Employment
50,576
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 334516
NAICS 334516 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$113,450/yr average annual pay, with 34 SBA loans on record for NAICS 334516.
- 652
- Establishments
- 51K
- Workers employed
- $113,450/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $42M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 334516
California leads Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing activity nationally, across 652 establishments employing 51K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 652
- Business establishments (Census)
- 51K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $113,450/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $42M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
652 establishments employ 50,576 workers (77.6/location) at $113,450/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$113,450/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
652
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,288; establishment count increased by 5. 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)
- $5.7B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 77.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 13,420 |
| Massachusetts | 8,016 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,316 |
| Michigan | 1,733 |
| Delaware | 1,278 |
| Illinois | 911 |
| Washington | 645 |
| Nebraska | 629 |
| North Carolina | 604 |
| New Hampshire | 519 |
Showing top 10 of 37 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
34
Total Loan Volume
$42M
Avg Loan Size
$1241K
Jobs Supported
494
Program Breakdown
7(a) 30 (88%)
504 4 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
GBC International Bank
7 loans in this industry
New Business Share
2.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 8
2021 6
2022 4
2023 3
2024 4
2025 8
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing?
652 business establishments. Together they employ 50,576 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing?
$113,450/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 77.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 13,420 workers. Massachusetts (8,016) and Pennsylvania (2,316) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing receive?
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing businesses received 34 SBA loans totaling $42 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1241K. These loans supported 494 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 56% 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 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 652 establishments, 50,576 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 34 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 334516 · 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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