U.S. Census Bureau
Economic Census 2002

Table 10. INFORMATION SERVICES (NAICS SECTOR 51, EXC. 513). 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, 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 9 – Information Services (NAICS Sector 51, exc. 513)
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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
51 Information 0.3 0.8 0.6 2.7 1.0 2.3
511 Publishing industries 0.3 0.9 0.8 2.6 2.0 1.7
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and database publishers 0.2 0.2 0.2 4.0 S 1.5
5112 Software publishers 0.8 1.9 2.0 2.4 3.3 S
512 Motion picture and sound recording industries 1.0 3.0 2.3 13.1 S 6.8
5121 Motion picture and video industries 1.1 3.7 2.9 15.7 7.6 7.8
5122 Sound recording industries S S S S S S
514 Information services and data processing services 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.4 1.5 3.1
5141 Information services S S S S S S
5142 Data processing services 0.6 1.4 1.8 3.1 1.8 3.4
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. Data for NAICS 51 exclude NAICS 513, Broadcasting and Telecommunciations, covered in the Service Annual Survey. For NAICS 514 Information services, data for private libraries represent only establishments with payroll.