Employment
58,087
Total employees (Census CBP)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 541370
NAICS 541370 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services - Industry Benchmarks
$74,108/yr average annual pay, with 200 SBA loans on record for NAICS 541370.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
- 58K
- Workers employed
- $74,108/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $80M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 541370
Texas leads Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) 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 14.0% net margin.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 58K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $74,108/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $80M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.
7,288 establishments employ 58,087 workers (8.0/location) at $74,108/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Florida and California.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$74,108/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
7,288
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 3,286; establishment count decreased by 84. 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)
- $4.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 8,376 |
| Florida | 6,320 |
| California | 4,012 |
| North Carolina | 2,671 |
| Colorado | 2,201 |
| New York | 2,163 |
| Georgia | 2,054 |
| Virginia | 1,984 |
| Louisiana | 1,757 |
| Washington | 1,679 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
200
Total Loan Volume
$80M
Avg Loan Size
$398K
Jobs Supported
1,882
Program Breakdown
7(a) 180 (90%)
504 20 (10%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
12 loans in this industry
New Business Share
28.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 22
2021 25
2022 34
2023 20
2024 44
2025 50
2026 5
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 541370 level. Texas 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 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services?
7,288 business establishments. Together they employ 58,087 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services?
$74,108/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services employment?
Texas leads with 8,376 workers. Florida (6,320) and California (4,012) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services receive?
Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services businesses received 200 SBA loans totaling $80 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $398K. These loans supported 1,882 jobs at origination. Most lending (90%) 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 59% 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 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 7,288 establishments, 58,087 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 200 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 541370 · 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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