Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 6214

NAICS 6214 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Outpatient Care Centers - Industry Benchmarks

$74,430/yr average annual pay, with 1,257 SBA loans on record for NAICS 6214.

5.7%
Net margin: 1.3M
Workers employed: $74,430/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $861M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 6214

Outpatient Care Centers runs a 5.7% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 62K establishments employing 1.3M workers.

5.7%
Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI): 1.3M
Workers employed (Census CBP): $74,430/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $861M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Outpatient Care Centers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Outpatient Care Centers 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 Outpatient Care Centers

Outpatient Care Centers sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance at a 5.7% net margin (below the national median), $45.6B in aggregate receipts across 7,838 returns, averaging $5.8B per establishment.

61,958 establishments employ 1,345,946 workers (21.7/location) at $74,430/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and New York.

Outpatient Care Centers sits in the 92nd percentile for employment and the 58th percentile for net margin among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.

Profit Margin

5.7%

Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)

Total Receipts

$45.6B

Annual revenue (IRS SOI)

Net Income

$2.6B

Pre-tax net income

Employment

1,345,946

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$74,430/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

61,958

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 43,634; establishment count increased by 2,156. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Where each dollar of Outpatient Care Centers revenue goes

Receipts decomposition, IRS Statistics of Income 2023 aggregate for Outpatient Care Centers

Workforce scale

Establishment size, Outpatient Care Centers (Census SUSB)

Outpatient Care Centers margin vs national reference points

Outpatient Care Centers net margin 18.8%

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

7,838 returns 100%

Margin: 5.7% · Receipts: $45.6B

Financial Detail

Total Tax Returns Filed: 7,838
Avg Receipts per Business: $5.8B
Annual Payroll (Total): $100.2B
Avg Employees per Establishment: 21.7

Sub-Industries

Industry	Profit Margin	Employment	Avg Payroll/Emp
Family Planning Centers NAICS 62141	N/A	34,441	$65,385/yr
Other Outpatient Care Centers NAICS 62149	N/A	990,060	$81,241/yr
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers NAICS 62142	N/A	321,445	$54,421/yr

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
California	256,442	8,079	$25.8B	$100,525/yr
Texas	82,347	4,520	$5.8B	$70,199/yr
New York	69,369	2,884	$5.0B	$72,207/yr
Florida	66,780	4,318	$4.0B	$60,152/yr
Pennsylvania	53,573	2,200	$3.6B	$67,861/yr
Ohio	47,373	2,361	$2.7B	$57,912/yr
Arizona	39,694	1,631	$2.5B	$63,048/yr
Washington	39,481	1,310	$2.9B	$74,427/yr
Massachusetts	38,894	1,201	$2.6B	$66,172/yr
Illinois	37,318	2,167	$2.5B	$66,466/yr

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

1,257

Total Loan Volume

$861M

Avg Loan Size

$685K

Jobs Supported

19,672

Program Breakdown

7(a) 1,091 (87%)

504 166 (13%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

111 loans in this industry

New Business Share

45.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020

133

2021

194

2022

163

2023

204

2024

241

2025

266

2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average revenue for Outpatient Care Centers?

$45.6B in total annual receipts across all Outpatient Care Centers businesses. Average per business: $5.8B.

How profitable is Outpatient Care Centers?

5.7% net profit margin, below the national median.

How many businesses are in Outpatient Care Centers?

61,958 business establishments. Together they employ 1,345,946 workers.

What is the average payroll per employee in Outpatient Care Centers?

$74,430/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 21.7 employees per establishment.

Which states have the most Outpatient Care Centers employment?

California leads with 256,442 workers. Texas (82,347) and New York (69,369) round out the top three.

How much SBA lending does Outpatient Care Centers receive?

Outpatient Care Centers businesses received 1,257 SBA loans totaling $861 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $685K. These loans supported 19,672 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers

Two IRS/Census peer sets for Outpatient Care Centers, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.

According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Outpatient Care Centers ranks #21 of 259 U.S. industries at the 4-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #53 of 126 at that same detail level.

Similar reported net margin

Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (5.7% here).

Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers 5.7% Offices of Physicians 5.6% Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing 5.7%

Similar workforce scale

Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (1,345,946 here).

Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities 1,310,504 Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 1,297,995 Automobile Dealers 1,293,388

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 6214 · 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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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