The converted paper products not elsewhere classified industry employed 24,230 people in 2000. Of that total, 19,317 were production workers, earning an average hourly wage of $12.89 and working 38.5 million hours.

This industry consists of establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing paperboard from wood pulp and other fiber pulp. Paperboard mills may also manufacture converted paperboard products.

Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified, and those manufacturing cork floor and wall tile are classified in SIC 2499: Wood Products, Not Elsewhere Classified.

The envelope category is classified as a converting operation, since it transforms a finished product (rolls and sheets of paper and paperboard or synthetic materials) into envelopes.

In 2001, total production was 88.9 million tons of paper and paperboard