Employment
150,621
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 33661
NAICS 33661 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Ship and Boat Building - Industry Benchmarks
$68,504/yr average annual pay, with 160 SBA loans on record for NAICS 33661.
- 1K
- Establishments
- 151K
- Workers employed
- $68,504/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $123M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 33661
Florida leads Ship and Boat Building activity nationally, across 1K establishments employing 151K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 1K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 151K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $68,504/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $123M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Ship and Boat Building
Ship and Boat Building sits inside Manufacturing.
1,427 establishments employ 150,621 workers (105.5/location) at $68,504/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by California and Louisiana.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$68,504/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,427
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,339; establishment count increased by 35. 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)
- $10.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 105.5
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Boat Building NAICS 336612 | N/A |
| Ship Building and Repairing NAICS 336611 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 16,087 |
| California | 10,602 |
| Louisiana | 5,082 |
| Indiana | 4,208 |
| Tennessee | 4,053 |
| South Carolina | 3,534 |
| Michigan | 3,241 |
| Wisconsin | 3,032 |
| North Carolina | 2,499 |
| Arkansas | 2,250 |
Showing top 10 of 40 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
160
Total Loan Volume
$123M
Avg Loan Size
$768K
Jobs Supported
3,284
Program Breakdown
7(a) 145 (91%)
504 15 (9%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
11 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 18
2021 34
2022 28
2023 27
2024 27
2025 20
2026 6
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Ship and Boat Building?
1,427 business establishments. Together they employ 150,621 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Ship and Boat Building?
$68,504/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 105.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Ship and Boat Building employment?
Florida leads with 16,087 workers. California (10,602) and Louisiana (5,082) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Ship and Boat Building receive?
Ship and Boat Building businesses received 160 SBA loans totaling $123 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $768K. These loans supported 3,284 jobs at origination. Most lending (91%) 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 72% of that same 551-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.
- Other Building Equipment Contractors 150,522
- Offices of Chiropractors 150,066
- Local Messengers and Local Delivery 149,558
Benchmarking Ship and Boat Building
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,427 establishments, 150,621 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 160 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 33661 · 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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