Employment
17,775
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 483113
NAICS 483113 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation - Industry Benchmarks
$121,972/yr average annual pay, with 12 SBA loans on record for NAICS 483113.
- 483
- Establishments
- 18K
- Workers employed
- $121,972/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $5M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 483113
Florida leads Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation activity nationally, across 483 establishments employing 18K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 483
- Business establishments (Census)
- 18K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $121,972/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $5M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Coastal and Great Lakes 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 Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation
Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
483 establishments employ 17,775 workers (36.8/location) at $121,972/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by Texas and Michigan.
Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation sits in the 28th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$121,972/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
483
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,572; establishment count decreased by 12. 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)
- $2.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 36.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 2,727 |
| Texas | 1,971 |
| Michigan | 436 |
| Pennsylvania | 186 |
| Minnesota | 176 |
Showing top 10 of 24 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
12
Total Loan Volume
$5M
Avg Loan Size
$441K
Jobs Supported
235
Program Breakdown
7(a) 12 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
Readycap Lending, LLC
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
8.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 1
2021 1
2022 5
2023 1
2024 3
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation?
483 business establishments. Together they employ 17,775 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation?
$121,972/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 36.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation employment?
Florida leads with 2,727 workers. Texas (1,971) and Michigan (436) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation receive?
Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation businesses received 12 SBA loans totaling $5 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $441K. These loans supported 235 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Coastal and Great Lakes 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, Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation ranks #578 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (17,775 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 483113 · 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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