Profit Margin
17.6%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction ·NAICS 21
NAICS 21 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction - Industry Benchmarks
$115,081/yr average annual pay, with 684 SBA loans on record for NAICS 21.
- 17.6%
- Net margin
- 553K
- Workers employed
- $115,081/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $579M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 21
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction runs a 17.6% pre-tax net margin - above average for US industries - across 23K establishments employing 553K workers.
- 17.6%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 553K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $115,081/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $579M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 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 Statistics of Income 2023 and Census County Business Patterns
Benchmarking Insights for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sits inside Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction at a 17.6% net margin (above average for US industries), $913.1B in aggregate receipts across 231,538 returns, averaging $3.9B per establishment.
23,360 establishments employ 553,036 workers (23.7/location) at $115,081/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Total Receipts
$913.1B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$160.8B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
553,036
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$115,081/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
23,360
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 45,013; establishment count increased by 180. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Workforce scale
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction margin vs national reference points
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction net margin 58.7%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
35,603 returns 15%
Margin: 3.5% · Receipts: $519.2B
Partnership
44,019 returns 19%
Margin: 46.5% · Receipts: $300.0B
S Corporation
64,718 returns 28%
Margin: 1.7% · Receipts: $82.1B
Sole Proprietorship
87,198 returns 38%
Margin: 14.2% · Receipts: $11.7B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 231,538
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $3.9B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $63.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 23.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Mining (except Oil and Gas) NAICS 212 | N/A |
| Oil and Gas Extraction NAICS 211 | 2.7% |
| Support Activities for Mining NAICS 213 | 7.2% |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 197,003 |
| Louisiana | 35,355 |
| Oklahoma | 33,467 |
| Pennsylvania | 21,964 |
| Colorado | 20,061 |
| West Virginia | 20,020 |
| North Dakota | 17,181 |
| New Mexico | 16,794 |
| California | 16,655 |
| Wyoming | 13,639 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
684
Total Loan Volume
$579M
Avg Loan Size
$846K
Jobs Supported
10,921
Program Breakdown
7(a) 634 (93%)
504 50 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
Western Commerce Bank
58 loans in this industry
New Business Share
26.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 98
2021 132
2022 113
2023 93
2024 94
2025 141
2026 13
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction?
$913.1B in total annual receipts across all Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction businesses. Average per business: $3.9B.
How profitable is Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction?
17.6% net profit margin, above average for US industries.
How many businesses are in Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction?
23,360 business establishments. Together they employ 553,036 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction?
$115,081/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 23.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction employment?
Texas leads with 197,003 workers. Louisiana (35,355) and Oklahoma (33,467) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction receive?
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction businesses received 684 SBA loans totaling $579 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $846K. These loans supported 10,921 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) 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: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction reports a higher net margin than 84% of the 19 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 5% of that same 19-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
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Benchmarking Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
- Net margin: 17.6% vs sector. Browse Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
- 23,360 establishments, 553,036 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 684 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 21 · 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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