Employment
233,871
Total employees (Census CBP)
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation ·NAICS 7131
NAICS 7131 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Amusement Parks and Arcades - Industry Benchmarks
$29,174/yr average annual pay, with 540 SBA loans on record for NAICS 7131.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin
- 234K
- Workers employed
- $29,174/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $448M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 7131
Florida leads Amusement Parks and Arcades 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)
- 234K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $29,174/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $448M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Amusement Parks and Arcades
Amusement Parks and Arcades sits inside Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, a sector that runs a 11.0% net margin overall.
4,372 establishments employ 233,871 workers (53.5/location) at $29,174/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by Texas and Georgia.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$29,174/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,372
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 6,284; establishment count increased by 293. 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)
- $6.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 53.5
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Theme Parks NAICS 71311 | N/A |
| Amusement Arcades NAICS 71312 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 70,250 |
| Texas | 18,722 |
| Georgia | 5,536 |
| Missouri | 3,849 |
| New Jersey | 3,626 |
| Illinois | 3,493 |
| Arizona | 2,750 |
| Maryland | 2,527 |
| Colorado | 2,481 |
| Michigan | 2,415 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
540
Total Loan Volume
$448M
Avg Loan Size
$830K
Jobs Supported
10,347
Program Breakdown
7(a) 504 (93%)
504 36 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
55 loans in this industry
New Business Share
61.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 53
2021 63
2022 73
2023 89
2024 104
2025 132
2026 26
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Amusement Parks and Arcades?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 7131 level. Florida 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 Amusement Parks and Arcades?
4,372 business establishments. Together they employ 233,871 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Amusement Parks and Arcades?
$29,174/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 53.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Amusement Parks and Arcades employment?
Florida leads with 70,250 workers. Texas (18,722) and Georgia (5,536) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Amusement Parks and Arcades receive?
Amusement Parks and Arcades businesses received 540 SBA loans totaling $448 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $830K. These loans supported 10,347 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) 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 56% of that same 259-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 Amusement Parks and Arcades
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- 4,372 establishments, 233,871 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 540 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 7131 · 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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