1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
RHODE ISLAND

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Rhode
Island's 7,649 service industries establishments of firms with payroll
that were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $3.7
billion. The 1992 data represent an increase of 40.7 percent in
receipts for the State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $458.4 million, compared with $306.9
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $367.6 million in receipts, nursing and personal
care facilities with $238.8 million, and computer programming, data
processing, and other computer related services with $209.6 million. 

There were 64,411 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
60,638 employees in 1987. Large employers included nursing and personal
care facilities with 7,401 employees, help supply services with 6,279
employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with 4,892
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Rhode Island's 1,130 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $2.2 billion and
expenses of $2.1 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 61.1 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$1.3 billion, compared with $873.5 million in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were nursing and personal care facilities with
revenue of $118.6 million, and individual and family social services
with $101.6 million.

There were 42,748 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 38,692 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 22,678
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 3,665 employees; and
job training and vocational rehabilitation services, 2,487 employees.