Profit Margin
2.7%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction ·NAICS 211
NAICS 211 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Oil and Gas Extraction - Industry Benchmarks
$192,366/yr average annual pay, with 51 SBA loans on record for NAICS 211.
- 2.7%
- Net margin
- 91K
- Workers employed
- $192,366/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $57M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 211
Oil and Gas Extraction runs a 2.7% pre-tax net margin - significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors - across 5K establishments employing 91K workers.
- 2.7%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 91K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $192,366/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $57M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Oil and Gas Extraction
Oil and Gas Extraction sits inside Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction at a 2.7% net margin (significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors), $290.0B in aggregate receipts across 89,922 returns, averaging $3.2B per establishment.
5,205 establishments employ 90,968 workers (17.5/location) at $192,366/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Oklahoma and Colorado.
Total Receipts
$290.0B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$8.0B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
90,968
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$192,366/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
5,205
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 6,198; establishment count decreased by 71. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Oil and Gas Extraction revenue goes
Workforce scale
Oil and Gas Extraction margin vs national reference points
Oil and Gas Extraction net margin 9.1%
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
18,877 returns 21%
Margin: 2.4% · Receipts: $282.0B
Sole Proprietorship
71,045 returns 79%
Margin: 16.3% · Receipts: $8.0B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 89,922
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $3.2B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $17.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 17.5
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Oil and Gas Extraction NAICS 2111 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 41,550 |
| Oklahoma | 10,341 |
| Colorado | 5,564 |
| Louisiana | 5,266 |
| California | 4,397 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,033 |
| New Mexico | 3,984 |
| North Dakota | 2,618 |
| Ohio | 1,552 |
| Kansas | 1,451 |
Showing top 10 of 38 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
51
Total Loan Volume
$57M
Avg Loan Size
$1109K
Jobs Supported
307
Program Breakdown
7(a) 51 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
UniBank
16 loans in this industry
New Business Share
39.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 8
2021 8
2022 14
2023 5
2024 4
2025 9
2026 3
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Oil and Gas Extraction?
$290.0B in total annual receipts across all Oil and Gas Extraction businesses. Average per business: $3.2B.
How profitable is Oil and Gas Extraction?
2.7% net profit margin, significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors.
How many businesses are in Oil and Gas Extraction?
5,205 business establishments. Together they employ 90,968 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Oil and Gas Extraction?
$192,366/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 17.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Oil and Gas Extraction employment?
Texas leads with 41,550 workers. Oklahoma (10,341) and Colorado (5,564) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Oil and Gas Extraction receive?
Oil and Gas Extraction businesses received 51 SBA loans totaling $57 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1109K. These loans supported 307 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) 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: Oil and Gas Extraction reports a higher net margin than 16% of the 79 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 12% of that same 77-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.
- Textile Product Mills 96,683
- Textile Mills 79,765
- Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry 107,090
Benchmarking Oil and Gas Extraction
- Net margin: 2.7% vs sector. Browse Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
- 5,205 establishments, 90,968 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 51 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 211 · 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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