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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Ohio's 69,909
service industries establishments of firms with payroll that were
subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $40.8 billion. The
1992 data represent an increase of 54.4 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $5.7 billion, compared with $3.9
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $3.6 billion in receipts, legal services with $2.8
billion, and nursing and personal care facilities with $2.2 billion.

There were 758,374 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
648,361 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 87,182 employees, nursing and personal care facilities
with 75,634 employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine
with 56,400 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Ohio's 9,283 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $20.1 billion and
expenses of $19.1 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 55.4 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$13.9 billion, compared with $9.2 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were nursing and personal care facilities with
revenue of $838.0 million, and individual and family social services
with $675.2 million.

There were 393,879 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 339,537 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 232,413
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 29,161 employees; and
job training and vocational rehabilitation services, 20,334 employees.