Employment
9,187
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 335129
NAICS 335129 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$83,048/yr average annual pay, with 14 SBA loans on record for NAICS 335129.
- 258
- Establishments
- 9K
- Workers employed
- $83,048/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $15M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 335129
California leads Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing activity nationally, across 258 establishments employing 9K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 258
- Business establishments (Census)
- 9K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $83,048/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $15M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
258 establishments employ 9,187 workers (35.6/location) at $83,048/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by North Carolina and New Jersey.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$83,048/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
258
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 252; 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)
- $763.0M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 35.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 1,227 |
| North Carolina | 428 |
| New Jersey | 399 |
| Florida | 374 |
| Wisconsin | 285 |
| Oregon | 139 |
| Kentucky | 119 |
| Washington | 9 |
Showing top 10 of 28 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
14
Total Loan Volume
$15M
Avg Loan Size
$1050K
Jobs Supported
201
Program Breakdown
7(a) 12 (86%)
504 2 (14%)
Top SBA Lender
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
21.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)
2020 6
2021 5
2022 2
2024 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing?
258 business establishments. Together they employ 9,187 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing?
$83,048/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 35.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 1,227 workers. North Carolina (428) and New Jersey (399) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing receive?
Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing businesses received 14 SBA loans totaling $15 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1050K. These loans supported 201 jobs at origination. Most lending (86%) 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 14% 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 Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 258 establishments, 9,187 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 14 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 335129 · 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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