Employment
60,731
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 311513
NAICS 311513 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Cheese Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$63,875/yr average annual pay, with 40 SBA loans on record for NAICS 311513.
- 568
- Establishments
- 61K
- Workers employed
- $63,875/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 311513
Wisconsin leads Cheese Manufacturing activity nationally, across 568 establishments employing 61K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 568
- Business establishments (Census)
- 61K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $63,875/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Cheese Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Cheese Manufacturing 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 Cheese Manufacturing
Cheese Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
568 establishments employ 60,731 workers (106.9/location) at $63,875/yr average annual pay. Wisconsin leads employment, followed by New York and Idaho.
Cheese Manufacturing sits in the 61st percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$63,875/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
568
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 512; establishment count decreased by 11. 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)
- $3.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 106.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 22,740 |
| New York | 2,957 |
| Idaho | 2,685 |
| Ohio | 2,485 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,361 |
| New Jersey | 1,315 |
| Iowa | 669 |
| Arizona | 211 |
| Nebraska | 23 |
| Florida | 20 |
Showing top 10 of 33 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
40
Total Loan Volume
$45M
Avg Loan Size
$1130K
Jobs Supported
1,326
Program Breakdown
7(a) 26 (65%)
504 14 (35%)
Top SBA Lender
WBD, Inc.
6 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 7
2021 6
2022 8
2023 7
2024 5
2025 7
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Cheese Manufacturing?
568 business establishments. Together they employ 60,731 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Cheese Manufacturing?
$63,875/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 106.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Cheese Manufacturing employment?
Wisconsin leads with 22,740 workers. New York (2,957) and Idaho (2,685) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Cheese Manufacturing receive?
Cheese Manufacturing businesses received 40 SBA loans totaling $45 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1130K. These loans supported 1,326 jobs at origination. Most lending (65%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Cheese Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Cheese Manufacturing ranks #313 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (60,731 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Manufacturing · 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 311513 · 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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