Employment
65,282
Total employees (Census CBP)
Information ·NAICS 51113
NAICS 51113 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Book Publishers - Industry Benchmarks
$93,566/yr average annual pay, with 49 SBA loans on record for NAICS 51113.
- 9.1%
- Information sector margin
- 65K
- Workers employed
- $93,566/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $29M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 51113
New York leads Book Publishers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Information sector runs a 9.1% net margin.
- 9.1%
- Information sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 65K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $93,566/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $29M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Book Publishers
Book Publishers sits inside Information, a sector that runs a 9.1% net margin overall.
2,347 establishments employ 65,282 workers (27.8/location) at $93,566/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$93,566/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,347
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,832; establishment count decreased by 93. 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)
- $6.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 27.8
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Book Publishers NAICS 511130 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 13,082 |
| California | 3,634 |
| Illinois | 2,567 |
| Indiana | 2,339 |
| Texas | 2,028 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,716 |
| Tennessee | 1,706 |
| Ohio | 1,352 |
| Kentucky | 913 |
| Iowa | 761 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
49
Total Loan Volume
$29M
Avg Loan Size
$592K
Jobs Supported
527
Program Breakdown
7(a) 43 (88%)
504 6 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
8 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 13
2021 22
2022 10
2023 2
2024 1
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Book Publishers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 51113 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Information sector runs a 9.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Book Publishers?
2,347 business establishments. Together they employ 65,282 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Book Publishers?
$93,566/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 27.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Book Publishers employment?
New York leads with 13,082 workers. California (3,634) and Illinois (2,567) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Book Publishers receive?
Book Publishers businesses received 49 SBA loans totaling $29 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $592K. These loans supported 527 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 46% 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.
- Wineries 65,478
- Business Service Centers 65,081
- Periodical Publishers 64,983
Benchmarking Book Publishers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Information
- 2,347 establishments, 65,282 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 49 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 51113 · 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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