Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 6233

NAICS 6233 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly - Industry Benchmarks

$36,655/yr average annual pay, with 1,851 SBA loans on record for NAICS 6233.

11.4%
Health Care and Social Assistance sector margin
964K
Workers employed
$36,655/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$2.3B
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 6233

California leads Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Health Care and Social Assistance sector runs a 11.4% net margin.

11.4%
Health Care and Social Assistance sector margin (IRS SOI)
964K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$36,655/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$2.3B
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance, a sector that runs a 11.4% net margin overall.

26,523 establishments employ 963,870 workers (36.3/location) at $36,655/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and Pennsylvania.

Employment

963,870

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$36,655/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

26,523

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 23,987; establishment count decreased by 335. 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)
$35.3B
Avg Employees per Establishment
36.3

Sub-Industries

Industry Profit Margin
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly

NAICS 62331

N/A

Top States by Employment

State Employment
California 100,018
Florida 67,415
Pennsylvania 64,308
Texas 51,430
Illinois 39,628
Ohio 36,520
North Carolina 36,092
Minnesota 34,043
New York 33,368
Washington 33,254

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

1,851

Total Loan Volume

$2.3B

Avg Loan Size

$1231K

Jobs Supported

26,307

Program Breakdown

7(a) 1,505 (81%)
504 346 (19%)

Top SBA Lender

Live Oak Banking Company

143 loans in this industry

New Business Share

37.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
233
2021
375
2022
286
2023
250
2024
298
2025
356
2026
53

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 6233 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Health Care and Social Assistance sector runs a 11.4% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly?
26,523 business establishments. Together they employ 963,870 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly?
$36,655/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 36.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly employment?
California leads with 100,018 workers. Florida (67,415) and Pennsylvania (64,308) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly receive?
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly businesses received 1,851 SBA loans totaling $2.3 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1231K. These loans supported 26,307 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) 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 85% of that same 259-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 Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly

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

NAICS 6233 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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