Employment
8,325
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 335921
NAICS 335921 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$70,911/yr average annual pay, with 17 SBA loans on record for NAICS 335921.
- 130
- Establishments
- 8K
- Workers employed
- $70,911/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 335921
California leads Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing activity nationally, across 130 establishments employing 8K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 130
- Business establishments (Census)
- 8K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $70,911/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Fiber Optic Cable 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 Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing
Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
130 establishments employ 8,325 workers (64.0/location) at $70,911/yr average annual pay. California leads employment.
Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing sits in the 12th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$70,911/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
130
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 392; establishment count increased by 14. 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)
- $590.3M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 64.0
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
17
Total Loan Volume
$7M
Avg Loan Size
$406K
Jobs Supported
193
Program Breakdown
7(a) 16 (94%)
504 1 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
35.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)
2022 6
2023 2
2024 2
2025 6
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing?
130 business establishments. Together they employ 8,325 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing?
$70,911/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 64.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 563 workers.
How much SBA lending does Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing receive?
Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing businesses received 17 SBA loans totaling $7 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $406K. These loans supported 193 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing ranks #706 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (8,325 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Manufacturing · 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 335921 · 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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