Employment
22,704
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 315210
NAICS 315210 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$36,658/yr average annual pay, with 97 SBA loans on record for NAICS 315210.
- 2K
- Establishments
- 23K
- Workers employed
- $36,658/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $61M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 315210
California leads Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing 23K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 23K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $36,658/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $61M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Cut and Sew Apparel 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 Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors
Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors sits inside Manufacturing.
2,094 establishments employ 22,704 workers (10.8/location) at $36,658/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and North Carolina.
Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors sits in the 33rd percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$36,658/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,094
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,957; establishment count decreased by 222. 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)
- $832.3M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 10,199 |
| New York | 2,395 |
| North Carolina | 743 |
| Florida | 398 |
| Oregon | 302 |
| Indiana | 264 |
| Colorado | 148 |
| Ohio | 98 |
| New Mexico | 51 |
| Idaho | 19 |
Showing top 10 of 44 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
97
Total Loan Volume
$61M
Avg Loan Size
$628K
Jobs Supported
1,613
Program Breakdown
7(a) 80 (82%)
504 17 (18%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Bank, National Association
11 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 8
2021 10
2022 10
2023 16
2024 27
2025 22
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors?
2,094 business establishments. Together they employ 22,704 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors?
$36,658/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors employment?
California leads with 10,199 workers. New York (2,395) and North Carolina (743) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors receive?
Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors businesses received 97 SBA loans totaling $61 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $628K. These loans supported 1,613 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors ranks #535 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (22,704 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 315210 · 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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