UNITED STATES SUMMARY

     This report summarizes data previously published in 26
     separate industry reports covering construction
     establishments with payroll.  In addition, limited data on
     construction establishments with no payroll during 1992
     obtained from administrative records of the Federal
     Government are included.  (Establishments with no payroll
     are, for the most part, companies owned and operated by a
     single person.)

     Establishments covered in this file were primarily engaged
     in contract construction or construction on their own
     account for sale, as defined in the Standard Industrial
     Classification Manual:  1987 (SIC).  The SIC Manual defines
     construction in three broad types: (1) building construction
     by general contractors or operative builders; (2) heavy
     construction (highways, power plants, etc.) done by general
     contractors and selected special trade contractors; and, (3)
     construction done by special trade contractors such as
     electricians, plumbers and painters.

     During 1992, there were nearly 2 million establishments in
     the United States operating in the construction industries.
     These establishments accounted for $582 billion in total
     value of business done.

     Most of the 2 million construction establishments were
     small.  Of the total, 1.3 million were nonemployers, and
     over half of the employer establishments had less than 5
     employees. However, the 214,207 establishments with 5
     employees or more, while representing only 11 percent of all
     establishments, accounted for more than 80 percent of the
     total value of business done.

     ESTABLISHMENTS WITH PAYROLL

     During 1992, the establishments with paid employees
     accounted for $539 billion in total dollar value of business
     done.  Of this amount, $528 billion were for the value of
     construction work.  Their payments for construction work
     subcontracted to others amounted to $137 billion, leaving
     net value of construction work of $391 billion.  In
     addition, these establishments paid out $26 billion for the
     cost of fuels, power, rental of equipment and buildings, and
     the cost of selected purchased services.  Value added for
     1992 was $235 billion.  (See CC92.EXP for explanation of
     terms.)

     There were 572,851 establishments with total employment
     averaging 4,668,280 during the year.  Total payroll for 1992
     was $118 billion.

     The data in this file covering establishments with payroll
     were obtained from a sample survey.

     Since the data in this file covering employer establishments
     are estimated from a sample survey, they are subject to
     sampling variability, as well as errors of response and
     nonreporting.  The relative standard errors shown in the
     tables are measures of sampling variability.  Descriptions
     of the sampling, estimating procedures, and data reliability
     are included in CC92.MTH (Methodology).

     ESTABLISHMENTS WITHOUT PAYROLL

     During 1992, there were 1.3 million establishments with no
     payroll classified as construction.  According to
     administrative records of the Federal Government, their
     value of business done during 1992 was $43 billion.  Most of
     these establishments, about 82 percent, were special trade
     contractors.

     For the establishments without payroll, only information on
     total value of business done was available from
     administrative records.  Statistics on establishments
     without payroll are shown in file CC92IN11 (Summary
     statistics with and without payroll, 1992-1987).