Employment
35,840
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 326112
NAICS 326112 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
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 August 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
Use Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing 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 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.
Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing sits in the 46th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
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.
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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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing ranks #429 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (35,840 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 326112 · 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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