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| Employers | Nonemployers | Compare to '97 | States | Products, Size, etc. | ||
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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Value of business done
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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23 | Construction | 710,307 | 1,196,555,587 | 254,292,144 | 7,193,069 | |
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236 | Construction of buildings | 211,845 | 521,849,755 | 62,411,875 | 1,669,391 | |
| 2362 | Nonresidential building construction | 40,190 | 258,994,632 | 33,219,145 | 791,186 | ||
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23621 | Industrial building construction | 2,799 | 17,514,797 | 3,959,552 | 95,130 | |
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23622 | Commercial building construction | 37,391 | 241,479,835 | 29,259,594 | 696,056 | |
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Value of business done ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
| N = Not available | ||||||||||
| 23 | Construction | 2,781,624 | 1,311,825,020 | 2,071,317 | 74.5 | 115,269,433 | 8.8 | 710,307 | 1,196,555,587 | |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 677,880 | 562,080,970 | 466,035 | 68.7 | 40,231,215 | 7.2 | 211,845 | 521,849,755 | |
| 2362 | Nonresidential building construction | 103,393 | 263,313,909 | 63,203 | 61.1 | 4,319,277 | 1.6 | 40,190 | 258,994,632 | |
This industry group comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction (including new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs) of nonresidential buildings. This industry group includes nonresidential general contractors, nonresidential operative builders, nonresidential design-build firms, and nonresidential project construction management firms.
NAICS
2362, Nonresidential building construction,
is close, but not quite comparable to 1997 NAICS 2333 Nonresidential building
construction.
See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.
For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
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1997 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS Description | Year | Establishments | Value of business done ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | ||||||||
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| 2333 | Nonresidential building construction | 2002 | 39,480 | 256,383,310 | 32,163,686 | 765,208 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 44,710 | 209,269,216 | 24,305,128 | 671,239 | ||||||||||
| % change | -11.7 | 22.5 | 32.3 | 14.0 | ||||||||||
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