Employment
86,861
Total employees (Census CBP)
Construction ·NAICS 23813
NAICS 23813 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Framing Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$57,935/yr average annual pay, with 278 SBA loans on record for NAICS 23813.
- 3.4%
- Construction sector margin
- 87K
- Workers employed
- $57,935/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $77M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 23813
California leads Framing Contractors activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Construction sector runs a 3.4% net margin.
- 3.4%
- Construction sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 87K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $57,935/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $77M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Framing Contractors's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Framing Contractors is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Framing Contractors
Framing Contractors sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 3.4% net margin overall.
12,417 establishments employ 86,861 workers (7.0/location) at $57,935/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Washington and Florida.
Framing Contractors sits in the 55th percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$57,935/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
12,417
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,990; establishment count decreased by 107. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $5.0B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Framing Contractors NAICS 238130 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 20,491 |
| Washington | 5,385 |
| Florida | 4,365 |
| Texas | 4,150 |
| Arizona | 3,846 |
| Nevada | 3,671 |
| Illinois | 2,972 |
| Idaho | 2,760 |
| Utah | 2,715 |
| Minnesota | 2,684 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
278
Total Loan Volume
$77M
Avg Loan Size
$279K
Jobs Supported
2,692
Program Breakdown
7(a) 267 (96%)
504 11 (4%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
30 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 25
2021 21
2022 46
2023 50
2024 60
2025 67
2026 9
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Framing Contractors?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 23813 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 3.4% net margin (IRS SOI 2013 C corp).
How many businesses are in Framing Contractors?
12,417 business establishments. Together they employ 86,861 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Framing Contractors?
$57,935/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Framing Contractors employment?
California leads with 20,491 workers. Washington (5,385) and Florida (4,365) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Framing Contractors receive?
Framing Contractors businesses received 278 SBA loans totaling $77 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $279K. These loans supported 2,692 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Framing Contractors, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Framing Contractors ranks #248 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (86,861 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Construction · Rankings
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 23813 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
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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