Industry · NAICS 5182

Data processing, hosting and related services

The United States has 18,544 employer establishments in data processing, hosting and related services (0.6 per 10,000 residents), employing 629,527 people at an average annual pay of $147,665, plus 65,001 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
18,544
65,001 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
0.6
Paid employees
629,527
Average annual pay
$147,665

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
Data processing, hosting and related services by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Bakersfield-Delano, CA917,5997131,0860.10.14×454$28,37287
2Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC629,9885125,9980.10.14×64$89,65693
3McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0969100,1220.10.18×93$64,559286
4Fresno, CA1,188,9361299,0780.10.18×185$69,449122
5Stockton-Lodi, CA806,055989,5620.10.20×35$54,97194
6Ocala, FL412,300582,4600.10.22×80$53,17584
7Lubbock, TX360,619572,1240.10.25×73$115,56247
8Clarksville, TN-KY340,083568,0170.10.27×11$17,27336
9Wilmington, NC467,617766,8020.10.27×1,365$134,81784
10Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA4,707,4487364,4860.20.28×1,237$103,921774
11Shreveport-Bossier City, LA384,163664,0270.20.28×325$87,68345
12Roanoke, VA314,970562,9940.20.29×27$92,70441
13Killeen-Temple, TX502,497862,8120.20.29×461$102,66259
14Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC370,164661,6940.20.29×207$158,30941
15Waco, TX305,076561,0150.20.30×99$34,79842
16Gainesville, FL354,255659,0430.20.31×98$106,55188
17Springfield, MA462,133857,7670.20.31×140$57,75047
18Duluth, MN-WI281,465556,2930.20.32×52$74,25028
19Lafayette, LA415,934851,9920.20.35×29$49,58653
20Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL254,193550,8390.20.36×6$85,50036
21Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY707,6301450,5450.20.36×59$92,797132
22Appleton, WI247,042549,4080.20.37×24$504,83331
23Tucson, AZ1,065,2392248,4200.20.38×253$64,830186
24Salinas, CA434,107948,2340.20.38×113$107,56647
25Lake Charles, LA241,119548,2240.20.38×24$47,04218

1–25 of 232 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 $3.8B on contracts under NAICS 5182 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (2,793 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$2.4B64%
    1,052 awards
  2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$254.9M6.8%
    54 awards
  3. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$143.7M3.8%
    159 awards
  4. Lexington Park, MD$119.2M3.2%
    10 awards
  5. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$101.9M2.7%
    53 awards
  6. Anchorage, AK$76M2.0%
    21 awards
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$64.1M1.7%
    25 awards
  8. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$44.4M1.2%
    55 awards
  9. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$40.2M1.1%
    11 awards
  10. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$39.2M1.0%
    32 awards

Counties

  1. Fairfax County, VA$914.1M24%
    372 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$847M23%
    429 awards
  3. Montgomery County, MD$296.6M7.9%
    99 awards
  4. King County, WA$254.5M6.8%
    48 awards
  5. Arlington County, VA$208.8M5.6%
    31 awards
  6. St. Mary's County, MD$119.2M3.2%
    10 awards
  7. Maricopa County, AZ$101.9M2.7%
    53 awards
  8. Anchorage Municipality, AK$76M2.0%
    21 awards
  9. Anne Arundel County, MD$65.8M1.8%
    117 awards
  10. Dallas County, TX$62.9M1.7%
    13 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Washington city, DC$847M23%
    429 awards
  2. Arlington CDP, VA$208.8M5.6%
    31 awards
  3. Seattle city, WA$176.1M4.7%
    40 awards
  4. West Falls Church CDP, VA$126.1M3.4%
    76 awards
  5. McLean CDP, VA$121.1M3.2%
    28 awards
  6. Springfield CDP, VA$87.2M2.3%
    13 awards
  7. Anchorage municipality, AK$75.9M2.0%
    21 awards
  8. Scottsdale city, AZ$70.2M1.9%
    37 awards
  9. Reston CDP, VA$67.5M1.8%
    43 awards
  10. Irving city, TX$60M1.6%
    7 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)