Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services · Illinois
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services in Illinois
NAICS 541611 · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services in Illinois
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (NAICS 541611) in Illinois reports 54,063 workers across 3,736 establishments, with $9.1B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 6.2% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Illinois is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale. Illinois accounts for 3.6% of the national Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services establishment count (3,736 of 104,494), according to Census County Business Patterns.
Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services employees in Illinois is $168,017/yr, versus a national average of $121,753/yr. Illinois pays above the national average for this industry, which usually reflects higher skill concentration, union density, or regional cost of living.
Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Illinois overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).
Employment
54,063
Establishments
3,736
Annual Payroll
$9.1B
Avg Payroll/Employee
$168,017/yr
Compare to National Average
Profit Margin (National)
National avg, IRS SOI (no state-level profit data)
Avg Payroll/Employee
Illinois vs National avg
Employment
Illinois share of national
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2025
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