Employment
12,466
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 333243
NAICS 333243 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$81,324/yr average annual pay, with 45 SBA loans on record for NAICS 333243.
- 391
- Establishments
- 12K
- Workers employed
- $81,324/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $16M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 333243
Wisconsin leads Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing activity nationally, across 391 establishments employing 12K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 391
- Business establishments (Census)
- 12K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $81,324/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $16M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing
Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
391 establishments employ 12,466 workers (31.9/location) at $81,324/yr average annual pay. Wisconsin leads employment, followed by Oregon and Massachusetts.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$81,324/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
391
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 524; establishment count increased by 16. 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)
- $1.0B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 31.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 3,083 |
| Oregon | 649 |
| Massachusetts | 463 |
| Ohio | 432 |
| California | 401 |
| North Carolina | 385 |
| Texas | 355 |
| New York | 275 |
| Michigan | 238 |
| Illinois | 205 |
Showing top 10 of 31 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
45
Total Loan Volume
$16M
Avg Loan Size
$362K
Jobs Supported
477
Program Breakdown
7(a) 44 (98%)
504 1 (2%)
Top SBA Lender
U.S. Bank, National Association
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 3
2021 1
2022 4
2023 7
2024 17
2025 13
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing?
391 business establishments. Together they employ 12,466 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing?
$81,324/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 31.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing employment?
Wisconsin leads with 3,083 workers. Oregon (649) and Massachusetts (463) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing receive?
Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing businesses received 45 SBA loans totaling $16 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $362K. These loans supported 477 jobs at origination. Most lending (98%) 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 20% 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 Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 391 establishments, 12,466 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 45 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 333243 · 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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