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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Georgia's
46,880 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $30.8 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 65.2 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $4.1 billion, compared with $2.3
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $3.3 billion in receipts, legal services with $2.1
billion, and hotels and motels with $1.5 billion.

There were 501,753 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
414,969 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 54,027 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of
medicine with 37,318 employees, and hotels and motels with 36,596
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Georgia's 3,821 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $9.1 billion and
expenses of $8.6 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 75.3 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$6.7 billion, compared with $3.9 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were business associations with revenue of
$238.1 million, and civic, social, and fraternal associations with
$204.7 million.

There were 163,242 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 129,945 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 114,970
employees; civic, social, and fraternal associations, 6,086 employees;
and individual and family social services, 4,730 employees.