Employment
1,061
Total employees (Census CBP)
Educational Services ·NAICS 611410
NAICS 611410 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Business and Secretarial Schools - Industry Benchmarks
$50,605/yr average annual pay, with 7 SBA loans on record for NAICS 611410.
- 9.3%
- Educational Services sector margin
- 1K
- Workers employed
- $50,605/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 611410
New Jersey leads Business and Secretarial Schools activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Educational Services sector runs a 9.3% net margin.
- 9.3%
- Educational Services sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 1K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $50,605/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Business and Secretarial Schools
Business and Secretarial Schools sits inside Educational Services, a sector that runs a 9.3% net margin overall.
94 establishments employ 1,061 workers (11.3/location) at $50,605/yr average annual pay. New Jersey leads employment.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$50,605/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
94
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 157; establishment count decreased by 16. 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)
- $53.7M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 9 |
| Illinois | 4 |
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
7
Total Loan Volume
$1M
Avg Loan Size
$187K
Jobs Supported
24
Program Breakdown
7(a) 6 (86%)
504 1 (14%)
Top SBA Lender
Readycap Lending, LLC
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (3 yrs)
2023 1
2024 5
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Business and Secretarial Schools?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 611410 level. New Jersey leads this industry nationally. The broader Educational Services sector runs a 9.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Business and Secretarial Schools?
94 business establishments. Together they employ 1,061 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Business and Secretarial Schools?
$50,605/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Business and Secretarial Schools employment?
New Jersey leads with 9 workers.
How much SBA lending does Business and Secretarial Schools receive?
Business and Secretarial Schools businesses received 7 SBA loans totaling $1 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $187K. These loans supported 24 jobs at origination. Most lending (86%) 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 1% 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 Business and Secretarial Schools
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Educational Services
- 94 establishments, 1,061 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 7 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 611410 · 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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