Construction ·NAICS 238150

NAICS 238150 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Glass and Glazing Contractors - Industry Benchmarks

$69,666/yr average annual pay, with 688 SBA loans on record for NAICS 238150.

6.3%
Construction sector margin
69K
Workers employed
$69,666/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$402M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 238150

California leads Glass and Glazing Contractors 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)
69K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$69,666/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$402M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Glass and Glazing Contractors

Glass and Glazing Contractors sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 6.3% net margin overall.

6,945 establishments employ 68,694 workers (9.9/location) at $69,666/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.

Employment

68,694

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$69,666/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

6,945

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 3,265; establishment count increased by 189. 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)
$4.8B
Avg Employees per Establishment
9.9

Top States by Employment

State Employment
California 8,558
Texas 7,564
Florida 6,205
New York 3,966
Pennsylvania 2,266
Colorado 2,240
Washington 2,121
Arizona 2,012
Massachusetts 1,955
Illinois 1,924

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

688

Total Loan Volume

$402M

Avg Loan Size

$584K

Jobs Supported

6,892

Program Breakdown

7(a) 622 (90%)
504 66 (10%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

58 loans in this industry

New Business Share

25.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
84
2021
84
2022
69
2023
111
2024
157
2025
162
2026
21

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Glass and Glazing Contractors?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 238150 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Glass and Glazing Contractors?
6,945 business establishments. Together they employ 68,694 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Glass and Glazing Contractors?
$69,666/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Glass and Glazing Contractors employment?
California leads with 8,558 workers. Texas (7,564) and Florida (6,205) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Glass and Glazing Contractors receive?
Glass and Glazing Contractors businesses received 688 SBA loans totaling $402 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $584K. These loans supported 6,892 jobs at origination. Most lending (90%) 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 64% 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.

Benchmarking Glass and Glazing Contractors

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 238150 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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