U.S. Census Bureau
Economic Census 2002

Table 8. TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (NAICS SUBSECTORS 484, 492, 493). Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 2002 (Part I)

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Part 1 of 4 Total Operating Expenses, Payroll, Fringe Benefits, Contract Labor, Computer Related Supplies, Packaging and Containers
Part 2 of 4 Other Materials and Supplies, Utilities and Motor Vehicle Fuel, Transportation, Repair and Maintenance, Printing, Advertising, Legal, Accounting and Bookkeeping
Part 3 of 4 Management Consulting, Communication Services, Custom Coded Software, System Design, Data Processing and Other Computer Services, Lease and Rental, Insurance
Part 4 of 4 Taxes and License Fees, Depreciation, Other Operating Expenses
Table 7 – 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.
Coefficients of variation in percent. Click on the column header for description.
1997
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
484 Truck transportation 0.4 1.0 1.2 3.8 3.2 4.9
4841 General freight trucking 0.4 1.1 1.3 5.8 4.0 8.9
48411 General freight trucking, local S 2.3 S S S S
48412 General freight trucking, long-distance 0.5 1.3 1.4 8.3 3.7 12.2
4842 Specialized freight trucking 0.6 1.8 1.7 5.4 5.2 5.2
48421 Used household and office goods moving 1.2 3.0 3.2 11.1 7.2 5.3
48422 Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local S 3.1 S 8.5 S S
48423 Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, long-distance 0.8 3.0 2.8 6.9 9.9 S
492 Couriers and messengers 0.3 0.9 1.2 13.2 3.2 5.8
4921 Couriers 0.3 0.9 1.2 S 2.0 6.2
4922 Local messengers and local delivery S 3.8 S S S S
493 Warehousing and storage 0.8 1.4 2.0 10.5 4.5 10.9
Note: 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.