1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
NEW MEXICO

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX
  
Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that New
Mexico's 10,661 service industries establishments of firms with
payroll that were subject to Federal income tax had receipts
totaling $6.2 billion.  The 1992 data represent an increase of 46.6
percent in receipts for the State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $620.8 million, compared with
$414.3 million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in
1992 were hotels and motels with $467.2 million in receipts,
engineering services with $451.1 million, and legal services with
$379.2 million.

There were 111,481 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in 
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
88,313 employees in 1987. Large employers included hotels and
motels with 12,973 employees, management and public relations
services with 12,292 employees, and help supply services with 8,324
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that New Mexico's 1,480 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that
were exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $1.9
billion and expenses of $1.8 billion in 1992. The 1992 data
represent an increase of 70.0 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals
totaled $1.2 billion, compared with $755.8 million in 1987. Other
leading classifications in 1992 were civic, social, and fraternal
associations with revenue of $77.1 million, and nursing and
personal care facilities with $70.4 million.

There were 42,949 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of
mid-March 1992, compared with 30,914 employees in 1987. Hospitals
had 22,672 employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 2,629
employees; and civic, social, and fraternal associations, 2,228
employees.