Employment
42,188
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 339116
NAICS 339116 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Dental Laboratories - Industry Benchmarks
$54,943/yr average annual pay, with 253 SBA loans on record for NAICS 339116.
- 5K
- Establishments
- 42K
- Workers employed
- $54,943/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $127M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 339116
California leads Dental Laboratories activity nationally, across 5K establishments employing 42K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 5K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 42K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $54,943/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $127M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Dental Laboratories
Dental Laboratories sits inside Manufacturing.
4,782 establishments employ 42,188 workers (8.8/location) at $54,943/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$54,943/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,782
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 351; establishment count decreased by 146. 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)
- $2.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 9,086 |
| Florida | 2,569 |
| Texas | 2,406 |
| New York | 2,217 |
| Illinois | 1,528 |
| Utah | 1,321 |
| Tennessee | 1,232 |
| Washington | 1,142 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,087 |
| Michigan | 1,079 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
253
Total Loan Volume
$127M
Avg Loan Size
$501K
Jobs Supported
2,162
Program Breakdown
7(a) 225 (89%)
504 28 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
U.S. Bank, National Association
20 loans in this industry
New Business Share
22.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 35
2021 23
2022 41
2023 42
2024 54
2025 54
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Dental Laboratories?
4,782 business establishments. Together they employ 42,188 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Dental Laboratories?
$54,943/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Dental Laboratories employment?
California leads with 9,086 workers. Florida (2,569) and Texas (2,406) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Dental Laboratories receive?
Dental Laboratories businesses received 253 SBA loans totaling $127 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $501K. These loans supported 2,162 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) 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 51% 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 Dental Laboratories
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 4,782 establishments, 42,188 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 253 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 339116 · 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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