Industry · NAICS 5415

Computer systems design and related services

The United States has 145,813 employer establishments in computer systems design and related services (4.3 per 10,000 residents), employing 2,050,626 people at an average annual pay of $122,296, plus 334,886 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
145,813
334,886 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
4.3
Paid employees
2,050,626
Average annual pay
$122,296

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
Computer systems design and related services by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Merced, CA294,319932,7020.30.07×36$51,77870
2Wheeling, WV-OH135,690527,1380.40.09×12$27,00039
3El Centro, CA180,683725,8120.40.09×22$50,50060
4Rocky Mount, NC146,278624,3800.40.09×13$73,46255
5Visalia, CA480,8162122,8960.40.10×75$77,707131
6Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607521,3210.50.11×96$178,96940
7Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX397,4751920,9200.50.11×242$88,463148
8Albertville, AL101,307520,2610.50.11×24$30,54237
9Vineland, NJ154,497819,3120.50.12×56$50,69650
10Joplin, MO-KS204,9481118,6320.50.12×151$64,874115
11Beckley, WV111,564618,5940.50.12×34$50,38242
12Alexandria, LA148,419818,5520.50.12×104$70,03853
13Jackson, TN182,4421018,2440.50.13×40$57,92576
14Show Low, AZ109,197618,2000.50.13×12$62,75046
15Tuscaloosa, AL279,7561716,4560.60.14×78$82,59088
16Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA312,6562015,6330.60.15×61$59,213157
17Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,1971015,3200.70.15×142$106,93728
18Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,9062815,3180.70.15×87$60,195198
19Gadsden, AL103,227714,7470.70.16×23$54,21734
20Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC101,606714,5150.70.16×27$80,81528
21McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0966314,3030.70.16×180$51,644453
22Monroe, MI155,5631114,1420.70.16×62$66,17758
23Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ223,5861613,9740.70.17×35$55,371106
24Springfield, OH135,3421013,5340.70.17×72$55,48664
25Sunbury, PA108,107813,5130.70.17×76$67,26345

1–25 of 392 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 $62.7B on contracts under NAICS 5415 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (47,575 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$37.4B60%
    26,684 awards
  2. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$4.7B7.5%
    1,577 awards
  3. Kansas City, MO-KS$1.8B2.9%
    227 awards
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$1B1.6%
    162 awards
  5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$804.1M1.3%
    704 awards
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$800.6M1.3%
    423 awards
  7. Colorado Springs, CO$756.7M1.2%
    410 awards
  8. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$724M1.2%
    522 awards
  9. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$665.3M1.1%
    228 awards
  10. St. Louis, MO-IL$594.2M0.9%
    384 awards

Counties

  1. Fairfax County, VA$14.5B23%
    9,266 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$9.5B15%
    8,857 awards
  3. Arlington County, VA$4.9B7.8%
    1,015 awards
  4. Montgomery County, MD$3.4B5.5%
    3,234 awards
  5. Wyandotte County, KS$1.6B2.6%
    25 awards
  6. Baltimore County, MD$1.5B2.4%
    181 awards
  7. Anne Arundel County, MD$1.4B2.3%
    776 awards
  8. Loudoun County, VA$1.4B2.2%
    1,355 awards
  9. Prince George's County, MD$1.3B2.0%
    1,402 awards
  10. Alexandria city, VA$1.3B2.0%
    426 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Washington city, DC$9.5B15%
    8,857 awards
  2. Arlington CDP, VA$4.9B7.8%
    1,015 awards
  3. Reston CDP, VA$3.3B5.2%
    4,557 awards
  4. McLean CDP, VA$1.4B2.2%
    1,383 awards
  5. Alexandria city, VA$1.3B2.0%
    426 awards
  6. West Falls Church CDP, VA$1.2B1.9%
    276 awards
  7. Chantilly CDP, VA$1B1.6%
    635 awards
  8. Kansas City city, KS$945.6M1.5%
    25 awards
  9. Palo Alto city, CA$921.9M1.5%
    50 awards
  10. Fort Meade CDP, MD$760.4M1.2%
    384 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)