Employment
604,209
Total employees (Census CBP)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 541211
NAICS 541211 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Offices of Certified Public Accountants - Industry Benchmarks
$100,691/yr average annual pay, with 2,350 SBA loans on record for NAICS 541211.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
- 604K
- Workers employed
- $100,691/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.2B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 541211
California leads Offices of Certified Public Accountants 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)
- 604K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $100,691/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.2B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Offices of Certified Public Accountants
Offices of Certified Public Accountants sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.
55,052 establishments employ 604,209 workers (11.0/location) at $100,691/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$100,691/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
55,052
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 31,265; establishment count decreased by 590. 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)
- $60.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 70,116 |
| New York | 57,573 |
| Texas | 48,861 |
| Florida | 37,829 |
| Illinois | 33,227 |
| Pennsylvania | 27,822 |
| New Jersey | 21,284 |
| Georgia | 21,264 |
| Ohio | 20,245 |
| Virginia | 19,814 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2,350
Total Loan Volume
$1.2B
Avg Loan Size
$504K
Jobs Supported
14,406
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2,072 (88%)
504 278 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
Live Oak Banking Company
226 loans in this industry
New Business Share
17.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 331
2021 432
2022 334
2023 303
2024 382
2025 486
2026 82
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Offices of Certified Public Accountants?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 541211 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 Certified Public Accountants?
55,052 business establishments. Together they employ 604,209 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Offices of Certified Public Accountants?
$100,691/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Offices of Certified Public Accountants employment?
California leads with 70,116 workers. New York (57,573) and Texas (48,861) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Offices of Certified Public Accountants receive?
Offices of Certified Public Accountants businesses received 2,350 SBA loans totaling $1.2 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $504K. These loans supported 14,406 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 95% 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 Offices of Certified Public Accountants
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 55,052 establishments, 604,209 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2,350 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 541211 · 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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