Employment
12,455
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 33429
NAICS 33429 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$85,457/yr average annual pay, with 24 SBA loans on record for NAICS 33429.
- 332
- Establishments
- 12K
- Workers employed
- $85,457/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $34M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 33429
Illinois leads Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing activity nationally, across 332 establishments employing 12K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 332
- Business establishments (Census)
- 12K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $85,457/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $34M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Other Communications Equipment 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 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
332 establishments employ 12,455 workers (37.5/location) at $85,457/yr average annual pay. Illinois leads employment, followed by Missouri and Michigan.
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing sits in the 12th percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$85,457/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
332
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 307; establishment count decreased by 2. 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)
- $1.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 37.5
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing NAICS 334290 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1,336 |
| Missouri | 851 |
| Michigan | 580 |
| Massachusetts | 245 |
| Florida | 234 |
| North Carolina | 205 |
| New Jersey | 187 |
| Virginia | 56 |
Showing top 10 of 27 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
24
Total Loan Volume
$34M
Avg Loan Size
$1435K
Jobs Supported
584
Program Breakdown
7(a) 20 (83%)
504 4 (17%)
Top SBA Lender
Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company, National Association
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
16.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 4
2021 7
2022 2
2023 6
2024 3
2025 1
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing?
332 business establishments. Together they employ 12,455 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing?
$85,457/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 37.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing employment?
Illinois leads with 1,336 workers. Missouri (851) and Michigan (580) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing receive?
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing businesses received 24 SBA loans totaling $34 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1435K. These loans supported 584 jobs at origination. Most lending (83%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing ranks #483 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (12,455 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 33429 · 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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