Employment
236,076
Total employees (Census CBP)
Construction ·NAICS 236115
NAICS 236115 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) - Industry Benchmarks
$65,006/yr average annual pay, with 2,444 SBA loans on record for NAICS 236115.
- 6.3%
- Construction sector margin
- 236K
- Workers employed
- $65,006/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $854M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 236115
California leads New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin.
- 6.3%
- Construction sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 236K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $65,006/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $854M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 6.3% net margin overall.
60,635 establishments employ 236,076 workers (3.9/location) at $65,006/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$65,006/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
60,635
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,257; establishment count increased by 1,067. 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)
- $15.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 3.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 33,488 |
| Texas | 19,666 |
| Florida | 18,731 |
| Washington | 12,470 |
| North Carolina | 12,103 |
| New York | 9,530 |
| Oregon | 8,698 |
| Pennsylvania | 7,368 |
| Utah | 5,840 |
| Michigan | 5,737 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2,444
Total Loan Volume
$854M
Avg Loan Size
$349K
Jobs Supported
16,047
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2,280 (93%)
504 164 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
247 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 234
2021 241
2022 301
2023 323
2024 516
2025 749
2026 80
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 236115 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)?
60,635 business establishments. Together they employ 236,076 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)?
$65,006/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 3.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) employment?
California leads with 33,488 workers. Texas (19,666) and Florida (18,731) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) receive?
New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) businesses received 2,444 SBA loans totaling $854 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $349K. These loans supported 16,047 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: Its Census employment total exceeds 88% of that same 801-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.
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Benchmarking New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Construction
- 60,635 establishments, 236,076 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2,444 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 236115 · 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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