Motion Picture and Video Production in California

Motion Picture and Video Production (NAICS 512110) in California reports N/A workers across 6,730 establishments, with $9.5B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. State-to-national ratios help identify regional industry concentration; not all comparisons are available in the current dataset. California accounts for 38.8% of the national Motion Picture and Video Production establishment count (6,730 of 17,366), according to Census County Business Patterns.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. Average payroll per employee data is partial for this state-industry combination; use the Compare to National Average panel below for the fields that are reported.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Motion Picture and Video Production is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Motion Picture and Video Production national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the California overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).