Employment
1,576,295
Total employees (Census CBP)
Other Services (except Public Administration) ·NAICS 8131
NAICS 8131 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Religious Organizations - Industry Benchmarks
$28,701/yr average annual pay, with 1 SBA loans on record for NAICS 8131.
- 10.5%
- Other Services (except Public Administration) sector margin
- 1.6M
- Workers employed
- $28,701/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $0M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 8131
Texas leads Religious Organizations 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)
- 1.6M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $28,701/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $0M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Religious Organizations
Religious Organizations sits inside Other Services (except Public Administration), a sector that runs a 10.5% net margin overall.
186,801 establishments employ 1,576,295 workers (8.4/location) at $28,701/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$28,701/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
186,801
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 38,047; establishment count increased by 1,245. 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)
- $45.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.4
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Religious Organizations NAICS 81311 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 150,026 |
| California | 124,742 |
| Florida | 99,785 |
| New York | 74,260 |
| Pennsylvania | 66,379 |
| North Carolina | 65,432 |
| Ohio | 59,961 |
| Illinois | 58,493 |
| Georgia | 56,907 |
| Tennessee | 49,233 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1
Total Loan Volume
$0M
Avg Loan Size
$10K
Jobs Supported
1
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
100.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Religious Organizations?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 8131 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 Religious Organizations?
186,801 business establishments. Together they employ 1,576,295 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Religious Organizations?
$28,701/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Religious Organizations employment?
Texas leads with 150,026 workers. California (124,742) and Florida (99,785) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Religious Organizations receive?
Religious Organizations businesses received 1 SBA loans totaling $0 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $10K. These loans supported 1 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) 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 93% 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.
- Home Health Care Services 1,618,759
- Insurance Carriers 1,653,582
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 1,426,754
Benchmarking Religious Organizations
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Other Services (except Public Administration)
- 186,801 establishments, 1,576,295 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1 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 8131 · 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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