Employment
309,293
Total employees (Census CBP)
Construction ·NAICS 238990
NAICS 238990 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
All Other Specialty Trade Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$70,871/yr average annual pay, with 6,610 SBA loans on record for NAICS 238990.
- 6.3%
- Construction sector margin
- 309K
- Workers employed
- $70,871/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $3.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 238990
Texas leads All Other Specialty Trade 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)
- 309K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $70,871/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $3.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
All Other Specialty Trade Contractors sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 6.3% net margin overall.
42,748 establishments employ 309,293 workers (7.2/location) at $70,871/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$70,871/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
42,748
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 14,041; establishment count increased by 2,446. 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)
- $21.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 40,579 |
| California | 34,086 |
| Florida | 27,057 |
| New York | 12,171 |
| Pennsylvania | 10,837 |
| Virginia | 9,858 |
| Illinois | 9,598 |
| Louisiana | 8,633 |
| Missouri | 8,460 |
| Georgia | 7,897 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
6,610
Total Loan Volume
$3.4B
Avg Loan Size
$512K
Jobs Supported
67,372
Program Breakdown
7(a) 5,857 (89%)
504 753 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
982 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 773
2021 926
2022 918
2023 1,070
2024 1,320
2025 1,410
2026 193
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is All Other Specialty Trade Contractors?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 238990 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in All Other Specialty Trade Contractors?
42,748 business establishments. Together they employ 309,293 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in All Other Specialty Trade Contractors?
$70,871/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most All Other Specialty Trade Contractors employment?
Texas leads with 40,579 workers. California (34,086) and Florida (27,057) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does All Other Specialty Trade Contractors receive?
All Other Specialty Trade Contractors businesses received 6,610 SBA loans totaling $3.4 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $512K. These loans supported 67,372 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) 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 90% 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.
- Payroll Services 309,518
- Direct Life Insurance Carriers 308,639
- Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 314,940
Benchmarking All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Construction
- 42,748 establishments, 309,293 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 6,610 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 238990 · 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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