Employment
65,974
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 485991
NAICS 485991 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Special Needs Transportation - Industry Benchmarks
$38,003/yr average annual pay, with 353 SBA loans on record for NAICS 485991.
- 4K
- Establishments
- 66K
- Workers employed
- $38,003/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $114M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 485991
New York leads Special Needs Transportation activity nationally, across 4K establishments employing 66K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 4K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 66K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $38,003/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $114M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Special Needs Transportation's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Special Needs Transportation 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 Special Needs Transportation
Special Needs Transportation sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
3,920 establishments employ 65,974 workers (16.8/location) at $38,003/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Massachusetts.
Special Needs Transportation sits in the 63rd percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$38,003/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,920
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 2,110; establishment count increased by 95. 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)
- $2.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 16.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 7,632 |
| California | 7,000 |
| Massachusetts | 3,712 |
| Illinois | 3,059 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,942 |
| Virginia | 2,870 |
| Ohio | 2,461 |
| Arizona | 2,454 |
| Minnesota | 2,157 |
| Washington | 2,040 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
353
Total Loan Volume
$114M
Avg Loan Size
$323K
Jobs Supported
5,128
Program Breakdown
7(a) 330 (93%)
504 23 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
60 loans in this industry
New Business Share
36.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 39
2021 22
2022 49
2023 56
2024 80
2025 100
2026 7
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Special Needs Transportation?
3,920 business establishments. Together they employ 65,974 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Special Needs Transportation?
$38,003/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 16.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Special Needs Transportation employment?
New York leads with 7,632 workers. California (7,000) and Massachusetts (3,712) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Special Needs Transportation receive?
Special Needs Transportation businesses received 353 SBA loans totaling $114 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $323K. These loans supported 5,128 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Special Needs Transportation, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Special Needs Transportation ranks #297 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (65,974 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 485991 · 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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