Employment
1,955
Total employees (Census CBP)
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting ·NAICS 115111
NAICS 115111 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Cotton Ginning - Industry Benchmarks
$68,011/yr average annual pay, with 7 SBA loans on record for NAICS 115111.
- 6.8%
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector margin
- 2K
- Workers employed
- $68,011/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $5M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 115111
Georgia leads Cotton Ginning activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector runs a 6.8% net margin.
- 6.8%
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 2K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $68,011/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $5M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Cotton Ginning
Cotton Ginning sits inside Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, a sector that runs a 6.8% net margin overall.
190 establishments employ 1,955 workers (10.3/location) at $68,011/yr average annual pay. Georgia leads employment, followed by Texas and Arkansas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$68,011/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
190
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 19; establishment count increased by 4. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $133.0M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.3
Top States by Employment
Showing top 10 of 14 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
7
Total Loan Volume
$5M
Avg Loan Size
$763K
Jobs Supported
86
Program Breakdown
7(a) 5 (71%)
504 2 (29%)
Top SBA Lender
Simmons Bank
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)
2020 1
2021 3
2024 1
2025 1
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Cotton Ginning?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 115111 level. Georgia leads this industry nationally. The broader Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector runs a 6.8% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Cotton Ginning?
190 business establishments. Together they employ 1,955 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Cotton Ginning?
$68,011/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Cotton Ginning employment?
Georgia leads with 608 workers. Texas (339) and Arkansas (228) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Cotton Ginning receive?
Cotton Ginning businesses received 7 SBA loans totaling $5 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $763K. These loans supported 86 jobs at origination. Most lending (71%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 2% of that same 801-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Cotton Ginning
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
- 190 establishments, 1,955 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 7 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 115111 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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