1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Information

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		 Revenue
($1,000)
51 Information 8,331 20,700,214 5,049 151,346 3,282 20,548,868
511 Publishing industries 3,157 10,496,689 1,731 53,609 1,426 10,443,080
512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 1,675 544,736 1,242 39,780 433 504,956
5121 Motion picture & video industries 1,465 513,597 1,085 34,750 380 478,847
5122 Sound recording industries 210 31,139 157 5,030 53 26,109
513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 1,698 7,882,229 781 24,670 917 7,857,559
514 Information services & data processing services 1,801 1,776,560 1,295 33,287 506 1,743,273
5141 Information services 855 517,114 595 16,769 260 500,345
5142 Data processing services 946 1,259,446 700 16,518 246 1,242,928
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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