Table 1. MERCHANT WHOLESALE (NAICS SECTOR 42 PART). Sales and Operating Expenses by Type and Kind of Business: 2002 cont. (Part IV) (Revised June 2006)

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Part 1 of 7 Sales, Total Operating Expenses, Payroll, Fringe Benefits, Contract Labor
Part 2 of 7 Computer Related Supplies, Packaging and Containers, Other Materials and Supplies, Utilities
Part 3 of 7 Transportation, Repair and Maintenance, Printing, Advertising
Part 4 of 7 Legal, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Management Consulting, Communication Services
Part 5 of 7 Custom Coded Software, System Design, Data Processing and Other Computer Services, Lease and Rental
Part 6 of 7 Insurance, Taxes and License Fees, Depreciation, Commissions
Part 7 of 7 Contract Work, Other Operating Expenses
Table 2 – Measures of sampling error for Merchant Wholesale (NAICS Sector 42 part)
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Data are based on the 2002 Economic Census and the 2002 Business Expenses Survey.
Data are presented only for establishments with payroll. Dollar amounts are in thousands. Click on the column header for description.

2002 NAICS code	Kind of business	Purchased legal services		Purchased accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services		Purchased management consulting, administrative services and other professional services		Purchased communication services
2002 NAICS code	Kind of business	Amount	Percent of total	Amount	Percent of total	Amount	Percent of total	Amount	Percent of total
42	Merchant wholesale	3,387,055	0.7	2,529,701	0.5	6,216,412	1.2	7,095,564	1.4
423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	2,079,284	0.7	1,608,337	0.5	4,176,821	1.4	4,848,135	1.6
4231	Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers	265,707	0.6	176,130	0.4	949,459	2.2	525,709	1.2
4232	Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers	89,453	0.6	82,829	0.6	S	S	193,127	1.3
4233	Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers	73,091	0.4	95,112	0.5	S	S	234,849	1.3
4234	Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	523,395	0.9	278,864	0.5	1,242,076	2.1	1,236,001	2.1
4235	Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
4236	Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers	402,158	0.8	251,010	0.5	550,835	1.1	767,746	1.6
4237	Hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	58,845	0.4	94,547	0.6	72,368	0.4	285,775	1.7
4238	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers	304,792	0.5	361,354	0.6	442,581	0.7	1,075,864	1.8
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	291,621	0.9	203,178	0.6	458,028	1.4	342,763	1.1
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,307,771	0.7	921,363	0.5	2,039,591	1.0	2,247,430	1.1
4241	Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers	50,891	0.3	75,611	0.5	86,134	0.5	213,825	1.3
4242	Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	288,184	1.3	103,254	0.5	686,300	3.0	310,590	1.4
4243	Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers	212,816	0.8	146,968	0.5	251,266	0.9	374,035	1.4
4244	Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers	189,851	0.4	234,593	0.4	236,226	0.4	481,670	0.9
4245	Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers	S	S	42,286	0.5	S	S	68,819	0.9
4246	Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers	119,715	0.7	100,903	0.6	172,768	1.1	231,652	1.4
4247	Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers	90,921	0.9	53,977	0.6	77,550	0.8	111,448	1.1
4248	Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	103,282	0.6	61,148	0.4	133,278	0.8	133,344	0.8
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	182,651	0.6	102,624	0.3	274,492	0.9	322,045	1.1

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 2 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation).
Percent columns represent percent of total operating expenses. Data on expenses include central administrative offices and other enterprise support locations such as warehouses, previously known as auxiliaries. Consequently, data presented here on sample-based payroll may not match payroll presented in other economic census reports.