Employment
4,081
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 485112
NAICS 485112 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Commuter Rail Systems - Industry Benchmarks
$93,968/yr average annual pay across 16 establishments in NAICS 485112.
- 16
- Establishments
- 4K
- Workers employed
- $93,968/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 485112
Commuter Rail Systems employs 4K workers across 16 establishments; the IRS publishes margin data only at broader NAICS levels, so use the parent industry for profitability.
- 16
- Business establishments (Census)
- 4K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $93,968/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
Use Commuter Rail Systems's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Commuter Rail Systems 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 Commuter Rail Systems
Commuter Rail Systems sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
16 establishments employ 4,081 workers (255.1/location) at $93,968/yr average annual pay..
Commuter Rail Systems sits in the 5th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
No recorded SBA 7(a)/504 lending for Commuter Rail Systems in the FY2020-26 dataset.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$93,968/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
16
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 32; establishment count decreased by 1. 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)
- $383.5M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 255.1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Commuter Rail Systems?
16 business establishments. Together they employ 4,081 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Commuter Rail Systems?
$93,968/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 255.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Commuter Rail Systems employment?
State-level employment data for Commuter Rail Systems is not available in the current dataset.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Commuter Rail Systems, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Commuter Rail Systems ranks #757 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (4,081 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 485112 · 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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