Industry · NAICS 5413

Architectural, engineering and related services

The United States has 117,417 employer establishments in architectural, engineering and related services (3.5 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,741,313 people at an average annual pay of $102,782, plus 239,366 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
117,417
239,366 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
3.5
Paid employees
1,741,313
Average annual pay
$102,782

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Architectural, engineering and related services by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Merced, CA294,3191322,6400.40.13×120$87,71762
2Corbin, KY149,593818,6990.50.15×27$34,70467
3Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,1971015,3200.70.19×311$70,51434
4Morristown, TN124,431913,8260.70.21×35$29,65776
5Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680912,6310.80.23×37$70,86531
6Cleveland, TN130,2601111,8420.80.24×60$41,38385
7Lumberton, NC118,0051011,8010.80.24×78$51,28262
8Goldsboro, NC119,7311110,8850.90.26×45$59,40048
9Sunbury, PA108,1071010,8110.90.27×69$64,63849
10Clarksville, TN-KY340,0833210,6280.90.27×297$99,451114
11Moses Lake, WA103,0351010,30410.28×80$54,01333
12Albertville, AL101,3071010,13110.28×57$71,40498
13Killeen-Temple, TX502,497598,5171.20.34×528$73,008224
14Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV305,789368,4941.20.34×382$88,377141
15Danville, VA101,712128,4761.20.34×57$70,50937
16Lima, OH100,810128,4011.20.34×114$71,63236
17Stockton-Lodi, CA806,055968,3961.20.34×828$92,921304
18Anderson Creek, NC141,772178,3401.20.34×96$43,44874
19Salem, OH100,060128,3381.20.34×85$78,18848
20Columbus, GA-AL323,962408,0991.20.35×305$86,607154
21Elizabethtown, KY127,637167,9771.30.36×87$60,70153
22Springfield, OH135,342177,9611.30.36×110$62,96461
23Bay City, MI102,693137,8991.30.36×126$94,63540
24Visalia, CA480,816617,8821.30.36×666$83,428161
25Monroe, MI155,563207,7781.30.37×609$111,80885

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $42.4B on contracts under NAICS 5413 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (29,295 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$10.5B25%
    5,074 awards
  2. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$7.1B17%
    92 awards
  3. Lexington Park, MD$1.4B3.3%
    556 awards
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$1.3B3.2%
    459 awards
  5. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$1.3B3.0%
    1,167 awards
  6. Huntsville, AL$1.1B2.6%
    260 awards
  7. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$939.3M2.2%
    961 awards
  8. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$932.4M2.2%
    601 awards
  9. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$849.9M2.0%
    374 awards
  10. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$585.8M1.4%
    250 awards

Counties

  1. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$7.1B17%
    92 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$3.9B9.3%
    1,833 awards
  3. Fairfax County, VA$3.8B8.9%
    1,393 awards
  4. St. Mary's County, MD$1.4B3.2%
    542 awards
  5. San Diego County, CA$1.3B3.0%
    1,167 awards
  6. Madison County, AL$1.1B2.6%
    260 awards
  7. Middlesex County, MA$991.1M2.3%
    280 awards
  8. Los Angeles County, CA$719M1.7%
    301 awards
  9. Montgomery County, MD$626.1M1.5%
    566 awards
  10. Arlington County, VA$619.7M1.5%
    385 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Washington city, DC$3.9B9.3%
    1,833 awards
  2. Conning Towers-Nautilus Park CDP, CT$1.6B3.8%
    20 awards
  3. McLean CDP, VA$989.8M2.3%
    296 awards
  4. Groton city, CT$955.2M2.3%
    20 awards
  5. Reston CDP, VA$743.9M1.8%
    214 awards
  6. San Diego city, CA$679.2M1.6%
    496 awards
  7. Arlington CDP, VA$619.7M1.5%
    385 awards
  8. Cambridge city, MA$610.9M1.4%
    90 awards
  9. El Segundo city, CA$582.7M1.4%
    58 awards
  10. Long Hill CDP, CT$476.5M1.1%
    20 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)