Minnesota · NAICS 487 · Annual, 2025
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation in Minnesota
Employment, establishments and average pay for NAICS 487 in Minnesota, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.
In 2025, Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation (NAICS 487) employed about 150 people in Minnesota across roughly 29 establishments, with average annual pay of $30,960.
Employment in Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation in Minnesota declined 7.8% from 2024 to 2025. The industry is less concentrated in Minnesota than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.25). QCEW withheld part of this figure for Minnesota; DTG's estimate is shown, with a reliability score of 0.99. Quarterly values, full industry detail and projections to 2036 for Minnesota are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 150Employment, 2025
- 29Establishments
- $30,960Avg. annual pay
- 0.0%Share of Minnesota jobs
- 0.25Location 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
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 270; 2005 270; 2006 260; 2007 260; 2008 210; 2009 190; 2010 150; 2011 130; 2012 120; 2013 120; 2014 120; 2015 120; 2016 130; 2017 140; 2018 140; 2019 190; 2020 80; 2021 110; 2022 140; 2023 150; 2024 160; 2025 150.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Estab. | Avg. annual pay | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | 29 | $30,958 | 7.8% | est. · 0.99 |
| 2024 | 158 | 28 | $28,193 | 4.0% | pub. |
| 2023 | 152 | 27 | $26,176 | 8.1% | pub. |
| 2022 | 141 | 25 | $26,828 | 23.1% | pub. |
| 2021 | 114 | 23 | $23,845 | 46.4% | est. · 1.00 |
| 2020 | 78 | 24 | $24,957 | 59.5% | est. · 0.97 |
| 2019 | 193 | 25 | $19,941 | 34.7% | est. · 0.99 |
| 2018 | 143 | 24 | $19,944 | 2.4% | est. · 0.99 |
| 2017 | 140 | 22 | $19,613 | 9.5% | est. · 1.00 |
| 2016 | 128 | 20 | $19,915 | 2.8% | est. · 1.00 |
† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
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.
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Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation in Minnesota, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for scenic and sightseeing transportation in Minnesota. A free account shows every detailed industry beneath it, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.