Employment
472,783
Total employees (Census CBP)
Construction ·NAICS 238910
NAICS 238910 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Site Preparation Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$77,142/yr average annual pay, with 2,430 SBA loans on record for NAICS 238910.
- 6.3%
- Construction sector margin
- 473K
- Workers employed
- $77,142/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.1B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 238910
Texas leads Site Preparation 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)
- 473K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $77,142/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.1B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Site Preparation Contractors
Site Preparation Contractors sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 6.3% net margin overall.
41,777 establishments employ 472,783 workers (11.3/location) at $77,142/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$77,142/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
41,777
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 36,946; establishment count increased by 2,091. 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)
- $36.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 49,424 |
| California | 36,627 |
| Florida | 29,685 |
| Pennsylvania | 19,981 |
| North Carolina | 18,809 |
| Georgia | 18,284 |
| Ohio | 16,674 |
| New York | 16,461 |
| Washington | 14,670 |
| Virginia | 13,697 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2,430
Total Loan Volume
$1.1B
Avg Loan Size
$436K
Jobs Supported
21,855
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2,085 (86%)
504 345 (14%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
325 loans in this industry
New Business Share
21.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 337
2021 380
2022 324
2023 355
2024 460
2025 494
2026 80
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Site Preparation Contractors?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 238910 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Site Preparation Contractors?
41,777 business establishments. Together they employ 472,783 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Site Preparation Contractors?
$77,142/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Site Preparation Contractors employment?
Texas leads with 49,424 workers. California (36,627) and Florida (29,685) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Site Preparation Contractors receive?
Site Preparation Contractors businesses received 2,430 SBA loans totaling $1.1 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $436K. These loans supported 21,855 jobs at origination. Most lending (86%) 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 93% 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 Site Preparation Contractors
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Construction
- 41,777 establishments, 472,783 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2,430 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 238910 · 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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