Profit Margin
2.4%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction ·NAICS 211
NAICS 211 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Oil and Gas Extraction - Industry Benchmarks
$192,366/yr average annual pay, with 51 SBA loans on record for NAICS 211.
- 2.4%
- Net margin
- 91K
- Workers employed
- $192,366/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $57M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 211
Oil and Gas Extraction runs a 2.4% pre-tax net margin - significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors - across 5K establishments employing 91K workers.
- 2.4%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 91K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $192,366/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $57M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Oil and Gas Extraction's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
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 SOI 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Oil and Gas Extraction
Oil and Gas Extraction sits inside Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction at a 2.4% net margin (significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors), $282.0B in aggregate receipts across 18,877 returns, averaging $14.9B 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.
Oil and Gas Extraction sits in the 12th percentile for employment and the 13th percentile for net margin among 3-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$282.0B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$6.7B
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.
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Workforce scale
Oil and Gas Extraction margin vs national reference points
Oil and Gas Extraction net margin 7.9%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%
Business Structure Breakdown
Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).
C Corporation SOI 2013
18,877 returns
Margin: 2.4% · Receipts: $282.0B
Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022
71,045 returns
Margin: 16.3% · Receipts: $8.0B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 18,877
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $14.9B
- 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?
$282.0B in total annual receipts across all Oil and Gas Extraction businesses. Average per business: $14.9B.
How profitable is Oil and Gas Extraction?
2.4% 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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Oil and Gas Extraction, both at NAICS level 3 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Oil and Gas Extraction ranks #68 of 77 U.S. industries at the 3-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #65 of 75 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (2.4% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (90,968 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 211 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013
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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