Introduction

This summary page of industry sector NAICS 54, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, contains the NAICS definition for the industry sector as a whole, as well as the latest data available and links to the survey questionnaire forms that are used to collect the information. Please click on the links below or scroll down the page to go to your topic of interest.

NAICS Industry Sector Description
NAICS Industry Descriptions
Latest Data
Survey Forms

NAICS Industry Sector Description

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.

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NAICS Industry Descriptions

We collect information for the following industries in NAICS 54: (click on the links to see their NAICS description)
NAICS 541110 - Offices of Lawyers NAICS 541191 - Title and Abstract and Settlement Offices NAICS 541199 - All Other Legal Services NAICS 541211 - Offices of Certified Public Accountants NAICS 541213 - Tax Preparation Services NAICS 541214 - Payroll Services NAICS 541219 - Other Accounting Services NAICS 541310 - Architectural Services NAICS 541330 - Engineering Services NAICS 541360 - Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services NAICS 541370 - Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services NAICS 541380 - Testing Laboratories NAICS 541410 - Interior Design Services NAICS 541420 - Industrial Design Services NAICS 541430 - Graphic Design Services NAICS 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services NAICS 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services NAICS 541513 - Computer Facilities Management Services NAICS 541519 - Other Computer Related Services NAICS 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services NAICS 541612 - Human Resources and Executive Search Consulting Services NAICS 541613 - Marketing Consulting Services	NAICS 541614 - Process, Physical, Distribution and Logistics Consulting Services NAICS 541618 - Other Management Consulting Services NAICS 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services NAICS 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services NAICS 541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences NAICS 541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities NAICS 541810 - Advertising Agencies NAICS 541820 - Public Relations Agencies NAICS 541830 - Media Buying Agencies NAICS 541840 - Media Representatives NAICS 541850 - Display Advertising NAICS 541860 - Direct Mail Advertising NAICS 541870 - Advertising Material Distribution Services NAICS 541890 - Other Services Related to Advertising NAICS 541910 - Marketing Research and Pubic Opinion Polling NAICS 541921 - Photography Studios, Portrait NAICS 541922 - Commercial Photography NAICS 541930 - Translation and Interpretation Services NAICS 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

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Latest Data

The latest data available is for the year 2005. All data tables are made available in the Portable Document Format (PDF).

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NAICS Industry Data

Tables are in both PDF and XLS format
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54 .xls
Estimated Revenue for Employer Firms

Estimated Coefficients of Variation

Tables are in both PDF and XLS format
54 Appendix .pdf
54 Appendix .xls


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Survey Forms

Below is a listing of the survey questionnaire forms that are used to collect data for the Service Annual Survey. We are currently collecting information for the 2004 survey year. The questionnaire forms are in PDF format.



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