Employment
5,521
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 315110
NAICS 315110 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Hosiery and Sock Mills - Industry Benchmarks
$37,320/yr average annual pay across 89 establishments in NAICS 315110.
- 89
- Establishments
- 6K
- Workers employed
- $37,320/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 315110
North Carolina leads Hosiery and Sock Mills activity nationally, across 89 establishments employing 6K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 89
- Business establishments (Census)
- 6K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $37,320/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
Use Hosiery and Sock Mills's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Hosiery and Sock Mills 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 Hosiery and Sock Mills
Hosiery and Sock Mills sits inside Manufacturing.
89 establishments employ 5,521 workers (62.0/location) at $37,320/yr average annual pay. North Carolina leads employment.
Hosiery and Sock Mills sits in the 7th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
No recorded SBA 7(a)/504 lending for Hosiery and Sock Mills in the FY2020-26 dataset.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$37,320/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
89
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 720; establishment count decreased by 9. 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)
- $206.0M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 62.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2,823 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Hosiery and Sock Mills?
89 business establishments. Together they employ 5,521 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Hosiery and Sock Mills?
$37,320/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 62.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Hosiery and Sock Mills employment?
North Carolina leads with 2,823 workers.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Hosiery and Sock Mills, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Hosiery and Sock Mills ranks #745 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (5,521 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 315110 · 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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