Employment
45,406
Total employees (Census CBP)
Finance and Insurance ·NAICS 524291
NAICS 524291 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Claims Adjusting - Industry Benchmarks
$90,218/yr average annual pay, with 115 SBA loans on record for NAICS 524291.
- 20.1%
- Finance and Insurance sector margin
- 45K
- Workers employed
- $90,218/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $64M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 524291
Texas leads Claims Adjusting activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 20.1% net margin.
- 20.1%
- Finance and Insurance sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 45K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $90,218/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $64M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Claims Adjusting
Claims Adjusting sits inside Finance and Insurance, a sector that runs a 20.1% net margin overall.
4,934 establishments employ 45,406 workers (9.2/location) at $90,218/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Florida and Alabama.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$90,218/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,934
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 5,844; establishment count increased by 380. 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)
- $4.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 8,904 |
| Florida | 6,016 |
| Alabama | 4,045 |
| New York | 2,101 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,064 |
| New Jersey | 1,858 |
| Arizona | 831 |
| Massachusetts | 780 |
| Louisiana | 732 |
| Ohio | 626 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
115
Total Loan Volume
$64M
Avg Loan Size
$553K
Jobs Supported
1,005
Program Breakdown
7(a) 108 (94%)
504 7 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
12 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 15
2021 13
2022 13
2023 26
2024 18
2025 26
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Claims Adjusting?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 524291 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 20.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Claims Adjusting?
4,934 business establishments. Together they employ 45,406 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Claims Adjusting?
$90,218/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Claims Adjusting employment?
Texas leads with 8,904 workers. Florida (6,016) and Alabama (4,045) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Claims Adjusting receive?
Claims Adjusting businesses received 115 SBA loans totaling $64 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $553K. These loans supported 1,005 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) 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 53% 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 Claims Adjusting
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Finance and Insurance
- 4,934 establishments, 45,406 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 115 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 524291 · 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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