NAICS 323 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Printing and Related Support Activities - Industry Benchmarks

$57,397/yr average annual pay, with 2,062 SBA loans on record for NAICS 323.

4.5%
Net margin: 386K
Workers employed: $57,397/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $1.3B
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 323

Printing and Related Support Activities runs a 4.5% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 22K establishments employing 386K workers.

4.5%
Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI): 386K
Workers employed (Census CBP): $57,397/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $1.3B
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Printing and Related Support Activities's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Printing and Related Support Activities 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 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023

Benchmarking Insights for Printing and Related Support Activities

Printing and Related Support Activities sits inside Manufacturing at a 4.5% net margin (below the national median), $78.6B in aggregate receipts across 22,541 returns, averaging $3.5B per establishment.

22,301 establishments employ 386,248 workers (17.3/location) at $57,397/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Illinois and Wisconsin.

Printing and Related Support Activities sits in the 30th percentile for employment and the 47th percentile for net margin among 3-digit NAICS industries with reported data.

Profit Margin

4.5%

Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)

Total Receipts

$78.6B

Annual revenue (IRS SOI)

Net Income

$3.6B

Pre-tax net income

Employment

386,248

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$57,397/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

22,301

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment decreased by 2,788; establishment count decreased by 350. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Where each dollar of Printing and Related Support Activities revenue goes

Receipts decomposition, IRS Statistics of Income 2023 aggregate for Printing and Related Support Activities

Workforce scale

Establishment size, Printing and Related Support Activities (Census SUSB)

Printing and Related Support Activities margin vs national reference points

Printing and Related Support Activities net margin 15.2%

Cross-industry median (5%)

p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%

Business Structure Breakdown

Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).

C Corporation SOI 2013

22,541 returns

Margin: 4.5% · Receipts: $78.6B

Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022

24,402 returns

Margin: 4.2% · Receipts: $1.7B

Financial Detail

Total Tax Returns Filed: 22,541
Avg Receipts per Business: $3.5B
Annual Payroll (Total): $22.2B
Avg Employees per Establishment: 17.3

Sub-Industries

Industry	Profit Margin	Employment	Avg Payroll/Emp
Printing and Related Support Activities NAICS 3231	N/A	386,248	$57,397/yr

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
California	32,772	2,758	$1.9B	$59,391/yr
Illinois	23,035	1,084	$1.5B	$63,769/yr
Wisconsin	22,252	591	$1.4B	$61,411/yr
Texas	21,781	1,669	$1.1B	$52,793/yr
Ohio	21,633	910	$1.2B	$53,774/yr
Pennsylvania	21,489	906	$1.2B	$56,201/yr
Florida	19,695	1,525	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	18,788	550	$1.2B	$63,711/yr
New York	16,633	1,308	$980.2M	$58,931/yr
New Jersey	13,060	701	$927.8M	$71,043/yr

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

2,062

Total Loan Volume

$1.3B

Avg Loan Size

$613K

Jobs Supported

23,437

Program Breakdown

7(a) 1,739 (84%)

504 323 (16%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

177 loans in this industry

New Business Share

19.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020

300

2021

340

2022

289

2023

298

2024

358

2025

410

2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average revenue for Printing and Related Support Activities?

$78.6B in total annual receipts across all Printing and Related Support Activities businesses. Average per business: $3.5B.

How profitable is Printing and Related Support Activities?

4.5% net profit margin, below the national median.

How many businesses are in Printing and Related Support Activities?

22,301 business establishments. Together they employ 386,248 workers.

What is the average payroll per employee in Printing and Related Support Activities?

$57,397/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 17.3 employees per establishment.

Which states have the most Printing and Related Support Activities employment?

California leads with 32,772 workers. Illinois (23,035) and Wisconsin (22,252) round out the top three.

How much SBA lending does Printing and Related Support Activities receive?

Printing and Related Support Activities businesses received 2,062 SBA loans totaling $1.3 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $613K. These loans supported 23,437 jobs at origination. Most lending (84%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers

Two IRS/Census peer sets for Printing and Related Support Activities, both at NAICS level 3 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.

According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Printing and Related Support Activities ranks #54 of 77 U.S. industries at the 3-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #40 of 75 at that same detail level.

Similar reported net margin

Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (4.5% here).

Support Activities for Transportation 4.6% Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing 4.5% Food Manufacturing 4.7%

Similar workforce scale

Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (386,248 here).

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing 369,456 Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores 409,563 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 412,320

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 323 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013

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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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