US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management of 51 states in 2018, at $8.44 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $84.4 million. The median was $688.43 million and the figure for the United States was $59.17 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest8,442.9California

Lowest84.4North Dakota

Median688.451 states

United States59,168.8History

Map of states, 2018

Under 170
170 to 360
360 to 690
690 to 970
970 to 1,600
1,600 and over

USD million, 2018. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2018

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California Series break	8,442.9	+19.7%
2	Florida Series break	6,856.4	+20.2%
3	Texas Series break	6,327.3	+16.5%
4	New York Series break	3,067.1	+17.9%
5	Georgia Series break	2,476.1	+15.7%
6	North Carolina Series break	1,874.4	+18.9%
7	Illinois Series break	1,769.7	+14.5%
8	Pennsylvania Series break	1,702.7	+17.9%
9	Ohio Series break	1,673.1	+17.9%
10	Michigan Series break	1,579.8	+16.4%
11	New Jersey Series break	1,563.6	+16.3%
12	Virginia Series break	1,338.2	+16.7%
13	Tennessee Series break	1,336.2	+19.5%
14	Arizona Series break	1,312.2	+20.8%
15	Massachusetts Series break	1,268.1	+18.1%
16	Maryland Series break	1,115.1	+15.8%
17	Colorado Series break	1,078.4	+17.8%
18	South Carolina Series break	915.2	+18%
19	Alabama Series break	866.2	+22.9%
20	Washington Series break	850.6	+15.5%
21	Louisiana Series break	850.5	+18.1%
22	Missouri Series break	829.7	+15%
23	Indiana Series break	795.5	+19.8%
24	Connecticut Series break	735.1	+15.1%
25	Minnesota Series break	723.7	+19.4%
26	Oklahoma Series break	688.4	+15.1%
27	Kentucky Series break	626.8	+19.2%
28	Wisconsin Series break	616.4	+19.1%
29	Nevada Series break	616	+20%
30	Oregon Series break	511.1	+14.9%
31	Mississippi Series break	503.2	+18.6%
32	Arkansas Series break	455.6	+14.3%
33	Utah Series break	407.4	+15.4%
34	Kansas Series break	374.4	+14.8%
35	Iowa Series break	329.6	+25.5%
36	Hawaii Series break	329.3	+19%
37	New Hampshire Series break	253.4	+12.1%
38	Idaho Series break	227.1	+29.5%
39	Nebraska Series break	225.9	+21%
40	Maine Series break	215.9	+19.8%
41	New Mexico Series break	209.5	+16.1%
42	Delaware Series break	177.9	+18.8%
43	Rhode Island Series break	164.8	+21%
44	West Virginia Series break	147.3	+17.4%
45	Montana Series break	135.9	+24.2%
46	Vermont Series break	132.4	+21.9%
47	Wyoming Series break	103.7	+22.8%
48	South Dakota Series break	101.4	+21.8%
49	District of Columbia Series break	94	+11.2%
50	Alaska Series break	89.2	+7.8%
51	North Dakota Series break	84.4	+31.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.

Nonemployer Statistics: businesses with no paid employees that are subject to federal income tax, mostly the self-employed, counted from tax records, with receipts above small minimum amounts. Census says some years are not comparable with earlier ones, and they are marked as series breaks: 2018 in every sector (businesses were reclassified from their descriptions, which moved many out of other services), 2022 in every sector (new receipts cutoffs) and 2017 in utilities (the same reclassification). Most nonemployers are sole proprietors whose business may be a side activity. Published about 18 months after the reference year. Receipts are published in thousands of dollars with noise added to protect individual businesses, and are not adjusted for inflation.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/

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Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2018.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2020) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management?

California, with $8.44 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management?

North Dakota, with $84.4 million in 2018.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.