Employment
25,277
Total employees (Census CBP)
Information ·NAICS 51912
NAICS 51912 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Libraries and Archives - Industry Benchmarks
$42,044/yr average annual pay, with 3 SBA loans on record for NAICS 51912.
- 9.1%
- Information sector margin
- 25K
- Workers employed
- $42,044/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $3M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 51912
New York leads Libraries and Archives activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Information sector runs a 9.1% net margin.
- 9.1%
- Information sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 25K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $42,044/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $3M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Libraries and Archives
Libraries and Archives sits inside Information, a sector that runs a 9.1% net margin overall.
2,326 establishments employ 25,277 workers (10.9/location) at $42,044/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$42,044/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,326
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 912; establishment count increased by 27. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Libraries and Archives NAICS 519120 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 8,952 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,697 |
| Connecticut | 1,278 |
| California | 900 |
| Maryland | 893 |
| Illinois | 546 |
| Maine | 467 |
| Rhode Island | 449 |
| New Jersey | 395 |
| Vermont | 304 |
Showing top 10 of 46 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
3
Total Loan Volume
$3M
Avg Loan Size
$1016K
Jobs Supported
71
Program Breakdown
7(a) 3 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
The First National Bank of Ballinger
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
33.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Libraries and Archives?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 51912 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Information sector runs a 9.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Libraries and Archives?
2,326 business establishments. Together they employ 25,277 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Libraries and Archives?
$42,044/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Libraries and Archives employment?
New York leads with 8,952 workers. Pennsylvania (4,697) and Connecticut (1,278) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Libraries and Archives receive?
Libraries and Archives businesses received 3 SBA loans totaling $3 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1016K. These loans supported 71 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 22% of that same 551-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Libraries and Archives
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Information
- 2,326 establishments, 25,277 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 3 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 51912 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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