Industry · NAICS 5416

Management, scientific and technical consulting

The United States has 225,945 employer establishments in management, scientific and technical consulting (6.7 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,736,343 people at an average annual pay of $106,100, plus 1,187,781 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
225,945
1,187,781 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
6.7
Paid employees
1,736,343
Average annual pay
$106,100

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
Management, scientific and technical consulting by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Lawton, OK127,3381111,5760.90.13×455$56,703117
2Ottawa, IL146,2001410,44310.14×27$41,296193
3Johnstown, PA130,5901310,04510.15×87$103,115172
4Merced, CA294,319309,81110.15×60$79,883243
5Corbin, KY149,593169,3501.10.16×105$42,724167
6Danville, VA101,712119,2471.10.16×43$65,837108
7Salem, OH100,060119,0961.10.16×49$112,898120
8Morristown, TN124,431148,8881.10.17×25$71,320215
9Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607128,8841.10.17×25$83,920134
10Sumter, SC104,396128,7001.10.17×74$64,014115
11Mansfield, OH124,863158,3241.20.18×55$65,745167
12Sunbury, PA108,107138,3161.20.18×115$112,157123
13Anniston-Oxford, AL116,341148,3101.20.18×200$81,855143
14Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197198,0631.20.18×73$51,836108
15Longview-Kelso, WA112,866148,0621.20.18×60$82,300155
16Gadsden, AL103,227137,9411.30.19×76$70,145153
17Jackson, TN182,442237,9321.30.19×133$40,466284
18Wooster, OH116,551157,7701.30.19×59$90,407233
19Clarksville, TN-KY340,083447,7291.30.19×104$80,817456
20Florence, SC200,022267,6931.30.19×451$358,763328
21Lumberton, NC118,005167,3751.40.20×95$69,18998
22Show Low, AZ109,197157,2801.40.20×31$66,774184
23Saginaw, MI187,758267,2211.40.21×148$93,547220
24Pottsville, PA143,892207,1951.40.21×106$82,689177
25Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680167,1051.40.21×180$49,489128

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 $16.8B on contracts under NAICS 5416 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (23,074 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$8.5B51%
    11,161 awards
  2. El Paso, TX$2.6B16%
    23 awards
  3. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$276.2M1.6%
    397 awards
  4. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$266.5M1.6%
    189 awards
  5. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$262.5M1.6%
    37 awards
  6. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$241.8M1.4%
    216 awards
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$222.2M1.3%
    679 awards
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$205.4M1.2%
    488 awards
  9. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$160.6M1.0%
    245 awards
  10. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$146.7M0.9%
    296 awards

Counties

  1. District of Columbia, DC$2.9B17%
    4,342 awards
  2. El Paso County, TX$2.6B16%
    23 awards
  3. Fairfax County, VA$2.5B15%
    2,659 awards
  4. Arlington County, VA$1.2B7.4%
    854 awards
  5. Montgomery County, MD$768.6M4.6%
    1,946 awards
  6. Alexandria city, VA$339M2.0%
    381 awards
  7. Prince George's County, MD$278.7M1.7%
    416 awards
  8. Bexar County, TX$265.9M1.6%
    186 awards
  9. Marion County, IN$258.9M1.5%
    29 awards
  10. San Diego County, CA$241.8M1.4%
    216 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Washington city, DC$2.9B17%
    4,342 awards
  2. El Paso city, TX$1.8B11%
    15 awards
  3. Arlington CDP, VA$1.2B7.4%
    854 awards
  4. McLean CDP, VA$442.6M2.6%
    599 awards
  5. Fort Bliss CDP, TX$442.2M2.6%
    14 awards
  6. Springfield CDP, VA$360.8M2.1%
    62 awards
  7. Alexandria city, VA$339M2.0%
    381 awards
  8. West Falls Church CDP, VA$318.1M1.9%
    167 awards
  9. Reston CDP, VA$240.9M1.4%
    527 awards
  10. Bethesda CDP, MD$213.1M1.3%
    683 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)