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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Nebraska's
11,284 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $5.8 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 64.3 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $750.4 million, compared with $505.6
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $778.2 million in receipts, legal services with $314.7
million, and hotels and motels with $214.0 million.

There were 120,261 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
89,254 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply services
with 9,790 employees, nursing and personal care facilities with 8,158
employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with 8,069
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Nebraska's 1,897 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $2.6 billion and
expenses of $2.4 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 61.0 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$1.7 billion, compared with $1.0 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were residential care with revenue of $151.0
million, and nursing and personal care facilities with $142.7 million.

There were 58,583 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 50,653 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 33,452
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 6,270 employees; and
civic, social, and fraternal associations, 3,937 employees.