1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Construction

Massachusetts
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Dollar value of
business done
($1,000)
23 Construction 68,094 23,550,685 53,135 2,919,631 14,959 20,631,054
233 Building, developing, & general contracting 13,625 9,828,907 9,510 1,024,015 4,115 8,804,892
2331 Land subdivision & land development 1,151 528,745 931 138,777 220 389,968
2332 Residential building construction 10,818 3,596,713 7,815 820,524 3,003 2,776,189
2333 Nonresidential building construction 1,656 5,703,449 764 64,714 892 5,638,735
234 Heavy construction 1,729 3,769,211 744 47,921 985 3,721,290
2341 Highway, street, bridge, & tunnel construction 476 2,292,876 193 9,190 283 2,283,686
2349 Other heavy construction 1,253 1,476,335 551 38,731 702 1,437,604
235 Special trade contractors 52,740 9,952,567 42,881 1,847,695 9,859 8,104,872
2351 Plumbing, heating, & air-conditioning contractors 5,724 2,415,571 3,552 199,843 2,172 2,215,728
2352 Painting & wall covering contractors 7,694 466,780 6,824 206,260 870 260,520
2353 Electrical contractors 5,820 1,911,467 4,041 159,662 1,779 1,751,805
2354 Masonry, drywall, insulation, & tile contractors 4,394 952,852 3,386 160,166 1,008 792,686
2355 Carpentry & floor contractors 16,747 1,348,502 15,434 664,652 1,313 683,850
2356 Roofing, siding, & sheet metal contractors 2,168 551,594 1,602 81,900 566 469,694
2357 Concrete contractors 1,047 420,616 477 20,912 570 399,704
2358 Water well drilling contractors 100 45,661 59 4,219 41 41,442
2359 Other special trade contractors 9,046 1,839,525 7,506 350,081 1,540 1,489,444
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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