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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Maine's 8,987
service industries establishments of firms with payroll that were
subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $3.6 billion. The
1992 data represent an increase of 55.0 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $493.9 million, compared with $305.4
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $343.9 million in receipts, hotels and motels with
$323.8 million, and nursing and personal care facilities with $263.0
million.

There were 68,058 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
57,526 employees in 1987. Large employers included nursing and personal
care facilities with 9,769 employees, hotels and motels with 6,505
employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with 5,033
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX 

Data for the census show that Maine's 1,678 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $2.1 billion and
expenses of $2.0 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 64.9 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$1.3 billion, compared with $812.3 million in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were individual and family social services with
revenue of $108.0 million, and nursing and personal care facilities
with $86.5 million.

There were 44,951 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 39,127 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 24,588
employees; individual and family social services, 3,225 employees; and
nursing and personal care facilities, 3,169 employees.