Employment
23,871
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 562212
NAICS 562212 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Solid Waste Landfill - Industry Benchmarks
$68,932/yr average annual pay, with 26 SBA loans on record for NAICS 562212.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 24K
- Workers employed
- $68,932/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $22M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 562212
Texas leads Solid Waste Landfill 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)
- 24K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $68,932/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $22M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Solid Waste Landfill
Solid Waste Landfill sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
1,559 establishments employ 23,871 workers (15.3/location) at $68,932/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Ohio.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$68,932/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,559
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 33. 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)
- $1.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 15.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,976 |
| California | 1,756 |
| Ohio | 1,715 |
| Virginia | 668 |
| Alabama | 649 |
| North Carolina | 601 |
| Georgia | 556 |
| Minnesota | 483 |
| South Carolina | 453 |
| Oklahoma | 310 |
Showing top 10 of 48 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
26
Total Loan Volume
$22M
Avg Loan Size
$827K
Jobs Supported
461
Program Breakdown
7(a) 23 (88%)
504 3 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
KeyBank National Association
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
38.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 3
2021 6
2022 6
2023 4
2024 4
2025 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Solid Waste Landfill?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 562212 level. Texas 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 Solid Waste Landfill?
1,559 business establishments. Together they employ 23,871 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Solid Waste Landfill?
$68,932/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 15.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Solid Waste Landfill employment?
Texas leads with 1,976 workers. California (1,756) and Ohio (1,715) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Solid Waste Landfill receive?
Solid Waste Landfill businesses received 26 SBA loans totaling $22 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $827K. These loans supported 461 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 34% 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 Solid Waste Landfill
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 1,559 establishments, 23,871 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 26 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 562212 · 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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