Employment
288,120
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 484122
NAICS 484122 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload - Industry Benchmarks
$67,815/yr average annual pay, with 455 SBA loans on record for NAICS 484122.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 288K
- Workers employed
- $67,815/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $89M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 484122
Texas leads General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload 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)
- 288K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,815/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $89M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
10,742 establishments employ 288,120 workers (26.8/location) at $67,815/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,815/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
10,742
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 26,618; establishment count decreased by 455. 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)
- $19.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 26.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 24,798 |
| California | 23,940 |
| Illinois | 20,069 |
| Ohio | 16,621 |
| Tennessee | 16,264 |
| Georgia | 15,279 |
| Pennsylvania | 15,197 |
| North Carolina | 13,121 |
| Indiana | 11,925 |
| New Jersey | 9,951 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
455
Total Loan Volume
$89M
Avg Loan Size
$196K
Jobs Supported
2,181
Program Breakdown
7(a) 445 (98%)
504 10 (2%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
149 loans in this industry
New Business Share
47.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 51
2021 67
2022 99
2023 81
2024 66
2025 86
2026 5
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 484122 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload?
10,742 business establishments. Together they employ 288,120 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload?
$67,815/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 26.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload employment?
Texas leads with 24,798 workers. California (23,940) and Illinois (20,069) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload receive?
General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload businesses received 455 SBA loans totaling $89 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $196K. These loans supported 2,181 jobs at origination. Most lending (98%) 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.
Benchmarking General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 10,742 establishments, 288,120 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 455 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 484122 · 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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