Employment
12,598
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 334517
NAICS 334517 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
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 August 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
Use Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Irradiation Apparatus 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 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.
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing sits in the 20th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
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.
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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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing ranks #637 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (12,598 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 334517 · 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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