Employment
88,945
Total employees (Census CBP)
Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 624221
NAICS 624221 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Temporary Shelters - Industry Benchmarks
$42,619/yr average annual pay, with 8 SBA loans on record for NAICS 624221.
- 11.4%
- Health Care and Social Assistance sector margin
- 89K
- Workers employed
- $42,619/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 624221
New York leads Temporary Shelters 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)
- 89K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $42,619/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Temporary Shelters
Temporary Shelters sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance, a sector that runs a 11.4% net margin overall.
4,768 establishments employ 88,945 workers (18.6/location) at $42,619/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$42,619/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,768
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 3,328; establishment count increased by 74. 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)
- $3.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 18.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 13,482 |
| California | 10,674 |
| Texas | 5,417 |
| Florida | 3,647 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,339 |
| Illinois | 3,217 |
| Massachusetts | 3,068 |
| Ohio | 2,993 |
| Washington | 2,629 |
| Michigan | 2,165 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
8
Total Loan Volume
$4M
Avg Loan Size
$492K
Jobs Supported
348
Program Breakdown
7(a) 7 (88%)
504 1 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
Fulton Bank, National Association
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
50.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)
2020 3
2021 1
2023 1
2025 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Temporary Shelters?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 624221 level. New York 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 Temporary Shelters?
4,768 business establishments. Together they employ 88,945 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Temporary Shelters?
$42,619/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 18.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Temporary Shelters employment?
New York leads with 13,482 workers. California (10,674) and Texas (5,417) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Temporary Shelters receive?
Temporary Shelters businesses received 8 SBA loans totaling $4 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $492K. These loans supported 348 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 70% 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 Temporary Shelters
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Health Care and Social Assistance
- 4,768 establishments, 88,945 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 8 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 624221 · 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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