1997 Economic Census:
Advance Comparative Statistics for the United States
1987 SIC Basis

These data are preliminary and are subject to change; they will be superseded by data released in later reports. Includes only establishments with payroll. Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. For introductory text, see the PDF version of this report.
For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on that element in the table.

1987
SIC
code		 Description Establishments Sales, receipts, or shipments Annual payroll
($1,000)		 Paid employees
1997 1992 1997 ($1,000) 1992 ($1,000) 1997 ($1,000) 1992 ($1,000) 1997 1992
Mineral industries 26,100 30,787 158,482,418 162,095,421 22,144,856 24,198,608 550,137 638,167
10 Metal mining 765 1,023 11,566,446 9,864,437 2,195,844 2,110,884 50,198 52,936
12 Coal mining 1,880 3,069 23,318,061 27,134,131 4,318,395 5,461,377 95,589 134,482
13 Oil & gas extraction 16,686 20,891 106,811,093 111,522,731 12,037,227 13,396,730 304,736 344,876
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 5,537 5,804 16,786,818 13,574,122 3,593,390 3,229,617 99,614 105,873
Construction Industries 631,595 572,851 832,489,119 539,084,657 170,283,237 117,729,651 5,616,775 4,668,280
15 Building construction - general contactors & operative builders 182,315 168,407 362,380,687 220,231,215 39,153,658 27,077,574 1,266,236 1,096,859
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction - contractor 38,983 37,180 128,361,752 98,528,182 29,258,232 23,728,285 858,219 799,422
17 Construction - special trade contractors 410,297 367,263 341,746,680 220,325,260 101,871,347 66,923,793 3,492,320 2,771,999
Manufactures 377,673 370,912 3,964,788,992 3,004,722,841 596,170,493 494,108,853 17,633,977 16,948,942
20 Food and kindred products 20,913 20,798 480,299,707 406,962,767 43,087,362 36,771,769 1,567,155 1,502,749
21 Tobacco products 141 114 36,328,974 35,197,809 1,612,171 1,524,383 34,464 38,038
22 Textile mill products 6,134 5,886 82,763,179 70,752,971 13,635,680 12,397,639 557,775 616,397
23 Apparel and other textile products 23,345 23,093 81,023,419 71,657,925 15,465,805 15,325,090 840,498 985,250
24 Lumber and wood products 36,712 35,807 111,444,879 81,564,818 18,672,983 13,881,820 756,934 655,799
25 Furniture and fixtures 12,059 11,658 62,388,884 43,825,926 13,329,841 10,226,998 522,893 471,088
26 Paper and allied products 6,509 6,416 159,954,824 133,200,703 23,762,258 20,491,873 623,799 626,348
27 Printing and publishing 62,073 65,392 206,396,046 166,153,125 49,105,412 41,136,093 1,519,824 1,492,051
28 Chemicals and allied products 12,401 12,004 404,400,164 305,420,096 38,369,640 32,501,859 843,469 848,637
29 Petroleum and coal products 2,136 2,124 173,414,651 150,226,893 5,445,259 4,966,781 106,863 114,376
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 16,648 15,842 159,079,133 113,592,768 29,994,765 23,156,040 1,031,202 906,669
31 Leather and leather products 1,846 2,040 9,940,805 9,693,763 1,757,557 1,805,959 84,002 101,136
32 Stone, clay, and glass products 16,413 16,254 88,312,387 62,520,611 16,525,003 13,113,124 509,730 468,824
33 Primary metal industries 6,559 6,501 192,924,973 138,286,991 26,892,337 22,202,433 692,943 662,062
34 Fabricated metal products 38,194 36,429 233,701,166 166,532,038 51,131,087 38,961,824 1,555,670 1,362,343
35 Industrial machinery and equipment 56,315 53,956 407,720,628 258,661,356 74,995,215 57,230,912 2,001,684 1,738,905
36 Electronic and other electric equipment 17,129 16,922 345,490,897 216,764,287 57,861,238 44,196,505 1,573,893 1,438,798
37 Transportation equipment 12,323 11,287 520,505,442 399,269,283 68,481,473 62,733,741 1,587,091 1,646,901
38 Instruments and related products 11,811 11,354 157,938,963 134,940,392 35,569,177 33,066,965 832,432 907,106
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 18,012 17,035 50,759,871 39,498,319 10,476,230 8,417,045 391,656 365,465
Transportation, Communications, & Utilities %% ** 293,882 252,953 1,146,184,316 791,205,303 204,651,347 152,543,113 5,822,675 4,934,184
40 Railroad transportation ** N N N N N N N N
41 Passenger transportation 19,616 17,805 18,807,577 12,649,307 7,727,594 5,191,117 455,182 354,913
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 133,360 110,908 197,573,910 143,794,366 55,762,560 39,895,651 1,963,511 1,580,095
44 Water transportation 9,245 8,147 36,303,502 29,207,214 6,345,392 5,170,196 180,282 171,314
45 Transportation by air %% 11,364 9,363 48,622,860 32,973,114 10,408,630 7,401,631 360,004 272,633
46 Pipelines except natural gas 984 844 8,258,204 7,063,056 867,991 821,085 14,901 16,779
47 Transportation services 52,117 46,593 41,610,605 23,889,855 12,700,817 7,850,337 433,849 329,202
48 Communications 24,844 39,244 370,291,340 230,667,167 68,687,777 47,057,941 1,570,180 1,294,236
