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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Vermont's
5,025 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that were
subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $1.9 billion. The
1992 data represent an increase of 43.8 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $187.6 million, compared with $116.6
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
hotels and motels with $312.7 million in receipts, legal services with
$142.0 million, and computer programming, data processing, and other
computer related services with $100.2 million.

There were 37,134 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
36,674 employees in 1987. Large employers included hotels and motels
with 8,531 employees, nursing and personal care facilities with 3,117
employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with 2,093
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Vermont's 1,094 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $1.0 billion and
expenses of $985.6 million in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 75.0 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$545.7 million, compared with $330.8 million in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were clinics of doctors of medicine and
dentists with revenue of $59.7 million, and civic, social, and
fraternal associations with $42.2 million.

There were 21,873 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 18,781 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 9,782
employees; individual and family social services, 1,342 employees; and
civic, social, and fraternal associations, 1,161 employees.