1992 CENSUS OF FINANCIAL, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

For the first time, the 1992 Economic Census included data for
establishments primarily engaged in financial, insurance, and
real estate industries.  The data in this summary represent
United States totals for establishments with payroll.  Data for
establishments without payroll are presented in a separate report
of this series, Nonemployer Statistics (FC92-N-1).

Data from the census show that the 104,505 establishments of
depository institutions had revenue totaling $532.1 billion. 
Depository institutions primarily included: 62,761   
establishments of commercial banks with revenue of $318.1    
billion, 20,544 establishments of savings institutions with
revenue of $92.3 billion, and 15,665 establishments of credit
unions with revenue of $21.4 billion.

Depository institutions had 2,100,089 paid employees (full- and
part-time) as of mid-March 1992, with an average annual payroll
of $27,303 per employee.

Within the insurance industry, the 38,977 establishments of
insurance carriers had revenue of $796.0 billion and the 121,662  
establishments of insurance agents, brokers, and services had
revenue of $51.7 billion.

Insurance carriers employed 1,516,643 paid employees (full- and
part-time) as of mid-March 1992, with an average annual payroll
of $33,310 per employee. Insurance agents, brokers, and services
employed 635,536 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-
March 1992, with an average annual payroll per employee of
$29,772.

The 229,493 establishments primarily engaged in real estate
activity had revenue totaling $141.7 billion.  Within this
category, the 102,887 establishments of real estate operators and
lessors had revenue of $74.1 billion, and the 106,552
establishments of real estate agents and managers had revenue of
$53.7 billion.

The real estate industry employed 1,231,471 paid employees (full-
and part-time) as of mid-March 1992, with an average annual
payroll per employee of $21,312.