Pipeline Transportation in Texas — margin & local benchmarks
The pipeline transportation industry's national net profit margin is -0.6% (national, owner-operator basis — no state-level margin exists in any public source). In Texas, there are 763 pipeline transportation establishments.
-0.6%net profit margin · owner-operator basis
Owner-operator basis (IRS SOI sole proprietorships, TY2023): net income less deficit ÷ business receipts, at NAICS 486 (Pipeline Transportation). Sole-proprietor labor is not expensed, so this overstates corporate-style profit. Profit margin is published only nationally (IRS SOI);
this site never adjusts it to look local — see methodology.
Pipeline Transportation in Texas
Local counts from Census County Business Patterns (2023) and BLS QCEW. Establishment counts survive disclosure suppression; payroll/wage cells may be withheld and are then shown as insufficient data.
| Metric | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Establishments in Texas | 763 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Employment in Texas | 14,604 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Annual payroll in Texas | $2,361,739,000 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Average weekly wage in Texas | $3,679 | State 2024 source ↗ |
Business survival rates by firm age are published by Census BDS at the national level only (not by state or industry jointly) — so no local survival figure is shown here, rather than a misleading one.
Metro-level counts, multi-year trends, and geography-to-geography comparison are available to subscribers. This page shows the current national margin plus current Texas counts.
Frequently asked
How many pipeline transportation businesses are in Texas?
763 establishments (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
What is the average pipeline transportation wage in Texas?
$3,679 per week (BLS QCEW 2024, private sector).
What profit margin do pipeline transportation businesses make?
About -0.6% net margin nationally (owner-operator basis, IRS SOI) — no state-level margin is published.
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