $12,692,359,237.46 on this hub. Residual codes are not small by default; this one is a twelve-billion-dollar contract tag.

Ten thousand two hundred forty-nine awards spread those dollars to a mean of about $1.2 million. That is neither a micro-purchase pattern nor a handful of mega-vehicles. The mix can include radios, networking gear, and other communications hardware that the officer filed under 334290. The packet does not itemize product types.

Electronic computer manufacturing and electronic component manufacturing are different codes. A radio that is a computer-based system can still be tagged 334290 if that is the principal-purpose choice. The $12.7 billion follows the tag, not a reader’s product intuition.

Communications hardware splits across manufacturing, repair, and telecom-service NAICS codes. Other communications equipment manufacturing (334290) is the residual manufacturing class at $12,692,359,237.46 on 10,249 awards. Repair is 811219. Satellite service is 517410. Resellers are 517310. This page is manufacturing only.

How to read the obligation figure

Manufacturing contracts obligate funds for production and delivery. Outlays follow inspection and invoicing. The $12.7 billion is the commitment total, not a warehouse inventory of federal communications gear already paid for. Modifications can raise or lower the net after award.

The 10,249-award count is not a unit count. Delivery orders, spares, and full systems can share the same NAICS. Dividing dollars by awards yields a mean award size, not a mean radio price.

What sits outside 334290

Telecommunications service codes — including satellite telecommunications and telecommunications resellers — measure service contracts, not this manufacturing tag. Repair-and-maintenance NAICS codes are also separate. Buying a piece of equipment and paying to operate a network are different industry pages.

Assistance awards that fund public-safety communications at state or local agencies often lack NAICS and do not enter $12,692,359,237.46. The packet source note is the boundary.

A radio bought as a finished good can be tagged 334290. A component inside that radio can be tagged 334419 on a different action. Hosting the network that radio joins can be tagged 518210 or a 517 service code. None of those neighboring totals is inside this $12.7 billion.

Using the industry page

Compare 334290 on the all-industries index by dollars and by award count. Then open the other communications equipment manufacturing industry page for award-level fields. The two packet facts remain $12.7 billion and 10,249 awards.

Because the title is residual, award descriptions matter more than the NAICS label for understanding hardware mix. This guide does not invent that mix.

Tagging caveats

Officers can place similar radios under 334290 or under a more specific communications-equipment code. SpendingVault does not reclassify those actions. The published total is the tagged sum.

USAspending extract updates will change $12,692,359,237.46 and 10,249. Until then, those are the recorded figures for this residual manufacturing class.

Residual hardware still needs a source citation

“Other” in a Census title is a filing instruction, not a quality judgment. Enough federal contract actions used 334290 to sum to $12.7 billion. That is a USAspending.gov contract-award fact, not a product catalog.

Open the other communications equipment manufacturing industry page for award-level fields. Rank the code on the all-industries index against other 334 manufacturing NAICS. Do not convert the $1.2 million mean into a unit price; the packet has no quantity field.

Residual communications-equipment manufacturing at $12,692,359,237.46 on 10,249 awards is large enough to rank among major contract tags and vague enough in the Census title that award descriptions matter. The mean of about $1.2 million is an award-size average, not a radio price.

Telecom-service NAICS codes and repair NAICS codes answer different questions. This hub answers the 334290 manufacturing tag. Rank it among 334 codes on the all-industries index. SpendingVault does not recode leftover hardware into a tighter communications-equipment class. Extract updates will move both dollars and the 10,249-award count with the source.

Questions

How much federal spending is tagged NAICS 334290?

USAspending contract awards show $12,692,359,237.46 in obligations across 10,249 awards under other communications equipment manufacturing. That is a residual manufacturing code, not a telecom-service total. The figure is obligations, not outlays. Assistance without NAICS is excluded. Open the industry page for award-level recipient and agency fields USAspending provides in this extract.

What does “other” mean in this NAICS title?

Census residual classes hold activity that did not fit a more specific six-digit code in the same group. NAICS 334290 is that leftover manufacturing bin for communications equipment. It can still be large: this hub is $12.7 billion. Product-level mix is not in the packet; award descriptions are on the industry page.

Is this the same as federal telecommunications service spending?

No. Manufacturing of communications equipment is a different NAICS family from telecommunications services. Satellite, reseller, and other telecom-service codes have their own industry pages. The $12.7 billion here is the 334290 manufacturing tag only. Manufacturing of equipment and operation of a network are different six-digit classes with different SpendingVault hubs.

What is the average 334290 award?

Dividing $12,692,359,237.46 by 10,249 awards yields about $1.2 million. That mean is not a unit price for a radio or a switch. Spares, systems, and modifications share the average. The packet does not publish a median or a quantity field.