Employment
233,012
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 48422
NAICS 48422 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local - Industry Benchmarks
$66,201/yr average annual pay, with 1,258 SBA loans on record for NAICS 48422.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 233K
- Workers employed
- $66,201/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $342M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 48422
Texas leads Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local 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)
- 233K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $66,201/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $342M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
32,207 establishments employ 233,012 workers (7.2/location) at $66,201/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Pennsylvania.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$66,201/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
32,207
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 5,031; establishment count decreased by 622. 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)
- $15.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.2
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local NAICS 484220 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 25,381 |
| California | 24,402 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,055 |
| Ohio | 9,369 |
| New York | 9,146 |
| Indiana | 7,562 |
| Illinois | 7,446 |
| Georgia | 7,373 |
| Wisconsin | 7,278 |
| North Carolina | 7,224 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,258
Total Loan Volume
$342M
Avg Loan Size
$272K
Jobs Supported
8,473
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,232 (98%)
504 26 (2%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
222 loans in this industry
New Business Share
38.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 199
2021 206
2022 204
2023 182
2024 199
2025 244
2026 24
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 48422 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 (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local?
32,207 business establishments. Together they employ 233,012 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local?
$66,201/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local employment?
Texas leads with 25,381 workers. California (24,402) and Pennsylvania (12,055) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local receive?
Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local businesses received 1,258 SBA loans totaling $342 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $272K. These loans supported 8,473 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 82% of that same 551-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 (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 32,207 establishments, 233,012 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,258 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 48422 · 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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