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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX 

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Colorado's
32,878 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $18.8 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 63.1 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987. 

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $1.8 billion, compared with $1.2
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $2.3 billion in receipts, engineering services with $1.4
billion, and legal services with $1.3 billion. 

There were 319,052 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
256,147 employees in 1987. Large employers included hotels and motels
with 32,878 employees, help supply services with 24,729 employees, and
offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with 17,938 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX 

Data for the census show that Colorado's 3,331 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $6.3 billion and
expenses of $5.9 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 78.1 percent in expenses since 1987. 

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$3.7 billion, compared with $2.1 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were clinics of doctors of medicine and
dentists with revenue of $348.5 million, and business associations with
$228.3 million. 

There were 104,379 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 81,202 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 58,174
employees; civic, social, and fraternal associations, 4,975 employees;
and individual and family social services, 4,944 employees.