Employment
24,092
Total employees (Census CBP)
Educational Services ·NAICS 611420
NAICS 611420 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Computer Training - Industry Benchmarks
$82,554/yr average annual pay, with 77 SBA loans on record for NAICS 611420.
- 9.3%
- Educational Services sector margin
- 24K
- Workers employed
- $82,554/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $33M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 611420
California leads Computer Training 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)
- 24K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $82,554/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $33M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Computer Training
Computer Training sits inside Educational Services, a sector that runs a 9.3% net margin overall.
1,633 establishments employ 24,092 workers (14.8/location) at $82,554/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Virginia and North Carolina.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$82,554/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,633
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,398; establishment count increased by 4. 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)
- $2.0B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 14.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 3,629 |
| Virginia | 1,256 |
| North Carolina | 1,074 |
| Illinois | 598 |
| Colorado | 597 |
| Arizona | 537 |
| Georgia | 475 |
| New Jersey | 461 |
| Massachusetts | 430 |
| Oregon | 245 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
77
Total Loan Volume
$33M
Avg Loan Size
$431K
Jobs Supported
718
Program Breakdown
7(a) 74 (96%)
504 3 (4%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
11 loans in this industry
New Business Share
55.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 9
2021 12
2022 13
2023 11
2024 13
2025 19
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Computer Training?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 611420 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Educational Services sector runs a 9.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Computer Training?
1,633 business establishments. Together they employ 24,092 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Computer Training?
$82,554/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 14.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Computer Training employment?
California leads with 3,629 workers. Virginia (1,256) and North Carolina (1,074) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Computer Training receive?
Computer Training businesses received 77 SBA loans totaling $33 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $431K. These loans supported 718 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) 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 35% 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 Computer Training
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Educational Services
- 1,633 establishments, 24,092 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 77 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 611420 · 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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