Employment
46,345
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 325510
NAICS 325510 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Paint and Coating Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$74,924/yr average annual pay, with 114 SBA loans on record for NAICS 325510.
- 1K
- Establishments
- 46K
- Workers employed
- $74,924/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $86M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 325510
Texas leads Paint and Coating Manufacturing activity nationally, across 1K establishments employing 46K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 1K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 46K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $74,924/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $86M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Paint and Coating Manufacturing
Paint and Coating Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
1,125 establishments employ 46,345 workers (41.2/location) at $74,924/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and North Carolina.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$74,924/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,125
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,065; establishment count decreased by 17. 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)
- $3.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 41.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 4,450 |
| California | 2,639 |
| North Carolina | 2,592 |
| Michigan | 2,590 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,521 |
| Kentucky | 1,222 |
| Alabama | 1,121 |
| Missouri | 1,112 |
| New York | 872 |
| Maryland | 839 |
Showing top 10 of 41 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
114
Total Loan Volume
$86M
Avg Loan Size
$756K
Jobs Supported
1,148
Program Breakdown
7(a) 89 (78%)
504 25 (22%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
5 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 14
2021 26
2022 17
2023 10
2024 33
2025 11
2026 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Paint and Coating Manufacturing?
1,125 business establishments. Together they employ 46,345 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Paint and Coating Manufacturing?
$74,924/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 41.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Paint and Coating Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 4,450 workers. California (2,639) and North Carolina (2,592) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Paint and Coating Manufacturing receive?
Paint and Coating Manufacturing businesses received 114 SBA loans totaling $86 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $756K. These loans supported 1,148 jobs at origination. Most lending (78%) 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 54% 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 Paint and Coating Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,125 establishments, 46,345 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 114 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 325510 · 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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