Employment Services · Pennsylvania
Employment Services in Pennsylvania
NAICS 5613 · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Employment Services in Pennsylvania
Employment Services (NAICS 5613) in Pennsylvania reports 132,494 workers across 2,019 establishments, with $7.0B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 1.7% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Pennsylvania 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.
Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Employment Services employees in Pennsylvania is $52,545/yr, versus a national average of $60,555/yr. Pennsylvania pays below the national average for this industry, common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.
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 Employment Services is 3.1%, 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 Employment Services national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Pennsylvania overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).
Employment
132,494
Establishments
2,019
Annual Payroll
$7.0B
Avg Payroll/Employee
$52,545/yr
Compare to National Average
Profit Margin (National)
National avg, IRS SOI (no state-level profit data)
Avg Payroll/Employee
Pennsylvania vs National avg
Employment
Pennsylvania 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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