Employment
99,786
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 336611
NAICS 336611 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Ship Building and Repairing - Industry Benchmarks
$75,961/yr average annual pay, with 79 SBA loans on record for NAICS 336611.
- 497
- Establishments
- 100K
- Workers employed
- $75,961/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $61M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 336611
California leads Ship Building and Repairing activity nationally, across 497 establishments employing 100K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 497
- Business establishments (Census)
- 100K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $75,961/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $61M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Ship Building and Repairing
Ship Building and Repairing sits inside Manufacturing.
497 establishments employ 99,786 workers (200.8/location) at $75,961/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Hawaii and Massachusetts.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$75,961/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
497
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,591; establishment count increased by 8. 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)
- $7.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 200.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 9,260 |
| Hawaii | 504 |
| Massachusetts | 287 |
| Alaska | 172 |
Showing top 10 of 30 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
79
Total Loan Volume
$61M
Avg Loan Size
$770K
Jobs Supported
1,827
Program Breakdown
7(a) 72 (91%)
504 7 (9%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
9 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 4
2021 13
2022 13
2023 16
2024 16
2025 15
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Ship Building and Repairing?
497 business establishments. Together they employ 99,786 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Ship Building and Repairing?
$75,961/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 200.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Ship Building and Repairing employment?
California leads with 9,260 workers. Hawaii (504) and Massachusetts (287) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Ship Building and Repairing receive?
Ship Building and Repairing businesses received 79 SBA loans totaling $61 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $770K. These loans supported 1,827 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 73% 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.
- Hardware Merchant Wholesalers 99,773
- Automobile Manufacturing 99,754
- Diagnostic Imaging Centers 99,727
Benchmarking Ship Building and Repairing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 497 establishments, 99,786 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 79 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 336611 · 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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