# US states by employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_administrative_support`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-administrative-support/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 48,724 |
| 2 | Florida | 42,614 |
| 3 | Texas | 32,936 |
| 4 | New York | 27,335 |
| 5 | Illinois | 16,966 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 16,519 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 14,976 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 14,693 |
| 9 | Georgia | 14,364 |
| 10 | Ohio | 14,001 |
| 11 | Michigan | 13,736 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 11,796 |
| 13 | Virginia | 11,577 |
| 14 | Washington | 10,759 |
| 15 | Arizona | 9,681 |
| 16 | Colorado | 9,600 |
| 17 | Maryland | 8,340 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 8,258 |
| 19 | Indiana | 8,230 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 8,048 |
| 21 | Minnesota | 7,939 |
| 22 | Missouri | 7,719 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 6,897 |
| 24 | Oregon | 6,407 |
| 25 | Utah | 5,527 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 5,404 |
| 27 | Louisiana | 5,169 |
| 28 | Alabama | 5,120 |
| 29 | Nevada | 5,086 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 4,739 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 4,401 |
| 32 | Iowa | 4,015 |
| 33 | Kansas | 3,806 |
| 34 | Idaho | 3,273 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 3,148 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 2,904 |
| 37 | New Hampshire | 2,572 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 2,510 |
| 39 | Maine | 2,475 |
| 40 | Montana | 2,231 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 2,041 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 1,920 |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 1,919 |
| 44 | Delaware | 1,833 |
| 45 | West Virginia | 1,531 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 1,350 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 1,279 |
| 48 | Vermont | 1,252 |
| 49 | Alaska | 1,248 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 1,176 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 970 |