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NAICS Hierarchy: 1997

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try
Detail		 NAICS
code		 NAICS Title
(and link to definition) 		Estab-
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
  54 Professional, scientific, & technical services Total 621,129 595,250,649 231,398,791 5,361,210
Taxable 615,305 579,542,139 225,376,050 5,212,745
Exempt 5,824 15,708,510 6,022,741 148,465
Go to industry detail 541 Professional, scientific, & technical services Total 621,129 595,250,649 231,398,791 5,361,210
Taxable 615,305 579,542,139 225,376,050 5,212,745
Exempt 5,824 15,708,510 6,022,741 148,465

Table includes only establishments with payroll.

 

NAICS Sector: 54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services .   The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector comprises establishments that specialize in performing professional, scientific, and technical activities for others. These activities require a high degree of expertise and training. The establishments in this sector specialize according to expertise and provide these services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households. Activities performed include: legal advice and representation; accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll services; architectural, engineering, and specialized design services; computer services; consulting services; research services; advertising services; photographic services; translation and interpretation services; veterinary services; and other professional, scientific, and technical services.

This sector excludes establishments primarily engaged in providing a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning, billing and recordkeeping, personnel, and physical distribution and logistics. These establishments are classified in Sector 56, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.

 

Geographic Distribution -- Professional, scientific, and technical services: 1997

Data for the Professional, scientific, & technical services sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.

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Indus-
tries		 State Estab-
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Receipts
% of
U.S.		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to industry detail United States Total 621,129 595,250,649 100.00 231,398,791 5,361,210
Go to industry detail California Total 79,427 91,798,770 15.42 36,105,169 826,232
Go to industry detail New York Total 46,173 59,973,484 10.08 22,756,949 446,057
Go to industry detail Texas Total 42,806 42,923,733 7.21 16,186,823 358,392
Go to industry detail Illinois Total 30,572 35,000,649 5.88 13,566,480 286,265
Go to industry detail Florida Total 42,661 27,441,837 4.61 10,890,246 278,905
Go to industry detail Pennsylvania Total 23,407 26,729,406 4.49 10,663,264 240,615
Go to industry detail New Jersey Total 25,986 26,158,693 4.39 10,537,229 222,072
Go to industry detail Virginia Total 17,732 25,060,700 4.21 10,191,035 221,129
Go to industry detail Massachusetts Total 18,371 24,115,508 4.05 9,794,606 188,329
Go to industry detail Ohio Total 21,352 18,492,443 3.11 7,025,402 184,937
Go to industry detail Maryland Total 14,292 16,822,798 2.83 6,843,324 153,946
Go to industry detail Michigan Total 18,796 16,453,253 2.76 6,957,010 165,127
Go to industry detail Georgia Total 17,915 15,400,469 2.59 5,977,577 139,707
Go to industry detail Colorado Total 14,450 13,366,525 2.25 4,789,519 106,304
Go to industry detail District of Columbia Total 4,023 11,509,509 1.93 4,259,051 68,168
Go to industry detail Washington Total 13,548 10,865,899 1.83 4,380,715 105,486
Go to industry detail Minnesota Total 12,496 10,564,417 1.77 4,128,875 97,818
Go to industry detail North Carolina Total 14,493 10,311,729 1.73 3,881,233 105,706
Go to industry detail Missouri Total 10,672 10,056,585 1.69 3,677,734 94,762
Go to industry detail Connecticut Total 9,460 9,186,206 1.54 3,733,308 71,926
Go to industry detail Tennessee Total 8,877 7,033,558 1.18 2,725,734 73,568
Go to industry detail South Carolina Total 6,629 6,876,099 1.16 1,862,992 48,054
Go to industry detail Arizona Total 10,256 6,765,057 1.14 2,768,281 77,074
Go to industry detail Wisconsin Total 9,343 6,438,235 1.08 2,560,155 71,236
Go to industry detail Indiana Total 9,865 6,133,139 1.03 2,228,820 70,032
Go to industry detail Louisiana Total 9,154 5,795,953 0.97 2,174,947 64,225
Go to industry detail Alabama Total 7,136 5,413,054 0.91 2,087,655 55,359
Go to industry detail Oregon Total 8,211 4,858,352 0.82 1,982,060 54,387
Go to industry detail Kentucky Total 6,232 3,853,289 0.65 1,275,347 42,481
Go to industry detail Kansas Total 5,397 3,621,601 0.61 1,420,297 40,467
Go to industry detail Oklahoma Total 7,061 3,594,416 0.60 1,345,747 41,286
Go to industry detail Utah Total 4,325 3,336,466 0.56 1,316,592 36,849
Go to industry detail New Mexico Total 3,763 3,322,671 0.56 1,345,578 32,601
Go to industry detail Nevada Total 4,196 2,984,541 0.50 1,176,047 29,126
Go to industry detail Iowa Total 4,702 2,454,030 0.41 896,638 31,389
Go to industry detail Nebraska Total 3,101 2,293,491 0.39 843,299 25,889
Go to industry detail Idaho Total 2,389 2,134,172 0.36 802,139 20,484
Go to industry detail Arkansas Total 4,154 1,878,220 0.32 733,344 23,507
Go to industry detail Mississippi Total 3,655 1,779,700 0.30 670,342 22,002
Go to industry detail Hawaii Total 2,523 1,662,176 0.28 627,973 16,215
Go to industry detail New Hampshire Total 3,378 1,643,169 0.28 721,606 18,519
Go to industry detail Rhode Island Total 2,377 1,438,274 0.24 551,088 15,061
Go to industry detail Delaware Total 1,727 1,438,118 0.24 556,571 12,481
Go to industry detail Maine Total 2,586 1,288,374 0.22 509,198 14,916
Go to industry detail West Virginia Total 2,561 1,236,618 0.21 419,512 16,462
Go to industry detail Alaska Total 1,460 955,181 0.16 375,061 7,989
Go to industry detail Montana Total 2,127 794,160 0.13 305,581 11,012
Go to industry detail Vermont Total 1,646 726,384 0.12 281,749 7,900
Go to industry detail South Dakota Total 1,297 455,064 0.08 163,444 6,297
Go to industry detail North Dakota Total 1,094 422,811 0.07 177,532 7,149
Go to industry detail Wyoming Total 1,275 391,663 0.07 147,913 5,310

