Employment
132,354
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 339112
NAICS 339112 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$93,493/yr average annual pay, with 183 SBA loans on record for NAICS 339112.
- 1K
- Establishments
- 132K
- Workers employed
- $93,493/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $173M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 339112
California leads Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing activity nationally, across 1K establishments employing 132K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 1K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 132K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $93,493/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $173M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
1,310 establishments employ 132,354 workers (101.0/location) at $93,493/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Utah and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$93,493/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,310
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,954; establishment count increased by 7. 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)
- $12.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 101.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 25,469 |
| Utah | 7,728 |
| Texas | 6,808 |
| Massachusetts | 5,029 |
| New York | 4,298 |
| Michigan | 3,763 |
| Missouri | 2,678 |
| Illinois | 2,289 |
| Tennessee | 2,220 |
| Virginia | 2,014 |
Showing top 10 of 41 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
183
Total Loan Volume
$173M
Avg Loan Size
$946K
Jobs Supported
2,326
Program Breakdown
7(a) 137 (75%)
504 46 (25%)
Top SBA Lender
U.S. Bank, National Association
7 loans in this industry
New Business Share
19.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 28
2021 41
2022 23
2023 24
2024 31
2025 33
2026 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing?
1,310 business establishments. Together they employ 132,354 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing?
$93,493/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 101.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 25,469 workers. Utah (7,728) and Texas (6,808) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing receive?
Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing businesses received 183 SBA loans totaling $173 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $946K. These loans supported 2,326 jobs at origination. Most lending (75%) 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 78% 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 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,310 establishments, 132,354 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 183 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 339112 · 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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