Employment
35,840
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 326112
NAICS 326112 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$67,379/yr average annual pay, with 41 SBA loans on record for NAICS 326112.
- 426
- Establishments
- 36K
- Workers employed
- $67,379/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 326112
Texas leads Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing activity nationally, across 426 establishments employing 36K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 426
- Business establishments (Census)
- 36K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,379/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $45M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing
Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
426 establishments employ 35,840 workers (84.1/location) at $67,379/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Illinois and Indiana.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,379/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
426
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,769; establishment count increased by 8. 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)
- $2.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 84.1
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,467 |
| Illinois | 2,457 |
| Indiana | 1,976 |
| Georgia | 1,974 |
| Ohio | 1,658 |
| North Carolina | 1,381 |
| California | 1,375 |
| Kentucky | 1,342 |
| Arkansas | 1,205 |
| Kansas | 1,101 |
Showing top 10 of 34 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
41
Total Loan Volume
$45M
Avg Loan Size
$1102K
Jobs Supported
717
Program Breakdown
7(a) 26 (63%)
504 15 (37%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
5 loans in this industry
New Business Share
9.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 3
2021 8
2022 5
2023 7
2024 6
2025 10
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing?
426 business establishments. Together they employ 35,840 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing?
$67,379/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 84.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 2,467 workers. Illinois (2,457) and Indiana (1,976) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing receive?
Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing businesses received 41 SBA loans totaling $45 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1102K. These loans supported 717 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 46% 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 Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 426 establishments, 35,840 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 41 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 326112 · 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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