Employment
391,064
Total employees (Census CBP)
Other Services (except Public Administration) ·NAICS 812112
NAICS 812112 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Beauty Salons - Industry Benchmarks
$31,717/yr average annual pay, with 5,409 SBA loans on record for NAICS 812112.
- 10.5%
- Other Services (except Public Administration) sector margin
- 391K
- Workers employed
- $31,717/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.2B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 812112
California leads Beauty Salons 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)
- 391K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $31,717/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.2B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Beauty Salons
Beauty Salons sits inside Other Services (except Public Administration), a sector that runs a 10.5% net margin overall.
84,176 establishments employ 391,064 workers (4.7/location) at $31,717/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$31,717/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
84,176
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,399; establishment count increased by 1,212. 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)
- $12.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 4.7
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 33,898 |
| Texas | 29,688 |
| Florida | 28,246 |
| New York | 28,001 |
| Pennsylvania | 25,539 |
| New Jersey | 21,226 |
| Ohio | 16,854 |
| Illinois | 16,713 |
| Massachusetts | 13,453 |
| Virginia | 12,211 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
5,409
Total Loan Volume
$1.2B
Avg Loan Size
$219K
Jobs Supported
48,986
Program Breakdown
7(a) 5,033 (93%)
504 376 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
562 loans in this industry
New Business Share
33.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 602
2021 616
2022 736
2023 898
2024 1,160
2025 1,245
2026 152
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Beauty Salons?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 812112 level. California 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 Beauty Salons?
84,176 business establishments. Together they employ 391,064 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Beauty Salons?
$31,717/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 4.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Beauty Salons employment?
California leads with 33,898 workers. Texas (29,688) and Florida (28,246) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Beauty Salons receive?
Beauty Salons businesses received 5,409 SBA loans totaling $1.2 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $219K. These loans supported 48,986 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) 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 92% 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 Beauty Salons
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Other Services (except Public Administration)
- 84,176 establishments, 391,064 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 5,409 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 812112 · 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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