Employment
10,098
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 562112
NAICS 562112 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Hazardous Waste Collection - Industry Benchmarks
$82,025/yr average annual pay, with 27 SBA loans on record for NAICS 562112.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 10K
- Workers employed
- $82,025/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 562112
California leads Hazardous Waste Collection 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)
- 10K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $82,025/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Hazardous Waste Collection
Hazardous Waste Collection sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
511 establishments employ 10,098 workers (19.8/location) at $82,025/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by North Carolina and Colorado.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$82,025/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
511
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 825; establishment count increased by 29. 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)
- $828.3M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 2,255 |
| North Carolina | 251 |
| Colorado | 221 |
| Maryland | 202 |
| Arizona | 166 |
| South Carolina | 93 |
| Mississippi | 76 |
| Utah | 70 |
| Oregon | 60 |
Showing top 10 of 33 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
27
Total Loan Volume
$25M
Avg Loan Size
$909K
Jobs Supported
179
Program Breakdown
7(a) 20 (74%)
504 7 (26%)
Top SBA Lender
Bank of Oak Ridge
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 2
2021 2
2022 4
2023 6
2024 6
2025 7
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Hazardous Waste Collection?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 562112 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 Hazardous Waste Collection?
511 business establishments. Together they employ 10,098 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Hazardous Waste Collection?
$82,025/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Hazardous Waste Collection employment?
California leads with 2,255 workers. North Carolina (251) and Colorado (221) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Hazardous Waste Collection receive?
Hazardous Waste Collection businesses received 27 SBA loans totaling $25 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $909K. These loans supported 179 jobs at origination. Most lending (74%) 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 15% 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.
- Drafting Services 10,108
- Other Metal Container Manufacturing 10,127
- Fats and Oils Refining and Blending 10,175
Benchmarking Hazardous Waste Collection
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 511 establishments, 10,098 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 27 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 562112 · 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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