Analysis
NAICS 611519 is the 2022 national industry for other technical and trade schools, part of 61151 (Technical and Trade Schools). Census lists 38 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 4,657 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 54,264 people at an average annual payroll of $52,089 per employee (20th percentile of national industries). 53% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 4 codes at this level within Technical and Trade Schools, with 52% of them.
Census lists 10 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 611410, 611420, 611430 and 611210. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include acupuncture training, air traffic control schools, art schools, commercial or graphic and banking schools (training in banking), among 38 in all.
For example, offering courses in office procedures and secretarial and stenographic skills are classified in 611410 (Business and Secretarial Schools) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in offering job or career vocational or technical courses (except cosmetology and barber training, aviation and flight training, and apprenticeship training). The curriculums offered by these schools are highly structured and specialized and lead to job-specific certification.
Illustrative Examples:
Bartending schools Modeling schools Broadcasting schools Real estate schools Computer repair training Truck driving schools Graphic arts schools Specialized military training (except flight instruction, academies, and basic training)
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Offering courses in office procedures and secretarial and stenographic skills | 611410 Business and Secretarial Schools |
| Offering computer training (except computer repair) | 611420 Computer Training |
| Offering professional and management development training | 611430 Professional and Management Development Training |
| Offering registered nursing training with academic degrees (e.g., associate, baccalaureate) | 611210 Junior Colleges, or Industry 611310, College, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| Offering aviation and flight training, including military flight instruction | 611512 Flight Training |
| Operating college-level military academies | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| National security and military basic training (except academies) | 928110 National Security |
| Offering cosmetology and barber training | 611511 Cosmetology and Barber Schools |
| Offering apprenticeship training programs | 611513 Apprenticeship Training |
| Providing job training for the unemployed, underemployed, disabled, and persons who have a job market disadvantage because of lack of education, job skill, or experience | 624310 Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
Index entries (38)
- Acupuncture training
- Air traffic control schools
- Art schools, commercial or graphic
- Banking schools (training in banking)
- Bartending schools
- Broadcasting schools
- Bus driver training
- Chauffeur training
- Computer repair training
- Cooking schools
- Culinary arts schools
- Dental hygienist schools
- Dental technician schools
- Electronic equipment repair training
- Firefighter training schools
- Flight attendant schools
- Graphic arts schools
- Heavy equipment operation schools
- Heavy equipment repair training
- Home health aid schools
- Hospital management schools (except academic)
- Hospitality management schools (except academic)
- Marine navigational schools
- Massage therapist instruction
- Mechanic's schools (except apprenticeship)
- Medical technician schools
- Modeling schools
- Nurse's aides schools
- Nursing schools (except academic)
- Personal fitness instructor training
- Photography schools, commercial
- Police training schools
- Real estate schools
- Restaurant management schools (except academic)
- Security guard training
- Specialized military training (except flight instruction, academies, and basic training)
- Truck driving schools
- Yoga instructor training