Profit Margin
3.1%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 5613
NAICS 5613 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
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 July 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
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.
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.
Where each dollar of Employment Services revenue goes
Workforce scale
Employment Services margin vs national reference points
Employment Services net margin 10.2%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
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 Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services NAICS 56131 | N/A |
| Professional Employer Organizations NAICS 56133 | N/A |
| Temporary Help Services NAICS 56132 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 1,918,405 |
| California | 1,053,799 |
| Texas | 615,645 |
| New York | 473,168 |
| Illinois | 256,445 |
| New Jersey | 232,145 |
| Ohio | 231,633 |
| Michigan | 219,395 |
| South Carolina | 202,438 |
| Tennessee | 149,084 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA 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 35
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.
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: Employment Services reports a higher net margin than 27% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 99% 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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 5,815,843
- Restaurants and Other Eating Places 11,406,584
- Management of Companies and Enterprises 3,855,720
Benchmarking Employment Services
- Net margin: 3.1% vs sector. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 56,173 establishments, 7,790,831 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,400 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 5613 · 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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