2002 Economic Census
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Virginia

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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.
More data	NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
	54	Professional, scientific, & technical services	23,152	40,683,149	17,555,444	309,824
	541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	23,152	40,683,149	17,555,444	309,824

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.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	23,152	40,683,149	17,555,444	309,824
5411	Legal services	4,104	3,470,453	1,501,988	27,099
54111	Offices of lawyers	3,716	3,197,255	1,400,751	24,521
5411102	Legal aid societies & similar legal services	82	66,123	24,073	604
54119	Other legal services	388	273,198	101,237	2,578
541191	Title abstract & settlement offices	297	204,576	69,678	1,653
541199	All other legal services	91	68,622	31,559	925
5412	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	2,754	1,626,244	857,091	31,874
54121	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	2,754	1,626,244	857,091	31,874
541211	Offices of certified public accountants	1,225	1,044,480	449,776	9,385
541213	Tax preparation services	588	114,034	35,436	6,567
541214	Payroll services	94	279,821	282,889	11,942
541219	Other accounting services	847	187,909	88,990	3,980
5413	Architectural, engineering, & related services	3,178	6,514,241	2,845,294	52,160
54131	Architectural services	541	677,491	241,354	4,567
54132	Landscape architectural services	131	72,354	28,379	849
54133	Engineering services	1,850	5,421,318	2,428,417	42,221
54134	Drafting services	69	14,084	6,593	198
54135	Building inspection services	143	25,288	11,249	344
54136	Geophysical surveying & mapping services	13	5,389	2,759	73
54137	Surveying & mapping (except geophysical) services	306	140,882	70,250	2,287
54138	Testing laboratories	125	157,435	56,293	1,621
5414	Specialized design services	738	308,446	92,707	2,544
54141	Interior design services	325	155,573	35,688	1,087
54142	Industrial design services	20	13,605	6,336	122
54143	Graphic design services	374	135,260	48,783	1,217
54149	Other specialized design services	19	4,008	1,900	118
5415	Computer systems design & related services	4,911	16,125,656	6,738,620	100,691
541511	Custom computer programming services	1,988	3,912,919	1,991,221	28,842
541512	Computer systems design services	2,048	8,768,353	3,375,701	51,061
5415121	Computer systems integrators	816	4,530,198	1,717,326	25,089
5415122	Computer systems consultants (except systems integrators)	1,232	4,238,155	1,658,375	25,972
541513	Computer facilities management services	366	2,480,654	919,267	14,313
541519	Other computer related services	509	963,730	452,431	6,475
5416	Management, scientific, & technical consulting services	4,078	5,511,424	2,586,431	41,410
54161	Management consulting services	3,267	4,667,960	2,230,596	35,369
541611	Admin management & general management consulting services	1,925	3,587,574	1,846,023	27,265
541612	Human resources & executive search consulting services	446	318,064	143,601	2,593
5416121	Actuarial consulting	16	34,166	18,062	191
5416122	Executive placement services	190	94,976	44,565	875
5416123	Human resources and personnel management consulting	240	188,922	80,974	1,527
541613	Marketing consulting services	576	345,032	117,918	3,217
541614	Process, physical distribution, & logistics consulting services	182	365,457	108,491	1,954
541618	Other management consulting services	138	51,833	14,563	340
54162	Environmental consulting services	273	337,009	156,461	2,890
54169	Other scientific & technical consulting services	538	506,455	199,374	3,151
5416901	Economic & related consulting services	291	196,176	67,015	1,009
5416909	All other scientific and technical consulting services	247	310,279	132,359	2,142
5417	Scientific research & development services	625	4,728,376	2,145,696	30,418
54171	Research & development in the phys, engineering & life sciences	540	4,574,850	2,056,175	28,944
5417101	Research & devopment in the physical & engineering sciences	413	4,268,777	1,903,176	26,204
5417102	Research & development in the life sciences	127	306,073	152,999	2,740
54171023	Research & development in biotechnology	49	122,253	52,504	887
54171029	Research & development in other life sciences	78	183,820	100,495	1,853
54172	Research & development in the social sciences & humanities	85	153,526	89,521	1,474
5418	Advertising & related services	980	1,169,482	393,422	9,001
54181	Advertising agencies	244	346,424	140,045	2,232
54182	Public relations agencies	240	201,115	73,724	1,179
54183	Media buying services	22	24,100	11,954	129
54184	Media representatives	46	29,677	10,477	477
5418401	Radio & television advertising representatives	17	11,165	4,320	73
5418402	Publishers' advertising representatives	29	18,512	6,157	404
54185	Display advertising	40	51,339	11,870	513
54186	Direct mail advertising	166	367,635	112,301	3,357
54187	Advertising material distribution services	13	5,630	1,635	46
54189	Other services related to advertising	209	143,562	31,416	1,068
5418901	Welcoming services	1	D	D	(1-19)
5418902	Advertising specialties goods distributor	106	113,815	21,997	665
5418903	Sign painting & lettering shop	90	21,861	7,047	308
5418909	All other advertising services	12	D	D	(20-99)
5419	Other professional, scientific, & technical services	1,784	1,228,827	394,195	14,627
54191	Marketing research & public opinion polling	146	259,256	101,114	2,778
54192	Photographic services	438	219,494	39,082	2,168
541921	Photography studios, portrait	356	191,933	30,763	1,891
541922	Commercial photography	82	27,561	8,319	277
54193	Translation & interpretation sevices	47	22,498	9,417	274
541930	Translation & interpretation services	47	22,498	9,417	274
54194	Veterinary services	684	503,041	191,682	8,221
54199	All other professional, scientific, & technical services	469	224,538	52,900	1,186