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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that California's
244,473 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $198.4
billion. The 1992 data represent an increase of 54.4 percent in
receipts for the State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $22.0 billion, compared with $14.8
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $18.3 billion in receipts, legal services with $16.3
billion, and engineering services with $10.2 billion.

There were 2,645,792 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
2,248,466 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 240,553 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of
medicine with 195,851 employees, and hotels and motels with 168,890
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX 

Data for the census show that California's 20,066 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $49.2 billion and
expenses of $47.2 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 70.1 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$30.0 billion, compared with $19.0 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were clinics of doctors of medicine and
dentists with revenue of $4.7 billion, and individual and family social
services with $1.8 billion.

There were 707,131 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 612,758 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 397,857
employees; individual and family social services, 39,360 employees; and
residential care, 34,847 employees.