Employment
11,864
Total employees (Census CBP)
Other Services (except Public Administration) ·NAICS 811213
NAICS 811213 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance - Industry Benchmarks
$59,468/yr average annual pay, with 24 SBA loans on record for NAICS 811213.
- 10.5%
- Other Services (except Public Administration) sector margin
- 12K
- Workers employed
- $59,468/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 811213
Texas leads Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Other Services (except Public Administration) sector runs a 10.5% net margin.
- 10.5%
- Other Services (except Public Administration) sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 12K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $59,468/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance
Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance sits inside Other Services (except Public Administration), a sector that runs a 10.5% net margin overall.
1,726 establishments employ 11,864 workers (6.9/location) at $59,468/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by New York and Virginia.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$59,468/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,726
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 10,927; establishment count decreased by 228. 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)
- $705.5M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 6.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,034 |
| New York | 549 |
| Virginia | 378 |
| Georgia | 364 |
| Pennsylvania | 290 |
| New Jersey | 264 |
| South Carolina | 188 |
| Tennessee | 180 |
| Maryland | 173 |
| Colorado | 150 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
24
Total Loan Volume
$4M
Avg Loan Size
$161K
Jobs Supported
116
Program Breakdown
7(a) 22 (92%)
504 2 (8%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
5 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (3 yrs)
2020 6
2021 17
2023 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 811213 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Other Services (except Public Administration) sector runs a 10.5% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance?
1,726 business establishments. Together they employ 11,864 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance?
$59,468/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 6.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance employment?
Texas leads with 2,034 workers. New York (549) and Virginia (378) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance receive?
Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance businesses received 24 SBA loans totaling $4 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $161K. These loans supported 116 jobs at origination. Most lending (92%) 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 19% 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 Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Other Services (except Public Administration)
- 1,726 establishments, 11,864 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 24 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 811213 · 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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