Employment
507,733
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 4842
NAICS 4842 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Specialized Freight Trucking - Industry Benchmarks
$62,503/yr average annual pay, with 2,518 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4842.
- 53K
- Establishments
- 508K
- Workers employed
- $62,503/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $864M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4842
Texas leads Specialized Freight Trucking activity nationally, across 53K establishments employing 508K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 53K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 508K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $62,503/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $864M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Specialized Freight Trucking's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Specialized Freight Trucking 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 Specialized Freight Trucking
Specialized Freight Trucking sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
53,105 establishments employ 507,733 workers (9.6/location) at $62,503/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Specialized Freight Trucking sits in the 74th percentile for employment among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$62,503/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
53,105
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 217; establishment count decreased by 1,503. 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)
- $31.7B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.6
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local NAICS 48422 | N/A |
| Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance NAICS 48423 | N/A |
| Used Household and Office Goods Moving NAICS 48421 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 56,162 |
| California | 47,071 |
| Florida | 21,609 |
| Pennsylvania | 20,309 |
| Ohio | 20,076 |
| Illinois | 18,296 |
| New York | 18,059 |
| Georgia | 16,576 |
| Indiana | 14,962 |
| Missouri | 14,428 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2,518
Total Loan Volume
$864M
Avg Loan Size
$343K
Jobs Supported
21,412
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2,369 (94%)
504 149 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
422 loans in this industry
New Business Share
34.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 397
2021 404
2022 404
2023 398
2024 380
2025 481
2026 54
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Specialized Freight Trucking?
53,105 business establishments. Together they employ 507,733 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Specialized Freight Trucking?
$62,503/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Specialized Freight Trucking employment?
Texas leads with 56,162 workers. California (47,071) and Florida (21,609) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Specialized Freight Trucking receive?
Specialized Freight Trucking businesses received 2,518 SBA loans totaling $864 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $343K. These loans supported 21,412 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Specialized Freight Trucking, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Specialized Freight Trucking ranks #67 of 259 U.S. industries at the 4-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (507,733 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 4842 · 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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