Employment
103,177
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 488190
NAICS 488190 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Support Activities for Air Transportation - Industry Benchmarks
$72,861/yr average annual pay, with 163 SBA loans on record for NAICS 488190.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 103K
- Workers employed
- $72,861/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $141M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 488190
Florida leads Other Support Activities for Air Transportation 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)
- 103K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $72,861/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $141M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
Other Support Activities for Air Transportation sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
4,237 establishments employ 103,177 workers (24.4/location) at $72,861/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by California and Arizona.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$72,861/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,237
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 11,427; establishment count increased by 141. 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)
- $7.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 24.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 15,461 |
| California | 8,279 |
| Arizona | 3,802 |
| Illinois | 3,527 |
| Ohio | 3,210 |
| Georgia | 2,712 |
| Washington | 2,407 |
| Oklahoma | 2,043 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,338 |
| Indiana | 1,265 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
163
Total Loan Volume
$141M
Avg Loan Size
$865K
Jobs Supported
2,969
Program Breakdown
7(a) 141 (87%)
504 22 (13%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
12 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 18
2021 29
2022 23
2023 20
2024 28
2025 34
2026 11
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Support Activities for Air Transportation?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 488190 level. Florida leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Support Activities for Air Transportation?
4,237 business establishments. Together they employ 103,177 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Support Activities for Air Transportation?
$72,861/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 24.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Support Activities for Air Transportation employment?
Florida leads with 15,461 workers. California (8,279) and Arizona (3,802) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Support Activities for Air Transportation receive?
Other Support Activities for Air Transportation businesses received 163 SBA loans totaling $141 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $865K. These loans supported 2,969 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) 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 801-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 Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 4,237 establishments, 103,177 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 163 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 488190 · 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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