Employment
146,308
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 311612
NAICS 311612 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Meat Processed from Carcasses - Industry Benchmarks
$55,662/yr average annual pay, with 157 SBA loans on record for NAICS 311612.
- 2K
- Establishments
- 146K
- Workers employed
- $55,662/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $136M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 311612
Illinois leads Meat Processed from Carcasses activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing 146K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 146K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $55,662/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $136M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Meat Processed from Carcasses's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Meat Processed from Carcasses 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 Meat Processed from Carcasses
Meat Processed from Carcasses sits inside Manufacturing.
1,703 establishments employ 146,308 workers (85.9/location) at $55,662/yr average annual pay. Illinois leads employment, followed by Texas and Iowa.
Meat Processed from Carcasses sits in the 80th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$55,662/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,703
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 15,814; establishment count increased by 67. 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)
- $8.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 85.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 13,210 |
| Texas | 13,067 |
| Iowa | 9,047 |
| Ohio | 7,681 |
| California | 7,649 |
| Minnesota | 5,202 |
| Georgia | 4,277 |
| New Jersey | 2,572 |
| New York | 2,087 |
| Oregon | 1,818 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
157
Total Loan Volume
$136M
Avg Loan Size
$865K
Jobs Supported
2,107
Program Breakdown
7(a) 133 (85%)
504 24 (15%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Bank, National Association
10 loans in this industry
New Business Share
34.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 23
2021 32
2022 27
2023 19
2024 27
2025 26
2026 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Meat Processed from Carcasses?
1,703 business establishments. Together they employ 146,308 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Meat Processed from Carcasses?
$55,662/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 85.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Meat Processed from Carcasses employment?
Illinois leads with 13,210 workers. Texas (13,067) and Iowa (9,047) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Meat Processed from Carcasses receive?
Meat Processed from Carcasses businesses received 157 SBA loans totaling $136 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $865K. These loans supported 2,107 jobs at origination. Most lending (85%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Meat Processed from Carcasses, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Meat Processed from Carcasses ranks #160 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (146,308 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 311612 · 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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