Employment
N/A
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 481111
NAICS 481111 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation - Industry Benchmarks
28 SBA loans on record, $31M in volume, for NAICS 481111.
- 2K
- Establishments
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $31M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 481111
Washington leads Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing N/A workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $31M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
1,858 establishments employ N/A workers. Washington leads employment, followed by Utah and Massachusetts.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,858
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count increased by 71. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Washington | 15,701 |
| Utah | 11,076 |
| Massachusetts | 11,064 |
| Montana | 513 |
| Kansas | 119 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
28
Total Loan Volume
$31M
Avg Loan Size
$1112K
Jobs Supported
640
Program Breakdown
7(a) 27 (96%)
504 1 (4%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
6 loans in this industry
New Business Share
10.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 3
2021 2
2022 6
2023 3
2024 5
2025 9
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation?
1,858 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation?
Average payroll data for Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation employment?
Washington leads with 15,701 workers. Utah (11,076) and Massachusetts (11,064) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation receive?
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation businesses received 28 SBA loans totaling $31 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1112K. These loans supported 640 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
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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 481111 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
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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