Employment
507,733
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 4842
NAICS 4842 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Specialized Freight Trucking - Industry Benchmarks
$62,503/yr average annual pay, with 2,518 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4842.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 508K
- Workers employed
- $62,503/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $864M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4842
Texas leads Specialized Freight Trucking 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)
- 508K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $62,503/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $864M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Specialized Freight Trucking
Specialized Freight Trucking sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
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.
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.
Workforce scale
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 profitable is Specialized Freight Trucking?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 4842 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 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.
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 74% of that same 259-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 Specialized Freight Trucking
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 53,105 establishments, 507,733 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2,518 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 4842 · 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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