Maryland · NAICS 71 · Annual, 2025

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation in Maryland

Employment, establishments and average pay for NAICS 71 in Maryland, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (NAICS 71) employed about 48,400 people in Maryland across roughly 3,185 establishments, with average annual pay of $47,050.

Employment in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation in Maryland grew 50.3% from 2020 to 2025. Average pay in the industry is 42.3% below the all-industries average in Maryland. QCEW withheld part of this figure for Maryland; DTG's estimate is shown, with a reliability score of 0.99. Quarterly values, full industry detail and projections to 2036 for Maryland are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

  • 48,400Employment, 2025
  • 3,185Establishments
  • $47,050Avg. annual pay
  • 1.8%Share of Maryland jobs
  • 0.90Location quotient

The 2025 figures above are a DTG estimate: Estimated · 0.99. † Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all ownerships

Employment in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation in Maryland, 2004–2025Line chart of annual employment from 2004 to 2025, from 41,400 to 48,400.020K40K60K20042010201520202025

Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 41,400; 2005 41,700; 2006 38,100; 2007 38,300; 2008 38,300; 2009 37,200; 2010 37,700; 2011 38,200; 2012 39,700; 2013 43,700; 2014 45,900; 2015 47,300; 2016 47,400; 2017 48,100; 2018 49,300; 2019 47,100; 2020 32,200; 2021 36,300; 2022 40,800; 2023 44,500; 2024 47,600; 2025 48,400.

Last ten years

Annual · 10 years

YearEmploymentEstab.Avg. annual payChangeSource
202548,3913,185$47,054 1.7%est. · 0.99
202447,5643,077$43,050 7.0%est. · 1.00
202344,4532,991$41,571 9.0%est. · 1.00
202240,7832,835$40,604 12.3%est. · 1.00
202136,3172,580$40,076 12.8%est. · 1.00
202032,2052,538$40,738 31.6%est. · 1.00
201947,1132,559$33,234 4.5%est. · 1.00
201849,3272,511$33,115 2.6%est. · 1.00
201748,0942,504$33,890 1.5%est. · 1.00
201647,4032,518$33,215 0.2%est. · 1.00

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.

By subsector, 2025

3-digit NAICS · 3 shown

CodeSubsectorEmploymentShare of arts, entertainment, and recreationLQSource
711Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries10,09320.9%0.97est. · 0.99
712Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions2,8625.9%0.62est. · 0.97
713Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries35,43673.2%0.92est. · 0.99

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Where these numbers come from

Reading these figures

The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Where QCEW withheld a value, the marked figure is an estimate that DTG produced under the constraints of the published record; suppression is a property of QCEW, not of DTG, and a withheld value is marked rather than silently omitted. Two things DTG itself holds back, and says so where it does: an estimate that cannot be given a reliability score is not shown, and average pay is not shown where fewer than three jobs are reported. The row is marked withheld, with the reason in a note beneath the table. The mark is on every row that carries a value: the headline, the yearly history, the subsectors and the other states. An estimated value that rounds below one is shown as less than one, not as zero. Quarterly figures, county figures and projected years are in the app.

How this figure was built

Employment is the average of the three monthly counts in each quarter, averaged across the year, and establishments are averaged across the year the same way. Average annual pay is the year’s total wages divided by that average employment. Each of these is DTG’s value: QCEW’s published figure where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate, marked, where it did not. How withheld values are estimated, and what the reliability score beside a figure means, are described on the industry data and disclosure and provenance pages.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry.

Notes

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Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation in Maryland, quarterly, at full depth

This page shows annual figures for arts, entertainment, and recreation in Maryland. A free account shows every detailed industry beneath it, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.

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