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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Maryland's
36,825 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $26.9 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 54.2 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $3.1 billion, compared with $1.9
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $4.3 billion in receipts, engineering services with $3.1
billion, and legal services with $1.5 billion.

There were 418,574 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
368,662 employees in 1987. Large employers included engineering
services with 39,667 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of
medicine with 30,046 employees, and help supply services with 22,023
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Maryland's 3,899 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $9.9 billion and
expenses of $9.5 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 79.1 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$5.3 billion, compared with $3.2 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were individual and family social services with
revenue of $788.9 million, and commercial physical and biological
research with $590.8 million.

There were 162,866 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 132,354 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 89,932
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 11,309 employees; and
individual and family social services, 10,486 employees.