Employment
38,564
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 561312
NAICS 561312 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Executive Search Services - Industry Benchmarks
$144,116/yr average annual pay, with 82 SBA loans on record for NAICS 561312.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 39K
- Workers employed
- $144,116/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $23M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 561312
New York leads Executive Search 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)
- 39K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $144,116/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $23M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Executive Search Services
Executive Search Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
5,897 establishments employ 38,564 workers (6.5/location) at $144,116/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$144,116/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
5,897
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 9,341; establishment count decreased by 345. 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)
- $5.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 6.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 6,050 |
| California | 5,516 |
| Texas | 3,632 |
| Illinois | 2,860 |
| Florida | 2,323 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,633 |
| Massachusetts | 1,450 |
| Georgia | 1,243 |
| Ohio | 1,115 |
| North Carolina | 1,021 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
82
Total Loan Volume
$23M
Avg Loan Size
$276K
Jobs Supported
963
Program Breakdown
7(a) 82 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
8 loans in this industry
New Business Share
34.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 9
2021 10
2022 10
2023 9
2024 19
2025 19
2026 6
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Executive Search Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 561312 level. New York 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 Executive Search Services?
5,897 business establishments. Together they employ 38,564 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Executive Search Services?
$144,116/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 6.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Executive Search Services employment?
New York leads with 6,050 workers. California (5,516) and Texas (3,632) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Executive Search Services receive?
Executive Search Services businesses received 82 SBA loans totaling $23 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $276K. These loans supported 963 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) 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 48% 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 Executive Search Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 5,897 establishments, 38,564 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 82 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 561312 · 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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