Employment
12,598
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 334517
NAICS 334517 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$121,309/yr average annual pay, with 4 SBA loans on record for NAICS 334517.
- 121
- Establishments
- 13K
- Workers employed
- $121,309/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 334517
North Carolina leads Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing activity nationally, across 121 establishments employing 13K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 121
- Business establishments (Census)
- 13K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $121,309/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
121 establishments employ 12,598 workers (104.1/location) at $121,309/yr average annual pay. North Carolina leads employment.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$121,309/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
121
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 849; establishment count decreased by 9. 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)
- $1.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 104.1
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
4
Total Loan Volume
$8M
Avg Loan Size
$1900K
Jobs Supported
88
Program Breakdown
7(a) 3 (75%)
504 1 (25%)
Top SBA Lender
PromiseOne Bank
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)
2020 1
2022 1
2024 1
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing?
121 business establishments. Together they employ 12,598 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing?
$121,309/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 104.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing employment?
North Carolina leads with 50 workers.
How much SBA lending does Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing receive?
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing businesses received 4 SBA loans totaling $8 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1900K. These loans supported 88 jobs at origination. Most lending (75%) 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 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 121 establishments, 12,598 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 4 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 334517 · 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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