Industry · NAICS 6116

Fine arts, sports and other instruction

The United States has 59,138 employer establishments in fine arts, sports and other instruction (1.8 per 10,000 residents), employing 503,283 people at an average annual pay of $24,788.

In the United States

Establishments
59,138
— nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
1.8
Paid employees
503,283
Average annual pay
$24,788

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Fine arts, sports and other instruction by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Joplin, MO-KS204,948540,9900.20.14×58$20,155—
2Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889530,3780.30.19×5$43,400—
3Merced, CA294,3191029,4320.30.19×67$16,313—
4Jackson, TN182,442726,0630.40.22×44$18,727—
5El Centro, CA180,683725,8120.40.22×40$8,750—
6Corbin, KY149,593624,9320.40.23×25$29,520—
7Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC370,1641721,7740.50.26×131$13,931—
8Cleveland, TN130,260621,7100.50.26×22$20,682—
9Sebring, FL108,155521,6310.50.26×31$5,226—
10Yuma, AZ214,2281021,4230.50.27×60$7,783—
11Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607521,3210.50.27×18$19,611—
12Fond du Lac, WI104,349520,8700.50.27×35$11,000—
13Mansfield, OH124,863620,8110.50.27×41$19,732—
14Morristown, TN124,431620,7390.50.27×10$17,300—
15Gadsden, AL103,227520,6450.50.28×39$40,051—
16Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH368,3271820,4630.50.28×92$17,174—
17Farmington, NM120,754620,1260.50.28×20$34,800—
18Gulfport-Biloxi, MS422,3832120,1130.50.28×135$9,696—
19Wooster, OH116,551619,4250.50.29×27$25,407—
20Anniston-Oxford, AL116,341619,3900.50.29×44$13,227—
21Springfield, OH135,342719,3350.50.29×69$11,000—
22Pueblo, CO169,878918,8750.50.30×56$13,143—
23Owensboro, KY112,834618,8060.50.30×38$12,868—
24Cookeville, TN148,324818,5410.50.31×63$14,730—
25Yuba City, CA184,4021018,4400.50.31×66$11,833—

1–25 of 390 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $317.9M on contracts under NAICS 6116 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (899 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$45.9M14%
    188 awards
  2. Kansas City, MO-KS$23.4M7.4%
    2 awards
  3. Columbia, SC$19.5M6.1%
    4 awards
  4. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$17.9M5.6%
    2 awards
  5. Jacksonville, NC$17.1M5.4%
    27 awards
  6. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$14M4.4%
    12 awards
  7. Ozark, AL$10.5M3.3%
    2 awards
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$8.5M2.7%
    6 awards
  9. Omaha, NE-IA$8.4M2.7%
    1 award
  10. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$8.3M2.6%
    6 awards

Counties

  1. Vernon Parish, LA$68.5M22%
    2 awards
  2. Arlington County, VA$27.3M8.6%
    114 awards
  3. Leavenworth County, KS$23.4M7.4%
    1 award
  4. Richland County, SC$19.5M6.1%
    4 awards
  5. Fulton County, GA$17.9M5.6%
    1 award
  6. Onslow County, NC$17.1M5.4%
    27 awards
  7. Pinal County, AZ$13.9M4.4%
    6 awards
  8. Dale County, AL$10.5M3.3%
    2 awards
  9. District of Columbia, DC$9.4M2.9%
    36 awards
  10. Sarpy County, NE$8.4M2.7%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. Arlington CDP, VA$27.3M8.6%
    114 awards
  2. Leavenworth city, KS$23.4M7.4%
    1 award
  3. Atlanta city, GA$17.9M5.6%
    1 award
  4. Jacksonville city, NC$16.3M5.1%
    27 awards
  5. Washington city, DC$9.4M2.9%
    36 awards
  6. McGuire AFB CDP, NJ$8.4M2.6%
    4 awards
  7. San Antonio city, TX$7.5M2.4%
    6 awards
  8. Offutt AFB CDP, NE$7.2M2.3%
    1 award
  9. Coronado city, CA$6.2M1.9%
    15 awards
  10. Fayetteville city, NC$4M1.3%
    19 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)