Employment
14,360
Total employees (Census CBP)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 54142
NAICS 54142 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Industrial Design Services - Industry Benchmarks
$109,297/yr average annual pay, with 91 SBA loans on record for NAICS 54142.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
- 14K
- Workers employed
- $109,297/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $44M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 54142
California leads Industrial 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)
- 14K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $109,297/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $44M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Industrial Design Services
Industrial Design Services sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.
1,591 establishments employ 14,360 workers (9.0/location) at $109,297/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and New York.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$109,297/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,591
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,914; establishment count decreased by 40. 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)
- $1.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Industrial Design Services NAICS 541420 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 2,285 |
| Florida | 820 |
| New York | 543 |
| Illinois | 506 |
| Pennsylvania | 297 |
| South Carolina | 286 |
| Connecticut | 96 |
| Tennessee | 69 |
| Louisiana | 67 |
| Kansas | 64 |
Showing top 10 of 43 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
91
Total Loan Volume
$44M
Avg Loan Size
$485K
Jobs Supported
660
Program Breakdown
7(a) 84 (92%)
504 7 (8%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
8 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 12
2021 19
2022 13
2023 21
2024 17
2025 7
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Industrial Design Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 54142 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 Industrial Design Services?
1,591 business establishments. Together they employ 14,360 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Industrial Design Services?
$109,297/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Industrial Design Services employment?
California leads with 2,285 workers. Florida (820) and New York (543) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Industrial Design Services receive?
Industrial Design Services businesses received 91 SBA loans totaling $44 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $485K. These loans supported 660 jobs at origination. Most lending (92%) 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 13% 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.
- Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills 14,366
- Sugar Manufacturing 14,778
- Port and Harbor Operations 13,933
Benchmarking Industrial Design Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 1,591 establishments, 14,360 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 91 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 54142 · Data year: 2023
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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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