Table 2. MERCHANT WHOLESALE (NAICS SECTOR 42 PART). Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 2002 (Part I) (Revised June 2006)

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Part 1 of 4 Total Operating Expenses, Payroll, Fringe Benefits, Contract Labor, Computer Related Supplies, Packaging and Containers, Other Materials and Supplies
Part 2 of 4 Utilities, Transportation, Repair and Maintenance, Printing, Advertising, Legal, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Management Consulting
Part 3 of 4 Communication Services, Custom Coded Software, System Design, Data Processing and Other Computer Services, Lease and Rental, Insurance, Taxes and License Fees
Part 4 of 4 Depreciation, Commissions, Contract Work, Other Operating Expenses
Table 1 – 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. Coefficients of variation in percent. Click on the column header for description.

2002 NAICS code	Kind of business	Operating expenses total	Annual payroll	Employer costs for fringe benefits	Cost of contract labor	Expensed computer related supplies	Packaging and containers	Other materials and supplies not for resale
42	Merchant wholesale	0.4	0.9	1.2	6.4	2.7	4.0	4.9
423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	0.7	1.1	1.5	8.7	3.6	4.7	6.8
4231	Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers	2.2	4.2	4.4	10.4	11.5	12.9	17.0
4232	Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers	1.9	2.7	3.1	12.4	5.3	S	14.5
4233	Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers	3.5	5.6	5.1	9.3	8.3	14.4	S
4234	Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	2.6	3.1	3.6	16.9	12.2	8.6	S
4235	Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
4236	Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers	2.1	2.3	2.2	8.4	4.7	7.7	7.6
4237	Hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	2.4	3.1	3.0	17.9	6.5	10.9	S
4238	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers	1.7	1.8	3.0	16.2	5.2	5.8	11.6
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	2.8	3.6	4.2	S	7.8	8.3	13.5
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1.0	1.1	1.4	4.3	2.1	6.2	4.7
4241	Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers	2.1	2.4	4.4	8.2	3.8	S	S
4242	Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	5.5	4.2	4.8	6.3	6.3	17.1	8.6
4243	Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers	1.9	2.2	2.6	13.4	7.3	8.3	11.8
4244	Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers	2.5	2.7	2.5	13.1	4.4	11.0	11.7
4245	Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers	5.6	6.0	6.0	S	S	19.7	S
4246	Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers	2.5	2.4	2.4	S	5.2	17.0	16.0
4247	Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers	2.8	4.5	4.4	10.5	4.4	19.2	S
4248	Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	1.5	2.2	3.6	11.8	4.7	13.9	11.3
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	3.5	3.4	4.4	11.9	5.7	13.5	S

Note: 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.