Specialty Trade Contractors in Illinois — margin & local benchmarks
The specialty trade contractors industry's national net profit margin is 15.7% (national, owner-operator basis — no state-level margin exists in any public source). In Illinois, there are 18,685 specialty trade contractors establishments.
15.7%net profit margin · owner-operator basis
Owner-operator basis (IRS SOI sole proprietorships, TY2023): net income less deficit ÷ business receipts, at NAICS 238 (Specialty Trade Contractors). 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.
Specialty Trade Contractors in Illinois
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 Illinois | 18,685 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Employment in Illinois | 153,878 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Annual payroll in Illinois | $13,389,360,000 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Average weekly wage in Illinois | $1,688 | 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 Illinois counts.
Frequently asked
How many specialty trade contractors businesses are in Illinois?
18,685 establishments (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
What is the average specialty trade contractors wage in Illinois?
$1,688 per week (BLS QCEW 2024, private sector).
What profit margin do specialty trade contractors businesses make?
About 15.7% net margin nationally (owner-operator basis, IRS SOI) — no state-level margin is published.
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