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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that
Pennsylvania's 77,839 service industries establishments of firms with
payroll that were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling
$49.4 billion. The 1992 data represent an increase of 48.6 percent in
receipts for the State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $6.2 billion, compared with $4.2
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
engineering services with $4.6 billion in receipts, legal services with
$4.4 billion, and computer programming, data processing, and other
computer related services with $3.2 billion.

There were 797,051 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
693,760 employees in 1987. Large employers included offices and clinics
of doctors of medicine with 60,851 employees, help supply services with
56,153 employees, and hotels and motels with 44,611 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Pennsylvania's 12,449 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $26.5 billion and
expenses of $25.3 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 63.0 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$17.7 billion, compared with $11.2 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were nursing and personal care facilities with
revenue of $1.5 billion, and residential care with $943.3 million.

There were 514,258 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 425,641 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 290,397
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 46,370 employees; and
residential care, 28,794 employees.