SIC 87:   Engineering, accounting, research, management, related services ( - 4-digit SIC to 6-digit NAICS
Includes only establishments with payroll. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Figures to the left of NAICS codes indicate the percent of NAICS receipts represented by this part; and link to Table 1 where other parts of the NAICS are shown. links to 1997 and 1992 Comparative Statistics for whole SICs.    

SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
871			Engineering, architectural, and surveying services	Taxable	82,153	108,622,515	933,630	43,518,730
8711			Engineering services	Taxable	52,526	88,180,688	730,048	35,337,890
	541330		Engineering services	Taxable	52,526	88,180,688	730,048	35,337,890
8712			Architectural services	Taxable	20,602	16,988,338	146,702	6,468,524
	541310		Architectural services	Taxable	20,602	16,988,338	146,702	6,468,524
8713			Surveying services	Taxable	9,025	3,453,489	56,880	1,712,316
51% of	541360	10	Geophysical surveying & mapping services (pt)	Taxable	336	557,023	6,895	336,936
95% of	541370	10	Surveying services	Taxable	8,689	2,896,466	49,985	1,375,380
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
872			Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services	Taxable	84,531	54,635,855	690,074	22,897,680
8721			Accounting, auditing, & bookkeeping services	Taxable	84,531	54,635,855	690,074	22,897,680
	541211		Offices of certified public accountants	Taxable	53,651	38,601,265	389,340	15,167,282
70% of	541214	20	Payroll services (except talent payment services)	Taxable	2,558	9,815,767	187,664	5,151,849
	541219		Other accounting services	Taxable	28,322	6,218,823	113,070	2,578,549
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
873			Research, development, and testing services (except noncommercial research organizations)	Taxable	17,348	37,401,157	366,550	14,994,349
				Exempt	3,292	14,211,703	125,149	5,226,070
8731			Commercial physical & biological research	Taxable	6,855	21,821,756	161,304	8,820,582
100% of	541710		R&D in the physical, engineering, & life sciences	Taxable	6,855	21,821,756	108,832	8,820,582
	541710	12	Commercial R&D in the physical & engineering sciences	Taxable	4,269	14,861,730	108,832	5,890,352
	541710	22	Commercial R&D in the life sciences	Taxable	2,586	6,960,026	52,472	2,930,230
8731			Commercial physical & biological research	Exempt	450	4,572,473	34,107	1,788,782
37% of	541710		R&D in the physical, engineering, & life sciences	Exempt	450	4,572,473	27,601	1,788,782
	541710	12	Commercial R&D in the physical & engineering sciences	Exempt	237	3,739,200	27,601	1,482,486
	541710	22	Commercial R&D in the life sciences	Exempt	213	833,273	6,506	306,296
8732			Commercial economic, sociological, & educational research %	Taxable	5,005	9,136,437	123,222	3,464,985
100% of	541720	20	Commercial R&D in the social sciences & humanities	Taxable	975	1,256,551	15,670	501,568
	541910		Marketing research & public opinion polling	Taxable	4,030	7,879,886	107,552	2,963,417
8732			Commercial economic, sociological, & educational research %	Exempt	229	387,225	4,904	154,120
21% of	541720	20	Commercial R&D in the social sciences & humanities	Exempt	229	387,225	4,904	154,120
8733			Noncommercial research organizations	Exempt	2,613	9,252,005	86,138	3,283,168
63% of	541710		R&D in the physical, engineering, & life sciences	Exempt	1,868	7,751,698	34,404	2,804,693
	541710	11	Noncommercial R&D in the physical & engineering sciences	Exempt	623	3,822,276	34,404	1,360,142
	541710	21	Noncommercial R&D in the life sciences	Exempt	1,245	3,929,422	39,301	1,444,551
80% of	541720	10	Noncommercial R&D in the social sciences & humanities	Exempt	745	1,500,307	12,433	478,475
8734			Testing laboratories %	Taxable	5,488	6,442,964	82,024	2,708,782
	541380		Testing laboratories	Taxable	5,488	6,442,964	82,024	2,708,782
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
874			Management and public relations services	Taxable	108,130	101,345,844	941,354	40,248,481
				Exempt	251	1,166,034	6,755	258,619
8741			Management services %	Taxable	31,844	36,214,844	375,442	13,394,781
1% of	233210	30	Single-family housing construction (pt)	Taxable	2,531	1,311,217	7,852	247,901
5% of	233220	30	Multifamily housing construction (pt)	Taxable	510	755,319	2,613	95,756
3% of	233310	30	Mfg & industrial building construction (pt)	Taxable	395	883,446	3,216	140,772
2% of	233320	50	Commercial & institutional building construction (pt)	Taxable	3,150	4,014,970	18,156	699,805
0% of	234110	20	Highway & street construction (pt)	Taxable	108	132,964	906	55,362
0% of	234120	20	Bridge & tunnel construction (pt)	Taxable	6	8,593	84	3,489
0% of	234910	20	Water, sewer, & pipeline construction (pt)	Taxable	29	31,335	165	7,855
2% of	234920	20	Power & communication transmission line construction (pt)	Taxable	64	119,560	466	21,333
2% of	234930	20	Industrial nonbuilding structure construction (pt)	Taxable	47	197,835	672	34,568
2% of	234990	30	All other heavy construction (pt)	Taxable	465	705,256	2,926	116,935
	561110		Office administrative services	Taxable	24,537	28,054,350	338,386	11,971,006
8742			Management consulting services %	Taxable	49,430	44,095,603	337,699	18,430,017
	541611		Administrative management & general management consulting service	Taxable	27,399	28,556,409	208,674	12,738,842
41% of	541612	30	Human resources & personnel management consulting	Taxable	6,455	4,405,545	42,241	1,948,085
	541613		Marketing consulting services	Taxable	12,498	7,874,497	61,418	2,547,408
	541614		Process, physical distribution, & logistics consulting services	Taxable	3,078	3,259,152	25,366	1,195,682
8743			Public relations services %	Taxable	6,513	4,771,957	38,735	1,951,633
	541820		Public relations agencies	Taxable	6,513	4,771,957	38,735	1,951,633
8744			Facilities support management services	Taxable	2,490	7,575,712	112,137	3,280,166
	561210		Facilities support services	Taxable	2,490	7,575,712	112,137	3,280,166
8748			Business consulting services, n.e.c. %	Taxable	17,853	8,687,728	77,341	3,191,884
92% of	541618	20	All other management consulting services	Taxable	2,819	1,679,416	14,229	601,594
70% of	541690	10	Economic and related consulting services	Taxable	9,975	4,503,566	36,898	1,771,658
10% of	561990	30	Economic or industrial planning or development organization	Taxable	2,837	1,590,644	13,497	474,406
67% of	611710	20	Educational test development & evaluation services	Taxable	2,222	914,102	12,717	344,226
8748			Business consulting services, n.e.c. %	Exempt	251	1,166,034	6,755	258,619
59% of	611710	20	Educational test development & evaluation services	Exempt	251	1,166,034	6,755	258,619

N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

% Comparability may be limited because of changes in assignment of tax status by industry.
=sum of NAICS parts listed below the symbol   links to Comparative Statistics for 1992 and 1997

	(Bridge complete.)	Comparable	SIC derivable from NAICS data.
	(Drawbridge slightly open.)	Almost comparable	Sales or receipts from NAICS are within 3% of SIC sales or receipts.
	(Drawbridge open.)	Not comparable	SIC sales or receipts cannot be estimated within 3% from NAICS data.

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