Industry · NAICS 8131
Religious organizations
The United States has 186,801 employer establishments in religious organizations (5.5 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,576,295 people at an average annual pay of $28,701.
In the United States
- Establishments
- 186,801
- — nonemployers
- Per 10,000 residents
- 5.5
- Paid employees
- 1,576,295
- Average annual pay
- $28,701
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.
| # | Place | vs US | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 739,116 | 28 | 26,397 | 0.4 | 0.07× | 92 | $28,804 | — |
| 2 | Logan, UT-ID | 158,554 | 12 | 13,213 | 0.8 | 0.14× | 40 | $16,675 | — |
| 3 | Ogden, UT | 660,366 | 70 | 9,434 | 1.1 | 0.19× | 449 | $26,122 | — |
| 4 | St. George, UT | 202,953 | 22 | 9,225 | 1.1 | 0.20× | 73 | $35,890 | — |
| 5 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 2,351,008 | 337 | 6,976 | 1.4 | 0.26× | 3,897 | $34,941 | — |
| 6 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 1,287,775 | 192 | 6,707 | 1.5 | 0.27× | 21,896 | $58,444 | — |
| 7 | Idaho Falls, ID | 168,554 | 28 | 6,020 | 1.7 | 0.30× | 231 | $20,623 | — |
| 8 | Laredo, TX | 271,942 | 54 | 5,036 | 2 | 0.36× | 375 | $23,461 | — |
| 9 | Merced, CA | 294,319 | 59 | 4,988 | 2 | 0.36× | 482 | $22,809 | — |
| 10 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 153,197 | 33 | 4,642 | 2.2 | 0.39× | 186 | $23,409 | — |
| 11 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 901,096 | 202 | 4,461 | 2.2 | 0.40× | 1,414 | $24,124 | — |
| 12 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 4,707,448 | 1,126 | 4,181 | 2.4 | 0.43× | 12,119 | $30,682 | — |
| 13 | Salinas, CA | 434,107 | 106 | 4,095 | 2.4 | 0.44× | 669 | $32,656 | — |
| 14 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 917,599 | 233 | 3,938 | 2.5 | 0.46× | 1,922 | $27,901 | — |
| 15 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 806,055 | 207 | 3,894 | 2.6 | 0.46× | 1,817 | $31,553 | — |
| 16 | Yuma, AZ | 214,228 | 56 | 3,826 | 2.6 | 0.47× | 393 | $25,089 | — |
| 17 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 5,087,631 | 1,375 | 3,700 | 2.7 | 0.49× | 14,302 | $33,221 | — |
| 18 | El Paso, TX | 876,641 | 241 | 3,638 | 2.7 | 0.50× | 1,735 | $23,860 | — |
| 19 | Reno, NV | 566,460 | 156 | 3,631 | 2.8 | 0.50× | 1,356 | $31,836 | — |
| 20 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1,958,644 | 550 | 3,561 | 2.8 | 0.51× | 6,647 | $40,789 | — |
| 21 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 6,353,900 | 1,806 | 3,518 | 2.8 | 0.51× | 18,464 | $37,395 | — |
| 22 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 199,497 | 57 | 3,500 | 2.9 | 0.52× | 1,442 | $27,710 | — |
| 23 | Vallejo, CA | 451,377 | 132 | 3,420 | 2.9 | 0.53× | 1,148 | $26,238 | — |
| 24 | Yuba City, CA | 184,402 | 55 | 3,353 | 3 | 0.54× | 388 | $21,531 | — |
| 25 | Napa, CA | 133,628 | 40 | 3,341 | 3 | 0.54× | 238 | $31,143 | — |
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 $10.6M on contracts under NAICS 8131 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (375 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).
Metro areas
- 13 awards
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$884.6K8.3%25 awards
- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$611.3K5.8%1 award
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$376.6K3.5%6 awards
- Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$375.5K3.5%9 awards
- Urban Honolulu, HI$283.9K2.7%6 awards
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$252.7K2.4%6 awards
- Helena, MT$239.4K2.3%1 award
- Richmond, VA$228.7K2.2%11 awards
- 5 awards
Counties
- Fulton County, GA$1.6M15%1 award
- Cameron County, TX$611.3K5.8%1 award
- San Diego County, CA$376.6K3.5%6 awards
- Harrison County, MS$375.5K3.5%9 awards
- Honolulu County, HI$283.9K2.7%6 awards
- Montgomery County, MD$269.6K2.5%6 awards
- Okaloosa County, FL$252.7K2.4%6 awards
- Lewis and Clark County, MT$239.4K2.3%1 award
- Bell County, TX$199.3K1.9%3 awards
- Sarpy County, NE$189.7K1.8%2 awards
Cities and towns
- Milton city, GA$1.4M13%1 award
- San Diego city, CA$260.2K2.5%4 awards
- Helena West Side CDP, MT$239.4K2.3%1 award
- Bethesda CDP, MD$203.4K1.9%6 awards
- Washington city, DC$188.2K1.8%8 awards
- Gulfport city, MS$178K1.7%4 awards
- San Antonio city, TX$177K1.7%1 award
- Columbia city, SC$170.9K1.6%2 awards
- Hurlburt Field CDP, FL$170.3K1.6%1 award
- Biloxi city, MS$161.8K1.5%5 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)