Employment
61,272
Total employees (Census CBP)
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation ·NAICS 713290
NAICS 713290 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Gambling Industries - Industry Benchmarks
$58,148/yr average annual pay, with 2 SBA loans on record for NAICS 713290.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin
- 61K
- Workers employed
- $58,148/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 713290
California leads Other Gambling Industries 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)
- 61K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $58,148/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Gambling Industries
Other Gambling Industries sits inside Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, a sector that runs a 11.0% net margin overall.
3,125 establishments employ 61,272 workers (19.6/location) at $58,148/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Nevada and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$58,148/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,125
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 6,679; establishment count increased by 56. 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)
- $3.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 8,581 |
| Nevada | 5,752 |
| Illinois | 5,747 |
| New Jersey | 4,606 |
| Texas | 3,190 |
| Montana | 2,634 |
| West Virginia | 2,159 |
| New York | 1,794 |
| New Hampshire | 751 |
| Georgia | 694 |
Showing top 10 of 47 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2
Total Loan Volume
$1M
Avg Loan Size
$434K
Jobs Supported
3
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc.
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
50.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (2 yrs)
2020 1
2021 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Gambling Industries?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 713290 level. California 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 Other Gambling Industries?
3,125 business establishments. Together they employ 61,272 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Gambling Industries?
$58,148/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Gambling Industries employment?
California leads with 8,581 workers. Nevada (5,752) and Illinois (5,747) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Gambling Industries receive?
Other Gambling Industries businesses received 2 SBA loans totaling $1 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $434K. These loans supported 3 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 61% 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 Other Gambling Industries
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- 3,125 establishments, 61,272 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2 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 713290 · 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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