Employment
1,093,331
Total employees (Census CBP)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 54111
NAICS 54111 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Offices of Lawyers - Industry Benchmarks
$125,580/yr average annual pay, with 4,107 SBA loans on record for NAICS 54111.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
- 1.1M
- Workers employed
- $125,580/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.8B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 54111
California leads Offices of Lawyers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector runs a 14.0% net margin.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 1.1M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $125,580/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.8B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Offices of Lawyers
Offices of Lawyers sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.
165,491 establishments employ 1,093,331 workers (6.6/location) at $125,580/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$125,580/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
165,491
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 15,183; establishment count decreased by 1,481. 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)
- $137.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 6.6
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Offices of Lawyers NAICS 541110 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 148,867 |
| New York | 114,660 |
| Florida | 97,156 |
| Texas | 87,363 |
| Illinois | 52,434 |
| Pennsylvania | 42,329 |
| Georgia | 35,560 |
| New Jersey | 32,680 |
| District of Columbia | 31,104 |
| Massachusetts | 28,550 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
4,107
Total Loan Volume
$1.8B
Avg Loan Size
$443K
Jobs Supported
23,772
Program Breakdown
7(a) 3,121 (76%)
504 986 (24%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
183 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 555
2021 733
2022 656
2023 581
2024 722
2025 740
2026 120
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Offices of Lawyers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 54111 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector runs a 14.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Offices of Lawyers?
165,491 business establishments. Together they employ 1,093,331 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Offices of Lawyers?
$125,580/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 6.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Offices of Lawyers employment?
California leads with 148,867 workers. New York (114,660) and Florida (97,156) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Offices of Lawyers receive?
Offices of Lawyers businesses received 4,107 SBA loans totaling $1.8 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $443K. These loans supported 23,772 jobs at origination. Most lending (76%) 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 96% 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.
- Janitorial Services 1,088,193
- New Car Dealers 1,131,340
- Child Day Care Services 1,045,052
Benchmarking Offices of Lawyers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 165,491 establishments, 1,093,331 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 4,107 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 54111 · 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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