Employment
250,400
Total employees (Census CBP)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 541219
NAICS 541219 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Other Accounting Services - Industry Benchmarks
$60,307/yr average annual pay, with 1,802 SBA loans on record for NAICS 541219.
- 3.9%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
- 250K
- Workers employed
- $60,307/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $560M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 541219
California leads Other Accounting Services activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector runs a 3.9% net margin.
- 3.9%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 250K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $60,307/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $560M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Other Accounting Services's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Other Accounting Services is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Other Accounting Services
Other Accounting Services sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 3.9% net margin overall.
47,699 establishments employ 250,400 workers (5.3/location) at $60,307/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and New York.
Other Accounting Services sits in the 88th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$60,307/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
47,699
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 2,607; establishment count increased by 1,247. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $15.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 5.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 30,755 |
| Texas | 26,254 |
| New York | 18,311 |
| Florida | 17,608 |
| Illinois | 9,558 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,280 |
| Ohio | 8,008 |
| Georgia | 7,871 |
| Michigan | 6,542 |
| North Carolina | 6,504 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,802
Total Loan Volume
$560M
Avg Loan Size
$311K
Jobs Supported
10,898
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,722 (96%)
504 80 (4%)
Top SBA Lender
Readycap Lending, LLC
123 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 151
2021 195
2022 190
2023 296
2024 362
2025 539
2026 69
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Accounting Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 541219 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector runs a 3.9% net margin (IRS SOI 2013 C corp).
How many businesses are in Other Accounting Services?
47,699 business establishments. Together they employ 250,400 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Accounting Services?
$60,307/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 5.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Accounting Services employment?
California leads with 30,755 workers. Texas (26,254) and New York (18,311) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Accounting Services receive?
Other Accounting Services businesses received 1,802 SBA loans totaling $560 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $311K. These loans supported 10,898 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Other Accounting Services, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Other Accounting Services ranks #93 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (250,400 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · 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 541219 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
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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