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Size of the US Short Line Railroads industry

NAICS 482112, Short Line Railroads. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Employment
243
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
58
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 243 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 1722019-Q2: 1672019-Q3: 1562019-Q4: 1772020-Q1: 1812020-Q2: 1922020-Q3: 2002020-Q4: 2032021-Q1: 1722021-Q2: 1802021-Q3: 1812021-Q4: 1942022-Q1: 2122022-Q2: 2212022-Q3: 1992022-Q4: 2422023-Q1: 2092023-Q2: 2202023-Q3: 2152023-Q4: 2282024-Q1: 1972024-Q2: 2072024-Q3: 2112024-Q4: 2332025-Q1: 2382025-Q2: 2492025-Q3: 2642025-Q4: 2532026-Q1: 243NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q12432022
2025-Q42532022
2025-Q32642022
2025-Q22492022
2025-Q12382022
2024-Q42332022
2024-Q32112022
2024-Q22072022
2024-Q11972022
2023-Q42282022
2023-Q32152022
2023-Q22202022
2023-Q12092022
2022-Q42422022
2022-Q31992022
2022-Q22212022
2022-Q12122022
2021-Q41942017
2021-Q31812017
2021-Q21802017
2021-Q11722017
2020-Q42032017
2020-Q32002017
2020-Q21922017
2020-Q11812017
2019-Q41772017
2019-Q31562017
2019-Q21672017
2019-Q11722017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 58 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 452019-Q2: 462019-Q3: 472019-Q4: 472020-Q1: 452020-Q2: 472020-Q3: 452020-Q4: 442021-Q1: 442021-Q2: 442021-Q3: 452021-Q4: 472022-Q1: 492022-Q2: 502022-Q3: 502022-Q4: 532023-Q1: 572023-Q2: 602023-Q3: 592023-Q4: 642024-Q1: 572024-Q2: 562024-Q3: 562024-Q4: 552025-Q1: 592025-Q2: 562025-Q3: 542025-Q4: 542026-Q1: 58NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1582022
2025-Q4542022
2025-Q3542022
2025-Q2562022
2025-Q1592022
2024-Q4552022
2024-Q3562022
2024-Q2562022
2024-Q1572022
2023-Q4642022
2023-Q3592022
2023-Q2602022
2023-Q1572022
2022-Q4532022
2022-Q3502022
2022-Q2502022
2022-Q1492022
2021-Q4472017
2021-Q3452017
2021-Q2442017
2021-Q1442017
2020-Q4442017
2020-Q3452017
2020-Q2472017
2020-Q1452017
2019-Q4472017
2019-Q3472017
2019-Q2462017
2019-Q1452017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $4.2 million · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $3.0 million2019-Q2: $2.2 million2019-Q3: $2.3 million2019-Q4: $2.4 million2020-Q1: $3.0 million2020-Q2: $2.9 million2020-Q3: $2.6 million2020-Q4: $3.1 million2021-Q1: $3.0 million2021-Q2: $2.9 million2021-Q3: $2.9 million2021-Q4: $3.3 million2022-Q1: $3.4 million2022-Q2: $2.9 million2022-Q3: $3.1 million2022-Q4: $3.4 million2023-Q1: $3.7 million2023-Q2: $3.3 million2023-Q3: $3.4 million2023-Q4: $3.4 million2024-Q1: $3.6 million2024-Q2: $3.3 million2024-Q3: $3.5 million2024-Q4: $3.8 million2025-Q1: $4.2 million2025-Q2: $4.1 million2025-Q3: $4.2 million2025-Q4: $4.6 million2026-Q1: $4.2 millionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$4.2 million2022
2025-Q4$4.6 million2022
2025-Q3$4.2 million2022
2025-Q2$4.1 million2022
2025-Q1$4.2 million2022
2024-Q4$3.8 million2022
2024-Q3$3.5 million2022
2024-Q2$3.3 million2022
2024-Q1$3.6 million2022
2023-Q4$3.4 million2022
2023-Q3$3.4 million2022
2023-Q2$3.3 million2022
2023-Q1$3.7 million2022
2022-Q4$3.4 million2022
2022-Q3$3.1 million2022
2022-Q2$2.9 million2022
2022-Q1$3.4 million2022
2021-Q4$3.3 million2017
2021-Q3$2.9 million2017
2021-Q2$2.9 million2017
2021-Q1$3.0 million2017
2020-Q4$3.1 million2017
2020-Q3$2.6 million2017
2020-Q2$2.9 million2017
2020-Q1$3.0 million2017
2019-Q4$2.4 million2017
2019-Q3$2.3 million2017
2019-Q2$2.2 million2017
2019-Q1$3.0 million2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages2432026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages582026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$4.2 million2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.