Employment
75,898
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 339950
NAICS 339950 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Sign Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$58,525/yr average annual pay, with 713 SBA loans on record for NAICS 339950.
- 6K
- Establishments
- 76K
- Workers employed
- $58,525/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $435M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 339950
Texas leads Sign Manufacturing activity nationally, across 6K establishments employing 76K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 6K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 76K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $58,525/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $435M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Sign Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Sign 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 Sign Manufacturing
Sign Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
5,895 establishments employ 75,898 workers (12.9/location) at $58,525/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Ohio.
Sign Manufacturing sits in the 67th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$58,525/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
5,895
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 3,761; establishment count decreased by 15. 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)
- $4.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 12.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 7,056 |
| California | 5,928 |
| Ohio | 3,886 |
| Florida | 3,783 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,360 |
| New York | 2,876 |
| Georgia | 2,862 |
| Wisconsin | 2,441 |
| New Jersey | 2,189 |
| North Carolina | 1,966 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
713
Total Loan Volume
$435M
Avg Loan Size
$610K
Jobs Supported
7,012
Program Breakdown
7(a) 635 (89%)
504 78 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
59 loans in this industry
New Business Share
28.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 89
2021 128
2022 96
2023 112
2024 140
2025 129
2026 19
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Sign Manufacturing?
5,895 business establishments. Together they employ 75,898 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Sign Manufacturing?
$58,525/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Sign Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 7,056 workers. California (5,928) and Ohio (3,886) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Sign Manufacturing receive?
Sign Manufacturing businesses received 713 SBA loans totaling $435 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $610K. These loans supported 7,012 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Sign Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Sign Manufacturing ranks #268 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (75,898 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 339950 · 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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