Employment
24,451
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 333993
NAICS 333993 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$85,027/yr average annual pay, with 25 SBA loans on record for NAICS 333993.
- 523
- Establishments
- 24K
- Workers employed
- $85,027/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $18M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 333993
Minnesota leads Packaging Machinery Manufacturing activity nationally, across 523 establishments employing 24K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 523
- Business establishments (Census)
- 24K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $85,027/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $18M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Packaging Machinery Manufacturing
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
523 establishments employ 24,451 workers (46.8/location) at $85,027/yr average annual pay. Minnesota leads employment, followed by Wisconsin and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$85,027/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
523
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,702; establishment count increased by 7. 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)
- $2.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 46.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 3,023 |
| Wisconsin | 2,644 |
| Illinois | 1,948 |
| California | 1,843 |
| Kentucky | 940 |
| Pennsylvania | 899 |
| New Jersey | 809 |
| South Carolina | 800 |
| Virginia | 733 |
| Michigan | 646 |
Showing top 10 of 32 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
25
Total Loan Volume
$18M
Avg Loan Size
$729K
Jobs Supported
328
Program Breakdown
7(a) 23 (92%)
504 2 (8%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
16.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 3
2021 6
2022 6
2023 3
2024 3
2025 2
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Packaging Machinery Manufacturing?
523 business establishments. Together they employ 24,451 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Packaging Machinery Manufacturing?
$85,027/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 46.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Packaging Machinery Manufacturing employment?
Minnesota leads with 3,023 workers. Wisconsin (2,644) and Illinois (1,948) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Packaging Machinery Manufacturing receive?
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing businesses received 25 SBA loans totaling $18 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $729K. These loans supported 328 jobs at origination. Most lending (92%) 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 35% 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 Packaging Machinery Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 523 establishments, 24,451 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 25 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 333993 · 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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