Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 5613

NAICS 5613 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Employment Services - Industry Benchmarks

$60,555/yr average annual pay, with 1,400 SBA loans on record for NAICS 5613.

3.1%
Net margin: 7.8M
Workers employed: $60,555/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $638M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 5613

Employment Services runs a 3.1% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 56K establishments employing 7.8M workers.

3.1%
Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI): 7.8M
Workers employed (Census CBP): $60,555/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $638M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Employment Services's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Employment 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 Employment Services

Employment Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management at a 3.1% net margin (below the national median), $160.9B in aggregate receipts across 21,987 returns, averaging $7.3B per establishment.

56,173 establishments employ 7,790,831 workers (138.7/location) at $60,555/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by California and Texas.

Employment Services sits in the 99th percentile for employment and the 27th percentile for net margin among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.

Profit Margin

3.1%

Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)

Total Receipts

$160.9B

Annual revenue (IRS SOI)

Net Income

$4.9B

Pre-tax net income

Employment

7,790,831

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$60,555/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

56,173

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment decreased by 171,090; establishment count decreased by 626. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Where each dollar of Employment Services revenue goes

Receipts decomposition, IRS Statistics of Income 2023 aggregate for Employment Services

Workforce scale

Establishment size, Employment Services (Census SUSB)

Employment Services margin vs national reference points

Employment Services net margin 10.2%

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

21,987 returns 100%

Margin: 3.1% · Receipts: $160.9B

Financial Detail

Total Tax Returns Filed: 21,987
Avg Receipts per Business: $7.3B
Annual Payroll (Total): $471.8B
Avg Employees per Establishment: 138.7

Sub-Industries

Industry	Profit Margin	Employment	Avg Payroll/Emp
Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services NAICS 56131	N/A	368,130	$59,481/yr
Professional Employer Organizations NAICS 56133	N/A	3,777,023	$72,164/yr
Temporary Help Services NAICS 56132	N/A	3,645,678	$48,635/yr

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
Florida	1,918,405	4,011	$118.8B	$61,952/yr
California	1,053,799	6,292	$78.0B	$74,036/yr
Texas	615,645	5,105	N/A	N/A
New York	473,168	2,757	$54.9B	$116,082/yr
Illinois	256,445	2,340	$12.1B	$47,249/yr
New Jersey	232,145	1,821	$12.0B	$51,880/yr
Ohio	231,633	1,975	$10.6B	$45,622/yr
Michigan	219,395	3,355	$9.0B	$40,881/yr
South Carolina	202,438	871	N/A	N/A
Tennessee	149,084	1,266	$6.0B	$39,949/yr

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

1,400

Total Loan Volume

$638M

Avg Loan Size

$455K

Jobs Supported

34,009

Program Breakdown

7(a) 1,347 (96%)

504 53 (4%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

94 loans in this industry

New Business Share

29.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020

153

2021

148

2022

177

2023

227

2024

328

2025

332

2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average revenue for Employment Services?

$160.9B in total annual receipts across all Employment Services businesses. Average per business: $7.3B.

How profitable is Employment Services?

3.1% net profit margin, below the national median.

How many businesses are in Employment Services?

56,173 business establishments. Together they employ 7,790,831 workers.

What is the average payroll per employee in Employment Services?

$60,555/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 138.7 employees per establishment.

Which states have the most Employment Services employment?

Florida leads with 1,918,405 workers. California (1,053,799) and Texas (615,645) round out the top three.

How much SBA lending does Employment Services receive?

Employment Services businesses received 1,400 SBA loans totaling $638 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $455K. These loans supported 34,009 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers

Two IRS/Census peer sets for Employment Services, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.

According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Employment Services ranks #2 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 #92 of 126 at that same detail level.

Similar reported net margin

Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (3.1% here).

Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 3.1% Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 3.1% Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services 3.0%

Similar workforce scale

Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (7,790,831 here).

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 5,815,843 Restaurants and Other Eating Places 11,406,584 Management of Companies and Enterprises 3,855,720

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 5613 · 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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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