Employment
20,593
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 322219
NAICS 322219 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$59,622/yr average annual pay, with 19 SBA loans on record for NAICS 322219.
- 279
- Establishments
- 21K
- Workers employed
- $59,622/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $21M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 322219
Texas leads Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing activity nationally, across 279 establishments employing 21K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 279
- Business establishments (Census)
- 21K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $59,622/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $21M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing
Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
279 establishments employ 20,593 workers (73.8/location) at $59,622/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$59,622/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
279
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 968; establishment count increased by 13. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 73.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,517 |
| Kentucky | 976 |
| Pennsylvania | 866 |
| Massachusetts | 89 |
| Oregon | 64 |
Showing top 10 of 26 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
19
Total Loan Volume
$21M
Avg Loan Size
$1096K
Jobs Supported
138
Program Breakdown
7(a) 12 (63%)
504 7 (37%)
Top SBA Lender
WBD, Inc.
6 loans in this industry
New Business Share
21.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 3
2021 7
2023 2
2024 2
2025 2
2026 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing?
279 business establishments. Together they employ 20,593 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing?
$59,622/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 73.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 1,517 workers. Kentucky (976) and Pennsylvania (866) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing receive?
Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing businesses received 19 SBA loans totaling $21 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1096K. These loans supported 138 jobs at origination. Most lending (63%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 31% of that same 801-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 279 establishments, 20,593 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 19 SBA loans on record. SBA lending 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 322219 · Data year: 2023
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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