Profit Margin
5.3%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 62
NAICS 62 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Health Care and Social Assistance - Industry Benchmarks
$63,214/yr average annual pay, with 40,309 SBA loans on record for NAICS 62.
- 5.3%
- Net margin
- 22.1M
- Workers employed
- $63,214/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25.6B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 62
Health Care and Social Assistance runs a 5.3% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 1.0M establishments employing 22.1M workers.
- 5.3%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 22.1M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $63,214/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25.6B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Health Care and Social Assistance's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Health Care and Social Assistance is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Health Care and Social Assistance
Health Care and Social Assistance sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance at a 5.3% net margin (below the national median), $731.5B in aggregate receipts across 457,620 returns, averaging $1.6B per establishment.
1,003,398 establishments employ 22,063,238 workers (22.0/location) at $63,214/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Texas.
Health Care and Social Assistance sits in the 95th percentile for employment and the 60th percentile for net margin among 2-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$731.5B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$39.1B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
22,063,238
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$63,214/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,003,398
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 892,006; establishment count increased by 26,980. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Workforce scale
Health Care and Social Assistance margin vs national reference points
Health Care and Social Assistance net margin 17.8%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%
Business Structure Breakdown
Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).
C Corporation SOI 2013
457,620 returns
Margin: 5.3% · Receipts: $731.5B
Partnership SOI 2022
102,349 returns
Margin: 13.8% · Receipts: $409.1B
S Corporation SOI 2017
773 returns
Margin: 4.0% · Receipts: $4.7B
Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022
2,420,090 returns
Margin: 35.6% · Receipts: $142.3B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 457,620
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $1.6B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.4T
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 22.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Ambulatory Health Care Services NAICS 621 | 6.7% |
| Hospitals NAICS 622 | 2.9% |
| Nursing and Residential Care Facilities NAICS 623 | N/A |
| Social Assistance NAICS 624 | 3.4% |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 2,347,305 |
| New York | 1,861,291 |
| Texas | 1,718,907 |
| Florida | 1,286,330 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,142,207 |
| Ohio | 883,961 |
| Illinois | 857,043 |
| Michigan | 645,129 |
| North Carolina | 641,503 |
| New Jersey | 635,422 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
40,309
Total Loan Volume
$25.6B
Avg Loan Size
$635K
Jobs Supported
552,912
Program Breakdown
7(a) 33,922 (84%)
504 6,387 (16%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
3,012 loans in this industry
New Business Share
33.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 4,674
2021 6,633
2022 5,586
2023 5,888
2024 7,578
2025 8,741
2026 1,209
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Health Care and Social Assistance?
$731.5B in total annual receipts across all Health Care and Social Assistance businesses. Average per business: $1.6B.
How profitable is Health Care and Social Assistance?
5.3% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Health Care and Social Assistance?
1,003,398 business establishments. Together they employ 22,063,238 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Health Care and Social Assistance?
$63,214/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 22.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Health Care and Social Assistance employment?
California leads with 2,347,305 workers. New York (1,861,291) and Texas (1,718,907) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Health Care and Social Assistance receive?
Health Care and Social Assistance businesses received 40,309 SBA loans totaling $25.6 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $635K. These loans supported 552,912 jobs at origination. Most lending (84%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Health Care and Social Assistance, both at NAICS level 2 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Health Care and Social Assistance ranks #1 of 19 U.S. industries at the 2-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #6 of 15 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (5.3% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (22,063,238 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 62 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013
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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