1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
ALASKA

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX 

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Alaska's
4,452 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that were
subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $2.4 billion. The
1992 data represent an increase of 54.3 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987. 

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $257.8 million, compared with $191.3
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $268.5 million in receipts, hotels and motels with
$251.6 million, and engineering services with $204.2 million.

There were 31,889 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
27,555 employees in 1987. Large employers included hotels and motels
with 4,008 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with
2,396 employees, and legal services with 2,209 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX 

Data for the census show that Alaska's 897 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $1.0 billion and
expenses of $980.3 million in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 56.4 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$596.7 million, compared with $382.5 million in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were civic, social, and fraternal associations
with revenue of $74.5 million, and individual and family social
services with $71.3 million.

There were 17,154 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 15,041 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 7,640
employees; individual and family social services, 1,685 employees; and
civic, social, and fraternal associations, 1,547 employees.