Employment
6,574
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 483111
NAICS 483111 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Deep Sea Freight Transportation - Industry Benchmarks
$119,413/yr average annual pay, with 15 SBA loans on record for NAICS 483111.
- 333
- Establishments
- 7K
- Workers employed
- $119,413/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $12M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 483111
Florida leads Deep Sea Freight Transportation activity nationally, across 333 establishments employing 7K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 333
- Business establishments (Census)
- 7K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $119,413/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $12M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Deep Sea Freight Transportation's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Deep Sea Freight 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 Deep Sea Freight Transportation
Deep Sea Freight Transportation sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
333 establishments employ 6,574 workers (19.7/location) at $119,413/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by Texas and Louisiana.
Deep Sea Freight Transportation sits in the 9th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$119,413/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
333
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 102; establishment count increased by 9. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $785.0M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.7
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 2,885 |
| Texas | 789 |
| Louisiana | 306 |
| Georgia | 39 |
| Connecticut | 9 |
Showing top 10 of 18 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
15
Total Loan Volume
$12M
Avg Loan Size
$801K
Jobs Supported
95
Program Breakdown
7(a) 13 (87%)
504 2 (13%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
33.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2021 3
2022 4
2023 3
2024 2
2025 2
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Deep Sea Freight Transportation?
333 business establishments. Together they employ 6,574 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Deep Sea Freight Transportation?
$119,413/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Deep Sea Freight Transportation employment?
Florida leads with 2,885 workers. Texas (789) and Louisiana (306) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Deep Sea Freight Transportation receive?
Deep Sea Freight Transportation businesses received 15 SBA loans totaling $12 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $801K. These loans supported 95 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Deep Sea Freight Transportation, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Deep Sea Freight Transportation ranks #732 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (6,574 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Transportation and Warehousing · 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 483111 · 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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