Employment
215,242
Total employees (Census CBP)
Construction ·NAICS 23816
NAICS 23816 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Roofing Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$70,552/yr average annual pay, with 1,874 SBA loans on record for NAICS 23816.
- 6.3%
- Construction sector margin
- 215K
- Workers employed
- $70,552/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $851M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 23816
Florida leads Roofing 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)
- 215K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $70,552/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $851M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Roofing Contractors
Roofing Contractors sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 6.3% net margin overall.
25,519 establishments employ 215,242 workers (8.4/location) at $70,552/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by California and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$70,552/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
25,519
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 10,244; establishment count increased by 987. 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)
- $15.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.4
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Roofing Contractors NAICS 238160 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 30,080 |
| California | 23,903 |
| Texas | 16,007 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,729 |
| Washington | 8,985 |
| Ohio | 7,454 |
| Arizona | 7,318 |
| Illinois | 6,354 |
| North Carolina | 6,139 |
| New York | 6,069 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,874
Total Loan Volume
$851M
Avg Loan Size
$454K
Jobs Supported
19,055
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,735 (93%)
504 139 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
318 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 172
2021 219
2022 282
2023 332
2024 359
2025 448
2026 62
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Roofing Contractors?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 23816 level. Florida leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Roofing Contractors?
25,519 business establishments. Together they employ 215,242 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Roofing Contractors?
$70,552/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Roofing Contractors employment?
Florida leads with 30,080 workers. California (23,903) and Texas (16,007) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Roofing Contractors receive?
Roofing Contractors businesses received 1,874 SBA loans totaling $851 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $454K. These loans supported 19,055 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 79% of that same 551-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 Roofing Contractors
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Construction
- 25,519 establishments, 215,242 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,874 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 23816 · 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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