Profit Margin
5.9%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 5419
NAICS 5419 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - Industry Benchmarks
$63,567/yr average annual pay, with 6,348 SBA loans on record for NAICS 5419.
- 5.9%
- Net margin
- 785K
- Workers employed
- $63,567/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.3B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5419
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services runs a 5.9% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 83K establishments employing 785K workers.
- 5.9%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 785K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $63,567/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.3B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical 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 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services at a 5.9% net margin (below the national median), $106.9B in aggregate receipts across 103,949 returns, averaging $1.0B per establishment.
82,894 establishments employ 785,370 workers (9.5/location) at $63,567/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sits in the 81st percentile for employment and the 60th percentile for net margin among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$106.9B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$6.3B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
785,370
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$63,567/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
82,894
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 9,964; establishment count increased by 2,618. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Workforce scale
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services margin vs national reference points
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services net margin 19.6%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%
Business Structure Breakdown
Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).
C Corporation SOI 2013
103,949 returns
Margin: 5.9% · Receipts: $106.9B
Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022
2,274,713 returns
Margin: 42.4% · Receipts: $137.2B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 103,949
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $1.0B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $49.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.5
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services NAICS 54199 | N/A |
| Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling NAICS 54191 | N/A |
| Photographic Services NAICS 54192 | N/A |
| Translation and Interpretation Services NAICS 54193 | N/A |
| Veterinary Services NAICS 54194 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 91,934 |
| Texas | 62,860 |
| Florida | 51,905 |
| New York | 43,841 |
| Illinois | 34,074 |
| Pennsylvania | 30,567 |
| Virginia | 28,545 |
| Massachusetts | 28,268 |
| Michigan | 24,834 |
| North Carolina | 22,965 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
6,348
Total Loan Volume
$4.3B
Avg Loan Size
$673K
Jobs Supported
65,645
Program Breakdown
7(a) 5,545 (87%)
504 803 (13%)
Top SBA Lender
Live Oak Banking Company
479 loans in this industry
New Business Share
21.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 765
2021 1,051
2022 839
2023 888
2024 1,169
2025 1,439
2026 197
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services?
$106.9B in total annual receipts across all Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services businesses. Average per business: $1.0B.
How profitable is Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services?
5.9% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services?
82,894 business establishments. Together they employ 785,370 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services?
$63,567/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services employment?
California leads with 91,934 workers. Texas (62,860) and Florida (51,905) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services receive?
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services businesses received 6,348 SBA loans totaling $4.3 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $673K. These loans supported 65,645 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ranks #48 of 259 U.S. industries at the 4-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #50 of 126 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (5.9% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (785,370 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 5419 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013
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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