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available


 

Other Data from the 1997 Economic Census

Other Data from the 1997 Economic Census

Hypertext
tables		 Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Contents
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tables		 Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Contents
Link to Bridge tables  EC97X-CS3 Bridge Between NAICS and SIC (national only) Defines comparability of individual industries.
Link to Comparative Statistics  EC97X-CS2 Comparative Statistics (U.S. and states) 1997 and 1992 data side by side on a comparable SIC basis
Link to Nonemployer Statistics  EC97X-CS4 Nonemployer Statistics (U.S., states, counties, metros) Nonemployers account for 81 % of establishments and 12.0 % of receipts in this sector, but are excluded from the reports below.
  link to PDF EC97S54S-LS Source of Receipts Includes receipts by industry by source or type of receipts for the U.S.
  link to PDF EC97S54S-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Includes firms by receipts size, employment size, legal form of organization, number of units, and concentration in the largest companies for the U.S. Also includes establishments by receipts size and by employment size for the U.S.
  link to PDF EC97S54S-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Includes topics that vary from industry to industry
  link to PDF EC97S54S-SM Summary Republication of key tables from other reports

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs

Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Smallest Geography Contents
  Annual Capital Expenditures Survey Annual U.S. Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees
  County Business Patterns Annual County, metro area, ZIP Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment
Link to hypertext table Nonemployer Statistics Annual State, metro area, county Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees
  Service Annual Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Annual U.S. Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms
Link to hypertext table Statistics of U.S. Businesses Annual State, metro area Number of firms, employees, payroll, and revenue by employment-size of the enterprise

 

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Source: 1997 Economic Census

Last revised: December 02 2004   Questions?