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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Connecticut's
27,447 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $19.1 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 50.5 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $2.3 billion, compared with $1.3
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $1.5 billion in receipts, legal services with $1.5
billion, and engineering services with $1.1 billion.

There were 272,515 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
250,198 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 28,224 employees, nursing and personal care facilities
with 27,289 employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine
with 20,178 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Connecticut's 3,413 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $7.0 billion and
expenses of $6.8 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 67.6 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$4.3 billion, compared with $2.6 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were nursing and personal care facilities with
revenue of $353.5 million, and civic, social, and fraternal
associations with $289.1 million.

There were 125,206 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 108,569 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 66,254
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 8,920 employees; and
individual and family social services, 7,345 employees.