Employment
13,454
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 481112
NAICS 481112 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Scheduled Freight Air Transportation - Industry Benchmarks
20 SBA loans on record, $14M in volume, for NAICS 481112.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 13K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $14M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 481112
Florida leads Scheduled Freight Air Transportation activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 13K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $14M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Scheduled Freight Air Transportation
Scheduled Freight Air Transportation sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
375 establishments employ 13,454 workers (35.9/location). Florida leads employment, followed by Alaska and Kentucky.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
375
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 5,259; establishment count decreased by 10. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 35.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 1,599 |
| Alaska | 1,338 |
| Kentucky | 447 |
| Illinois | 397 |
| Washington | 70 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 |
Showing top 10 of 24 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
20
Total Loan Volume
$14M
Avg Loan Size
$691K
Jobs Supported
124
Program Breakdown
7(a) 19 (95%)
504 1 (5%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 2
2021 2
2022 3
2023 4
2024 4
2025 4
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Scheduled Freight Air Transportation?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 481112 level. Florida leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Scheduled Freight Air Transportation?
375 business establishments. Together they employ 13,454 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Scheduled Freight Air Transportation?
Average payroll data for Scheduled Freight Air Transportation is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Scheduled Freight Air Transportation employment?
Florida leads with 1,599 workers. Alaska (1,338) and Kentucky (447) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Scheduled Freight Air Transportation receive?
Scheduled Freight Air Transportation businesses received 20 SBA loans totaling $14 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $691K. These loans supported 124 jobs at origination. Most lending (95%) 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 22% 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 Scheduled Freight Air Transportation
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 375 establishments, 13,454 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 20 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 481112 · 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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