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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Texas'
123,560 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $84.8 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 66.4 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $9.5 billion, compared with $6.1
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $7.6 billion in receipts, computer programming,
data processing, and other computer related services with $6.8 billion,
and engineering services with $6.3 billion.

There were 1,430,220 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
1,060,911 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 188,915 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of
medicine with 84,238 employees, and nursing and personal care
facilities with 79,289 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Texas's 10,897 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $21.7 billion and
expenses of $20.4 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 80.2 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$14.7 billion, compared with $8.2 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were civic, social, and fraternal associations
with revenue of $786.5 million, and individual and family social
services with $580.9 million.

There were 397,529 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 318,616 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 229,740
employees; home health care services, 26,175 employees; and civic,
social, and fraternal associations, 21,906 employees.