Employment
41,832
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 322121
NAICS 322121 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Paper (except Newsprint) Mills - Industry Benchmarks
4 SBA loans on record, $1M in volume, for NAICS 322121.
- 180
- Establishments
- 42K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 322121
Wisconsin leads Paper (except Newsprint) Mills activity nationally, across 180 establishments employing 42K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 180
- Business establishments (Census)
- 42K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Paper (except Newsprint) Mills's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Paper (except Newsprint) 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 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
Paper (except Newsprint) Mills sits inside Manufacturing.
180 establishments employ 41,832 workers (232.4/location). Wisconsin leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Maine.
Paper (except Newsprint) Mills sits in the 51st percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
180
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,502; 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
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 232.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 6,157 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,359 |
| Maine | 2,141 |
| Tennessee | 1,451 |
| Connecticut | 800 |
| Massachusetts | 651 |
| Virginia | 288 |
Showing top 10 of 23 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
4
Total Loan Volume
$1M
Avg Loan Size
$369K
Jobs Supported
11
Program Breakdown
7(a) 3 (75%)
504 1 (25%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Paper (except Newsprint) Mills?
180 business establishments. Together they employ 41,832 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Paper (except Newsprint) Mills?
Average payroll data for Paper (except Newsprint) Mills is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Paper (except Newsprint) Mills employment?
Wisconsin leads with 6,157 workers. Pennsylvania (3,359) and Maine (2,141) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Paper (except Newsprint) Mills receive?
Paper (except Newsprint) Mills businesses received 4 SBA loans totaling $1 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $369K. These loans supported 11 jobs at origination. Most lending (75%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Paper (except Newsprint) Mills, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Paper (except Newsprint) Mills ranks #395 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (41,832 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 322121 · 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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