Employment
12,850
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 488330
NAICS 488330 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Navigational Services to Shipping - Industry Benchmarks
$98,763/yr average annual pay, with 23 SBA loans on record for NAICS 488330.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 13K
- Workers employed
- $98,763/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $29M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 488330
Louisiana leads Navigational Services to Shipping 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)
- 13K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $98,763/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $29M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Navigational Services to Shipping
Navigational Services to Shipping sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
1,065 establishments employ 12,850 workers (12.1/location) at $98,763/yr average annual pay. Louisiana leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$98,763/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,065
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 823; establishment count increased by 21. 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)
- $1.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 12.1
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2,374 |
| Texas | 1,524 |
| Florida | 1,054 |
| New York | 736 |
| Missouri | 395 |
| Virginia | 329 |
| Kentucky | 317 |
| South Carolina | 258 |
| Oregon | 198 |
| Alaska | 160 |
Showing top 10 of 36 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
23
Total Loan Volume
$29M
Avg Loan Size
$1268K
Jobs Supported
411
Program Breakdown
7(a) 22 (96%)
504 1 (4%)
Top SBA Lender
Truist Bank
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
34.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 3
2021 5
2022 3
2023 2
2024 5
2025 5
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Navigational Services to Shipping?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 488330 level. Louisiana leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Navigational Services to Shipping?
1,065 business establishments. Together they employ 12,850 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Navigational Services to Shipping?
$98,763/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Navigational Services to Shipping employment?
Louisiana leads with 2,374 workers. Texas (1,524) and Florida (1,054) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Navigational Services to Shipping receive?
Navigational Services to Shipping businesses received 23 SBA loans totaling $29 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1268K. These loans supported 411 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) 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 21% 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 Navigational Services to Shipping
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 1,065 establishments, 12,850 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 23 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 488330 · 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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