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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Virginia's
45,905 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $33.6 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 64.6 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $3.2 billion, compared with $1.9
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $7.3 billion in receipts, engineering services with $3.1
billion, and hotels and motels with $1.6 billion.

There were 525,742 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
438,728 employees in 1987. Large employers included hotels and motels
with 37,976 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with
34,621 employees, and engineering services with 34,418 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Virginia's 4,728 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $10.8 billion and
expenses of $10.1 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 67.7 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$5.8 billion, compared with $3.3 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were business associations with revenue of
$802.5 million, and commercial physical and biological research with
$551.1 million.

There were 176,356 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 143,791 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 99,034
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 8,020 employees; and
residential care, 6,718 employees.