Employment
51,648
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 56299
NAICS 56299 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
All Other Waste Management Services - Industry Benchmarks
$64,857/yr average annual pay, with 669 SBA loans on record for NAICS 56299.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 52K
- Workers employed
- $64,857/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $328M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 56299
Texas leads All Other Waste Management 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)
- 52K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $64,857/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $328M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for All Other Waste Management Services
All Other Waste Management Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
5,622 establishments employ 51,648 workers (9.2/location) at $64,857/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$64,857/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
5,622
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,833; establishment count increased by 204. 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)
- $3.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.2
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services NAICS 562998 | N/A |
| Septic Tank and Related Services NAICS 562991 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 6,252 |
| California | 5,693 |
| Florida | 3,355 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,249 |
| New Jersey | 2,116 |
| New York | 2,069 |
| Louisiana | 2,038 |
| Washington | 1,780 |
| Ohio | 1,769 |
| North Carolina | 1,314 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
669
Total Loan Volume
$328M
Avg Loan Size
$490K
Jobs Supported
5,251
Program Breakdown
7(a) 633 (95%)
504 36 (5%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
48 loans in this industry
New Business Share
35.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 85
2021 120
2022 98
2023 110
2024 117
2025 116
2026 23
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is All Other Waste Management Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 56299 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 All Other Waste Management Services?
5,622 business establishments. Together they employ 51,648 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in All Other Waste Management Services?
$64,857/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most All Other Waste Management Services employment?
Texas leads with 6,252 workers. California (5,693) and Florida (3,355) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does All Other Waste Management Services receive?
All Other Waste Management Services businesses received 669 SBA loans totaling $328 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $490K. These loans supported 5,251 jobs at origination. Most lending (95%) 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 39% of that same 551-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 All Other Waste Management Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 5,622 establishments, 51,648 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 669 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 56299 · 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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