Employment
329,566
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 561311
NAICS 561311 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Employment Placement Agencies - Industry Benchmarks
939 SBA loans on record, $404M in volume, for NAICS 561311.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 330K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $404M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 561311
Florida leads Employment Placement Agencies 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)
- 330K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $404M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Employment Placement Agencies
Employment Placement Agencies sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
7,679 establishments employ 329,566 workers (42.9/location). Florida leads employment, followed by Texas and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
7,679
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 58,462; establishment count increased by 649. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 42.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 36,113 |
| Texas | 29,541 |
| Illinois | 16,635 |
| Indiana | 12,428 |
| Georgia | 12,201 |
| Ohio | 12,154 |
| New York | 12,098 |
| Michigan | 10,730 |
| Massachusetts | 8,215 |
| Nebraska | 7,775 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
939
Total Loan Volume
$404M
Avg Loan Size
$430K
Jobs Supported
22,276
Program Breakdown
7(a) 897 (96%)
504 42 (4%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
69 loans in this industry
New Business Share
30.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 87
2021 89
2022 120
2023 152
2024 240
2025 228
2026 23
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Employment Placement Agencies?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 561311 level. Florida 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 Employment Placement Agencies?
7,679 business establishments. Together they employ 329,566 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Employment Placement Agencies?
Average payroll data for Employment Placement Agencies is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Employment Placement Agencies employment?
Florida leads with 36,113 workers. Texas (29,541) and Illinois (16,635) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Employment Placement Agencies receive?
Employment Placement Agencies businesses received 939 SBA loans totaling $404 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $430K. These loans supported 22,276 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: Its Census employment total exceeds 91% of that same 801-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 Employment Placement Agencies
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 7,679 establishments, 329,566 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 939 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 561311 · 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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