Employment
55,286
Total employees (Census CBP)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 54141
NAICS 54141 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Interior Design Services - Industry Benchmarks
$66,767/yr average annual pay, with 1,129 SBA loans on record for NAICS 54141.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
- 55K
- Workers employed
- $66,767/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $386M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 54141
California leads Interior Design 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)
- 55K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $66,767/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $386M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Interior Design Services
Interior Design Services sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.
16,797 establishments employ 55,286 workers (3.3/location) at $66,767/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$66,767/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
16,797
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,721; establishment count increased by 464. 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)
- $3.7B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 3.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Interior Design Services NAICS 541410 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 9,634 |
| New York | 5,156 |
| Texas | 4,889 |
| Illinois | 2,690 |
| North Carolina | 1,574 |
| Massachusetts | 1,466 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,271 |
| Arizona | 1,254 |
| New Jersey | 1,108 |
| Virginia | 1,071 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,129
Total Loan Volume
$386M
Avg Loan Size
$342K
Jobs Supported
5,143
Program Breakdown
7(a) 998 (88%)
504 131 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
78 loans in this industry
New Business Share
21.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 104
2021 109
2022 144
2023 177
2024 260
2025 289
2026 46
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Interior Design Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 54141 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 Interior Design Services?
16,797 business establishments. Together they employ 55,286 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Interior Design Services?
$66,767/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 3.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Interior Design Services employment?
California leads with 9,634 workers. New York (5,156) and Texas (4,889) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Interior Design Services receive?
Interior Design Services businesses received 1,129 SBA loans totaling $386 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $342K. These loans supported 5,143 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 41% 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.
Benchmarking Interior Design Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 16,797 establishments, 55,286 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,129 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 54141 · 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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