Employment
243,116
Total employees (Census CBP)
Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 624110
NAICS 624110 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Child and Youth Services - Industry Benchmarks
$42,920/yr average annual pay, with 409 SBA loans on record for NAICS 624110.
- 11.4%
- Health Care and Social Assistance sector margin
- 243K
- Workers employed
- $42,920/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $267M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 624110
California leads Child and Youth Services 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)
- 243K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $42,920/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $267M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Child and Youth Services
Child and Youth Services sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance, a sector that runs a 11.4% net margin overall.
16,306 establishments employ 243,116 workers (14.9/location) at $42,920/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$42,920/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
16,306
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 21,857; establishment count increased by 2,022. 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)
- $10.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 14.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 35,886 |
| New York | 25,851 |
| Florida | 17,036 |
| Texas | 13,739 |
| Pennsylvania | 13,651 |
| Illinois | 11,982 |
| Massachusetts | 8,137 |
| New Jersey | 7,102 |
| Ohio | 7,040 |
| Washington | 6,292 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
409
Total Loan Volume
$267M
Avg Loan Size
$654K
Jobs Supported
7,709
Program Breakdown
7(a) 281 (69%)
504 128 (31%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
34 loans in this industry
New Business Share
28.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 45
2021 48
2022 42
2023 65
2024 92
2025 100
2026 17
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Child and Youth Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 624110 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 Child and Youth Services?
16,306 business establishments. Together they employ 243,116 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Child and Youth Services?
$42,920/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 14.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Child and Youth Services employment?
California leads with 35,886 workers. New York (25,851) and Florida (17,036) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Child and Youth Services receive?
Child and Youth Services businesses received 409 SBA loans totaling $267 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $654K. These loans supported 7,709 jobs at origination. Most lending (69%) 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 88% 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 Child and Youth Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Health Care and Social Assistance
- 16,306 establishments, 243,116 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 409 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 624110 · 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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