U.S. Census Bureau
Economic Census 2002

Table 7. TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (NAICS SUBSECTORS 484, 492, 493). Revenue and Operating Expenses by Type and Kind of Business: 2002 (Part I)

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Part 1 of 6 Revenue, Total Operating Expenses, Payroll, Fringe Benefits, Contract Labor
Part 2 of 6 Computer Related Supplies, Packaging and Containers, Other Materials and Supplies, Utilities
Part 3 of 6 Transportation, Repair and Maintenance, Printing, Advertising
Part 4 of 6 Legal, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Management Consulting, Communication Services
Part 5 of 6 Custom Coded Software, System Design, Data Processing and Other Computer Services, Lease and Rental
Part 6 of 6 Insurance, Taxes and License Fees, Depreciation, Other Operating Expenses
Table 8 – Measures of sampling error for Trucking and Warehousing (NAICS Subsectors 484, 492, 493)
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Data are based on the 2002 Economic Census and the 2002 Business Expenses Survey.
Dollar amounts are in thousands. Click on the column header for description.
1997
NAICS
code
Kind of business Receipts/
revenue
Operating
expenses, total
Annual payroll Employer costs for
fringe benefits
Contract labor cost, including
temporary help
Amount Percent of total Amount Percent of total Amount Percent of total
484 Truck transportation 192,943,014 172,007,053 47,323,638 27.5 11,604,404 6.7 12,177,720 7.1
4841 General freight trucking 135,782,123 119,229,423 32,387,587 27.2 8,498,483 7.1 7,576,081 6.4
48411 General freight trucking, local 25,635,279 S 4,820,689 S S S S S
48412 General freight trucking, long-distance 110,146,844 99,206,143 27,566,899 27.8 7,544,552 7.6 5,472,812 5.5
4842 Specialized freight trucking 57,160,891 52,777,630 14,936,051 28.3 3,105,921 5.9 4,601,639 8.7
48421 Used household and office goods moving 12,948,061 12,378,321 3,766,298 30.4 708,052 5.7 1,205,122 9.7
48422 Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local 24,464,058 S 6,124,694 S S S 1,225,858 S
48423 Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, long-distance 19,748,773 18,475,491 5,045,060 27.3 1,145,192 6.2 2,170,659 11.7
492 Couriers and messengers 60,980,079 63,386,197 25,589,206 40.4 10,588,277 16.7 2,438,164 3.8
4921 Couriers 56,058,490 59,202,495 24,540,552 41.5 10,388,243 17.5 S S
4922 Local messengers and local delivery 4,921,589 S 1,048,654 S S S S S
493 Warehousing and storage 16,944,450 15,629,595 5,427,467 34.7 1,161,836 7.4 846,603 5.4
Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 8 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. Data for NAICS 493, Warehousing and storage, exclude such warehouses. Data presented here on sample-based payroll may not match payroll presented in other economic census reports.