Employment
550,384
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 5611
NAICS 5611 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Office Administrative Services - Industry Benchmarks
$82,042/yr average annual pay, with 269 SBA loans on record for NAICS 5611.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 550K
- Workers employed
- $82,042/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $157M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5611
California leads Office Administrative Services activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector runs a 5.6% net margin.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 550K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $82,042/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $157M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Office Administrative Services
Office Administrative Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
36,864 establishments employ 550,384 workers (14.9/location) at $82,042/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$82,042/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
36,864
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 14,137; establishment count decreased by 405. 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)
- $45.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 14.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Office Administrative Services NAICS 56111 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 72,336 |
| Texas | 62,241 |
| Florida | 42,842 |
| New York | 41,101 |
| Illinois | 24,896 |
| Ohio | 17,181 |
| New Jersey | 16,535 |
| Michigan | 15,322 |
| Pennsylvania | 15,140 |
| Massachusetts | 13,979 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
269
Total Loan Volume
$157M
Avg Loan Size
$583K
Jobs Supported
3,084
Program Breakdown
7(a) 247 (92%)
504 22 (8%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
17 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 34
2021 33
2022 35
2023 33
2024 51
2025 71
2026 12
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Office Administrative Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 5611 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector runs a 5.6% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Office Administrative Services?
36,864 business establishments. Together they employ 550,384 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Office Administrative Services?
$82,042/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 14.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Office Administrative Services employment?
California leads with 72,336 workers. Texas (62,241) and Florida (42,842) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Office Administrative Services receive?
Office Administrative Services businesses received 269 SBA loans totaling $157 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $583K. These loans supported 3,084 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 76% of that same 259-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 Office Administrative Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 36,864 establishments, 550,384 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 269 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 5611 · 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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