Employment
12,455
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 334290
NAICS 334290 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$85,457/yr average annual pay, with 24 SBA loans on record for NAICS 334290.
- 332
- Establishments
- 12K
- Workers employed
- $85,457/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $34M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 334290
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
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.
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.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 37.5
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.
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 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 332 establishments, 12,455 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 24 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 334290 · 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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