Employment
10,759
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 333612
NAICS 333612 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$72,166/yr average annual pay, with 14 SBA loans on record for NAICS 333612.
- 205
- Establishments
- 11K
- Workers employed
- $72,166/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $9M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 333612
Wisconsin leads Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing activity nationally, across 205 establishments employing 11K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 205
- Business establishments (Census)
- 11K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $72,166/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $9M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing
Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
205 establishments employ 10,759 workers (52.5/location) at $72,166/yr average annual pay. Wisconsin leads employment, followed by Ohio and California.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$72,166/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
205
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 47; establishment count increased by 4. 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)
- $776.4M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 52.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 1,098 |
| Ohio | 600 |
| California | 267 |
| Iowa | 205 |
| Florida | 136 |
| Georgia | 122 |
| Pennsylvania | 110 |
| Washington | 12 |
Showing top 10 of 23 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
14
Total Loan Volume
$9M
Avg Loan Size
$634K
Jobs Supported
184
Program Breakdown
7(a) 9 (64%)
504 5 (36%)
Top SBA Lender
Bay Colony Development Corpora
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
7.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 2
2021 3
2022 1
2023 4
2024 3
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing?
205 business establishments. Together they employ 10,759 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing?
$72,166/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 52.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing employment?
Wisconsin leads with 1,098 workers. Ohio (600) and California (267) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing receive?
Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing businesses received 14 SBA loans totaling $9 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $634K. These loans supported 184 jobs at origination. Most lending (64%) 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 17% 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 Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 205 establishments, 10,759 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 14 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 333612 · 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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