Manufacturing ·NAICS 334515

NAICS 334515 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals - Industry Benchmarks

$116,561/yr average annual pay, with 22 SBA loans on record for NAICS 334515.

672
Establishments
30K
Workers employed
$116,561/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$16M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 334515

Massachusetts leads Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals activity nationally, across 672 establishments employing 30K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

672
Business establishments (Census)
30K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$116,561/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$16M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals sits inside Manufacturing.

672 establishments employ 29,914 workers (44.5/location) at $116,561/yr average annual pay. Massachusetts leads employment, followed by New Jersey and Florida.

Employment

29,914

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$116,561/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

672

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment decreased by 2,682; establishment count decreased by 3. 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)
$3.5B
Avg Employees per Establishment
44.5

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Massachusetts 1,319
New Jersey 864
Florida 761
Illinois 698
Arizona 642
Ohio 640
Virginia 598
Oregon 539
Michigan 531
Georgia 392

Showing top 10 of 34 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

22

Total Loan Volume

$16M

Avg Loan Size

$720K

Jobs Supported

164

Program Breakdown

7(a) 18 (82%)
504 4 (18%)

Top SBA Lender

UniBank for Savings

3 loans in this industry

New Business Share

13.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)

2020
3
2021
2
2022
2
2023
2
2024
8
2025
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals?
672 business establishments. Together they employ 29,914 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals?
$116,561/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 44.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals employment?
Massachusetts leads with 1,319 workers. New Jersey (864) and Florida (761) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals receive?
Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals businesses received 22 SBA loans totaling $16 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $720K. These loans supported 164 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) 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 42% 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 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals

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 334515 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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