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 22,306 20,049 424,716,318 310,961,224 42,150,586 39,155,155 844,766 915,012
Wholesale Trade 518,215 495,457 4,212,312,128 3,238,520,447 234,444,895 173,272,138 6,506,992 5,791,264
50 Durable goods - total 335,300 313,464 2,293,821,320 1,593,873,892 147,502,415 105,155,015 3,879,523 3,349,064
51 Nondurable goods - total 182,915 181,993 1,918,490,808 1,644,646,555 86,942,480 68,117,123 2,627,469 2,442,200
Wholesale Trade - merchant wholesalers 440,211 414,836 2,498,394,949 1,847,273,611 177,876,529 127,986,837 5,295,426 4,587,877
50 Durable goods - merchant wholesalers 285,686 264,611 1,322,481,797 902,788,564 113,999,113 78,264,277 3,235,527 2,713,990
51 Nondurable goods - merchant wholesalers 154,525 150,225 1,175,913,152 944,485,047 63,877,416 49,722,560 2,059,899 1,873,887
Retail Trade 1,566,049 1,526,215 2,562,093,519 1,894,880,209 293,577,652 222,867,879 21,349,109 18,407,453
52 Building materials and garden supplies 69,028 69,483 153,830,732 98,832,146 17,529,047 11,789,798 854,538 665,747
53 General merchandise stores 35,444 34,606 328,635,945 245,329,695 30,636,768 24,502,700 2,494,896 2,078,530
54 Food stores 174,284 180,568 419,840,460 369,198,584 43,353,533 37,227,785 3,147,001 2,969,317
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 200,807 201,707 785,314,394 529,853,241 55,659,200 39,376,284 2,290,788 1,942,613
56 Apparel and accessory stores 126,099 145,490 118,604,289 101,714,474 13,728,572 12,038,524 1,121,518 1,144,587
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 115,207 110,073 137,995,685 93,206,043 16,429,289 11,868,650 868,345 702,164
58 Eating and drinking places S 433,608 S 195,316,992 S 52,569,715 S 6,547,908
59 Misellaneous retail S 350,680 S 261,429,034 S 33,494,423 S 2,356,587
Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries S 585,580 S 1,831,526,517 S 211,568,784 S 6,509,591
60 Depository institutions 35,544 104,505 698,685,494 532,056,958 76,944,027 57,339,387 2,130,054 2,100,089
61 Nondepository institutions 52,116 39,439 212,442,260 135,386,946 24,276,234 15,481,372 588,858 445,590
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 48,070 31,177 249,785,961 108,861,913 67,147,859 33,833,505 642,889 406,444
63 Insurance carriers 7,888 38,977 988,348,173 796,024,945 65,685,329 50,518,681 1,586,576 1,516,643
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 131,330 121,662 74,329,366 51,705,051 25,792,339 18,921,131 720,360 635,536
65 Real estate 254,023 229,493 190,508,226 141,673,252 35,288,169 26,245,094 1,393,630 1,231,471
67 Holding & other investment offices, except trusts S 20,327 S 65,817,452 S 9,229,614 S 173,818
Service Industries 2,306,942 2,034,346 2,453,309,380 1,648,868,652 921,942,255 639,369,976 34,223,932 27,399,296
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places S 51,817 S 70,011,326 S 19,837,363 S 1,506,692
72 Personal services 204,636 197,101 53,324,578 43,279,847 17,949,585 14,378,515 1,311,417 1,217,634
73 Business services 398,192 306,551 550,460,705 274,892,184 215,489,949 109,299,267 8,749,897 5,542,417
75 Automotive repair, services, and parking 192,252 171,970 100,972,632 70,032,569 22,919,616 15,549,993 1,109,619 863,856
76 Miscellaneous repair services 67,053 71,576 38,466,393 30,731,827 11,596,526 9,694,859 426,837 428,103
78 Motion pictures 45,961 41,857 63,696,698 43,953,713 13,738,407 9,816,111 568,891 478,084
79 Amusement and recreation services 97,485 83,871 95,000,572 57,762,120 29,507,645 18,926,117 1,529,475 1,119,609
80 Health services 498,881 465,356 814,754,288 623,480,434 346,745,728 274,593,038 11,369,716 10,017,150
81 Legal services 168,206 153,462 123,712,022 102,275,027 48,164,828 39,957,635 977,850 944,958
82 Educational services 27,244 21,018 16,988,073 10,215,561 5,544,934 3,438,404 256,426 196,296
83 Social services 162,365 140,849 94,292,537 67,021,101 34,449,292 24,797,472 2,273,148 1,912,337
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 5,425 3,553 6,422,931 3,390,240 1,784,311 1,233,385 88,514 69,613
86 Membership organizations; 66,458 72,386 46,502,411 36,255,912 12,619,225 10,188,331 597,211 602,527
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv (exc noncomm research org) 297,402 238,392 330,517,234 207,600,554 129,348,154 84,564,182 3,139,215 2,418,884
89 Services, n.e.c. S 14,587 S 7,966,237 S 3,095,304 S 81,136
Auxiliaries S 47,250 S N S 137,084,011 S 3,229,693
N Not available
S Data do not meet publication standards
%% Data do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
** Railroad transportation and U.S. Postal Service industries are out of scope for the 1997 Economic Census
Source: 1997 Economic Census, Advance Report

Last modified: 3/16/1999