1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
UNITED STATES

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that the United
States' 1,825,435 service industries establishments of firms with
payroll that were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling
$1,202.6 billion. The 1992 data represent an increase of 56.0 percent
in receipts for the United States since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $141.4 billion, compared with $90.5
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $101.1 billion in receipts, computer programming,
data processing, and other computer related services with $101.1
billion, and hotels and motels with $67.2 billion.

There were 19,290,352 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the United States as of mid-March 1992, compared
with 16,054,738 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 1,841,921 employees, hotels and motels with 1,455,924
employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with
1,356,685 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that the United States' 208,911 service
industries establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll
that were exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $446.3
billion and expenses of $423.9 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent
an increase of 67.4 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$279.7 billion, compared with $172.0 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were individual and family social services with
revenue of $16.0 billion, and nursing and personal care facilities with
$15.2 billion.

There were 8,108,944 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of
mid-March 1992, compared with 6,736,670 employees in 1987. Hospitals
had 4,566,323 employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 497,895
employees; and individual and family social services, 434,270
employees.