Employment
11,468
Total employees (Census CBP)
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation ·NAICS 712120
NAICS 712120 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Historical Sites - Industry Benchmarks
$41,003/yr average annual pay across 1K establishments in NAICS 712120.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin
- 11K
- Workers employed
- $41,003/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 712120
Virginia leads Historical Sites activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector runs a 11.0% net margin.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 11K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $41,003/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
Benchmarking Insights for Historical Sites
Historical Sites sits inside Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, a sector that runs a 11.0% net margin overall.
1,120 establishments employ 11,468 workers (10.2/location) at $41,003/yr average annual pay. Virginia leads employment, followed by New Jersey and Georgia.
No recorded SBA 7(a)/504 lending for Historical Sites in the FY2020-26 dataset.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$41,003/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,120
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 564; establishment count decreased by 2. 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)
- $470.2M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 1,590 |
| New Jersey | 288 |
| Georgia | 205 |
| Wisconsin | 190 |
| Texas | 155 |
| Connecticut | 146 |
| Oregon | 92 |
| New Hampshire | 78 |
| Arkansas | 22 |
| Kansas | 7 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Historical Sites?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 712120 level. Virginia leads this industry nationally. The broader Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector runs a 11.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Historical Sites?
1,120 business establishments. Together they employ 11,468 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Historical Sites?
$41,003/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Historical Sites employment?
Virginia leads with 1,590 workers. New Jersey (288) and Georgia (205) round out the top three.
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 19% of that same 801-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 Historical Sites
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- 1,120 establishments, 11,468 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- No SBA lending on record for Historical Sites. See the 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 712120 · 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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