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2002 Economic Census
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Receipts
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
  54 Professional, scientific, & technical services 21,906 37,329,788 15,613,290 239,737
541 Professional, scientific, & technical services 21,906 37,329,788 15,613,290 239,737

 

 

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Receipts
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
541 Professional, scientific, & technical services 21,906 37,329,788 15,613,290 239,737
5411 Legal services 5,109 5,869,095 2,144,256 33,122
54111 Offices of lawyers 4,979 5,650,177 2,102,352 32,269
5411102 Legal aid societies & similar legal services 76 73,176 29,191 720
54119 Other legal services 130 218,918 41,904 853
541191 Title abstract & settlement offices 84 72,504 18,993 421
541199 All other legal services 46 146,414 22,911 432
5412 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services 2,486 2,393,159 1,102,112 25,426
54121 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services 2,486 2,393,159 1,102,112 25,426
541211 Offices of certified public accountants 1,336 1,777,283 716,174 12,779
541213 Tax preparation services 395 89,481 28,481 3,678
541214 Payroll services 105 305,106 210,081 5,020
541219 Other accounting services 650 221,289 147,376 3,949
5413 Architectural, engineering, & related services 3,047 6,839,047 2,476,475 41,520
54131 Architectural services 771 1,181,604 484,198 8,099
54132 Landscape architectural services 239 159,333 58,401 1,265
54133 Engineering services 1,584 5,088,480 1,752,168 28,171
54134 Drafting services 19 6,222 3,335 80
54135 Building inspection services 81 20,495 6,154 212
54136 Geophysical surveying & mapping services 11 6,536 2,761 67
54137 Surveying & mapping (except geophysical) services 207 120,970 62,863 1,445
54138 Testing laboratories 135 255,407 106,595 2,181
5414 Specialized design services 791 500,671 149,003 3,143
54141 Interior design services 273 201,647 40,782 1,000
54142 Industrial design services 60 69,458 28,956 475
54143 Graphic design services 426 212,900 74,571 1,568
54149 Other specialized design services 32 16,666 4,694 100
5415 Computer systems design & related services 3,693 8,739,667 3,754,454 50,199
541511 Custom computer programming services 1,804 3,209,606 1,677,105 21,128
541512 Computer systems design services 1,283 4,350,195 1,469,024 20,555
5415121 Computer systems integrators 446 1,551,755 740,239 10,039
5415122 Computer systems consultants (except systems integrators) 837 2,798,440 728,785 10,516
541513 Computer facilities management services 132 416,069 140,321 2,385
541519 Other computer related services 474 763,797 468,004 6,131
5416 Management, scientific, & technical consulting services 3,443 5,427,307 2,325,456 28,577
54161 Management consulting services 2,809 4,489,455 1,968,743 23,329
541611 Admin management & general management consulting services 1,497 2,721,248 1,215,202 12,614
541612 Human resources & executive search consulting services 571 736,136 396,328 5,377
5416121 Actuarial consulting 22 79,011 48,414 491
5416122 Executive placement services 274 180,506 92,250 1,445
5416123 Human resources and personnel management consulting 275 476,619 255,664 3,441
541613 Marketing consulting services 510 622,290 201,040 2,980
541614 Process, physical distribution, & logistics consulting services 151 366,990 132,936 1,872
541618 Other management consulting services 80 42,791 23,237 486
54162 Environmental consulting services 260 371,256 131,947 2,630
54169 Other scientific & technical consulting services 374 566,596 224,766 2,618
5416901 Economic & related consulting services 216 324,286 139,076 1,424
5416909 All other scientific and technical consulting services 158 242,310 85,690 1,194
5417 Scientific research & development services 904 5,031,210 2,639,022 34,562
54171 Research & development in the phys, engineering & life sciences 778 4,496,928 2,286,462 29,453
5417101 Research & devopment in the physical & engineering sciences 383 1,715,150 981,085 12,933
5417102 Research & development in the life sciences 395 2,781,778 1,305,377 16,520
54171023 Research & development in biotechnology 209 1,412,001 619,800 8,021
54171029 Research & development in other life sciences 186 1,369,777 685,577 8,499
54172 Research & development in the social sciences & humanities 126 534,282 352,560 5,109
5418 Advertising & related services 972 1,479,641 602,440 11,251
54181 Advertising agencies 317 447,010 237,309 3,872
54182 Public relations agencies 226 303,681 143,017 2,224
54183 Media buying services 12 28,098 13,352 212
54184 Media representatives 65 48,956 17,450 428
5418401 Radio & television advertising representatives 23 20,100 7,859 206
5418402 Publishers' advertising representatives 42 28,856 9,591 222
54185 Display advertising 39 42,058 12,656 248
54186 Direct mail advertising 114 347,549 95,753 2,452
54187 Advertising material distribution services 9 54,399 26,034 454
54189 Other services related to advertising 190 207,890 56,869 1,361
5418901 Welcoming services 1 D D (1-19)
5418902 Advertising specialties goods distributor 99 130,251 37,389 870
5418903 Sign painting & lettering shop 59 24,449 7,229 239
5418909 All other advertising services 31 D D (250-499)
5419 Other professional, scientific, & technical services 1,461 1,049,991 420,072 11,937
54191 Marketing research & public opinion polling 173 256,909 111,054 2,328
54192 Photographic services 362 112,048 31,745 1,404
541921 Photography studios, portrait 260 82,367 22,354 1,083
541922 Commercial photography 102 29,681 9,391 321
54193 Translation & interpretation sevices 30 36,931 9,827 200
541930 Translation & interpretation services 30 36,931 9,827 200
54194 Veterinary services 448 374,325 145,196 5,371
54199 All other professional, scientific, & technical services 448 269,778 122,250 2,634


Source: 2002 Economic Census, Geographic Area Series   Questions?
Last revised: July 11, 2005