1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that the District
of Columbia's 7,373 service industries establishments of firms with
payroll that were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling
$11.2 billion. The 1992 data represent an increase of 42.6 percent in
receipts for the District since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $439.7 million, compared with $337.6
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $4.6 billion in receipts, hotels and motels with
$846.0 million, and computer programming, data processing, and other
computer related services with $783.8 million.

There were 120,661 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the District as of mid-March 1992, compared with
120,844 employees in 1987. Large employers included legal services with
29,030 employees, hotels and motels with 14,029 employees, and
management and public relations services with 13,001 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that the District of Columbia's 2,582 service
industries establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll
that were exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $9.8
billion and expenses of $9.3 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent
an increase of 69.6 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$2.7 billion, compared with $1.7 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were business associations with revenue of $2.0
billion, and professional membership organizations with $683.3 million.


There were 96,338 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 86,461 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 38,375
employees; business associations, 12,162 employees; and civic, social,
and fraternal associations, 4,006 employees.