Employment
29,436
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 48551
NAICS 48551 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Charter Bus Industry - Industry Benchmarks
$47,856/yr average annual pay, with 86 SBA loans on record for NAICS 48551.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 29K
- Workers employed
- $47,856/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $68M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 48551
New York leads Charter Bus Industry 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)
- 29K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $47,856/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $68M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Charter Bus Industry
Charter Bus Industry sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
1,165 establishments employ 29,436 workers (25.3/location) at $47,856/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$47,856/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,165
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,989; establishment count increased by 36. 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)
- $1.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 25.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Charter Bus Industry NAICS 485510 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 3,164 |
| California | 2,971 |
| Texas | 2,263 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,812 |
| Tennessee | 1,330 |
| Virginia | 1,067 |
| North Carolina | 764 |
| Illinois | 736 |
| Massachusetts | 722 |
| Indiana | 703 |
Showing top 10 of 44 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
86
Total Loan Volume
$68M
Avg Loan Size
$787K
Jobs Supported
1,513
Program Breakdown
7(a) 67 (78%)
504 19 (22%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
6 loans in this industry
New Business Share
16.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 14
2021 8
2022 4
2023 11
2024 24
2025 21
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Charter Bus Industry?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 48551 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Charter Bus Industry?
1,165 business establishments. Together they employ 29,436 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Charter Bus Industry?
$47,856/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 25.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Charter Bus Industry employment?
New York leads with 3,164 workers. California (2,971) and Texas (2,263) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Charter Bus Industry receive?
Charter Bus Industry businesses received 86 SBA loans totaling $68 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $787K. These loans supported 1,513 jobs at origination. Most lending (78%) 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 26% 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 Charter Bus Industry
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 1,165 establishments, 29,436 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 86 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 48551 · 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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