Table 1. MERCHANT WHOLESALE (NAICS SECTOR 42 PART). Sales and Operating Expenses by Type and Kind of Business: 2002 (Part I) (Revised June 2006)

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Part 1 of 7 Sales, Total Operating Expenses, Payroll, Fringe Benefits, Contract Labor
Part 2 of 7 Computer Related Supplies, Packaging and Containers, Other Materials and Supplies, Utilities
Part 3 of 7 Transportation, Repair and Maintenance, Printing, Advertising
Part 4 of 7 Legal, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Management Consulting, Communication Services
Part 5 of 7 Custom Coded Software, System Design, Data Processing and Other Computer Services, Lease and Rental
Part 6 of 7 Insurance, Taxes and License Fees, Depreciation, Commissions
Part 7 of 7 Contract Work, Other Operating Expenses
Table 2 – Measures of sampling error for Merchant Wholesale (NAICS Sector 42 part)
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Data are based on the 2002 Economic Census and the 2002 Business Expenses Survey.
Data are presented only for establishments with payroll. Dollar amounts are in thousands. Click on the column header for description.

2002 NAICS code	Kind of business	Sales	Operating expenses, total	Annual payroll		Employer costs for fringe benefits		Contract labor cost, including temporary help
2002 NAICS code	Kind of business	Sales	Operating expenses, total	Amount	Percent of total	Amount	Percent of total	Amount	Percent of total
42	Merchant wholesale	2,835,528,616	507,528,903	202,858,999	40.0	38,621,870	7.6	7,469,017	1.5
423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,421,501,909	307,386,615	125,205,063	40.7	23,579,577	7.7	5,209,648	1.7
4231	Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers	251,946,460	43,690,392	13,571,985	31.1	2,755,017	6.3	591,889	1.4
4232	Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers	53,483,947	14,778,990	5,691,449	38.5	985,927	6.7	497,337	3.4
4233	Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers	95,090,891	17,445,902	7,352,973	42.1	1,248,385	7.2	403,124	2.3
4234	Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	272,461,117	58,191,744	26,849,712	46.1	4,653,103	8.0	1,189,366	2.0
4235	Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers	81,746,230	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
4236	Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers	222,958,123	48,691,202	20,466,179	42.0	3,699,108	7.6	695,121	1.4
4237	Hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	70,431,056	16,780,912	7,858,626	46.8	1,441,335	8.6	194,747	1.2
4238	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers	227,758,197	60,208,276	26,636,642	44.2	5,404,813	9.0	683,447	1.1
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	145,625,888	32,081,813	10,773,000	33.6	2,014,785	6.3	S	S
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,414,026,707	200,142,288	77,653,936	38.8	15,042,293	7.5	2,259,369	1.1
4241	Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers	72,645,541	16,472,973	7,933,993	48.2	1,211,303	7.4	114,617	0.7
4242	Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	245,625,228	22,595,764	7,821,953	34.6	1,373,248	6.1	368,666	1.6
4243	Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers	105,803,333	27,373,834	9,471,833	34.6	1,455,490	5.3	397,143	1.5
4244	Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers	385,881,348	53,854,864	22,084,552	41.0	4,806,586	8.9	477,512	0.9
4245	Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers	103,402,280	7,758,894	2,454,953	31.6	568,546	7.3	S	S
4246	Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers	67,721,393	16,245,307	6,247,864	38.5	1,358,006	8.4	S	S
4247	Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers	192,666,241	9,695,737	3,573,252	36.9	602,876	6.2	139,596	1.4
4248	Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	79,189,234	15,961,089	7,037,840	44.1	1,439,241	9.0	69,370	0.4
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	161,092,109	30,183,825	11,027,697	36.5	2,226,998	7.4	457,637	1.5

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 2 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation).
Percent columns represent percent of total operating expenses. Data on expenses include central administrative offices and other enterprise support locations such as warehouses, previously known as auxiliaries. Consequently, data presented here on sample-based payroll may not match payroll presented in other economic census reports.