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NAICS 541214
Payroll services

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

54	Professional, scientific, & technical services	Total	771,305	886,801,038	376,090,052	7,243,505
		Exempt	5,789	20,553,805	8,129,955	160,973
		Taxable	765,516	866,247,233	367,960,097	7,082,532
541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	Total	771,305	886,801,038	376,090,052	7,243,505
		Exempt	5,789	20,553,805	8,129,955	160,973
		Taxable	765,516	866,247,233	367,960,097	7,082,532
5412	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	Taxable	112,240	84,072,026	41,271,953	1,317,281
54121	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	Taxable	112,240	84,072,026	41,271,953	1,317,281
541214	Payroll services	Taxable	4,064	21,417,643	14,256,292	508,299

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)

54	Professional, scientific, & technical services	3,318,396	962,642,516	2,552,880	76.9	96,395,283	10.0	765,516	866,247,233
541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	3,318,396	962,642,516	2,552,880	76.9	96,395,283	10.0	765,516	866,247,233
5412	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	436,916	90,495,438	324,676	74.3	6,423,412	7.1	112,240	84,072,026
54121	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	436,916	90,495,438	324,676	74.3	6,423,412	7.1	112,240	84,072,026
541214	Payroll services	8,066	21,504,520	4,002	49.6	86,877	0.4	4,064	21,417,643

Definition: NAICS 541214 Payroll services

This U.S. industry comprises establishments (except offices of CPAs) engaged in the following without also providing accounting, bookkeeping, or billing services: (1) collecting information on hours worked, pay rates, deductions, and other payroll-related data from their clients and (2) using that information to generate paychecks, payroll reports, and tax filings. These establishments may use data processing and tabulating techniques as part of providing their services.

Cross-References.

Establishments of CPAs are classified in U.S. Industry 541211, Offices of Certified Public Accountants;
Establishments of non-CPAs providing tax return preparation services only are classified in U.S. Industry 541213, Tax Preparation Services; and
Establishments of non-CPAs providing accounting, bookkeeping, or billing services along with payroll services are classified in U.S. Industry 541219, Other Accounting Services.

Historical comparability

NAICS 541214, Payroll services, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

541214	Payroll services	2002	4,067	21,423,066	14,268,526	508,525
		1997	2,709	14,113,017	7,598,085	316,425
		% change	50.1	51.8	87.8	60.7

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Geographic Distribution -- Payroll services: 2002

Data for the Professional, scientific, & technical services sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

Other
Indus-
tries

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Receipts
($1,000)

Receipts
% of
U.S.

Receipts
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

Total

4,064

21,417,643

100.00

14,256,292

508,299

California

Total

471

11,008,006

51.40

314

6,704,255

272,966

New York

Total

328

1,530,328

7.15

996,519

32,028

Texas

Total

281

1,093,127

5.10

727,753

18,398

Michigan

Total

224

865,470

4.04

646,039

17,016

New Jersey

Total

175

850,269

3.97

489,534

14,038

Illinois

Total

183

772,697

3.61

667,052

17,887

Florida

Total

257

583,749

2.73

430,481

15,170

Washington

Total

349,304

1.63

283,275

5,992

Pennsylvania

Total

164

334,155

1.56

253,668

7,246

Georgia

Total

117

323,930

1.51

232,440

8,533

Ohio

Total

127

306,895

1.43

233,435

8,805

Massachusetts

Total

105

305,106

1.42

210,081

5,020

Virginia

Total

279,821

1.31

282,889

11,942

Maryland

Total

101

211,902

0.99

120,950

3,754

Oregon

Total

204,025

0.95

122,880

3,153

Connecticut

Total

168,340

0.79

124,438

2,277

Louisiana

Total

147,145

0.69

128,215

5,528

Minnesota

Total

144,265

0.67

78,570

2,817

Colorado

Total

133,660

0.62

227,045

3,210

Indiana

Total

129,119

0.60

101,937

3,420

Kentucky

Total

128,774

0.60

67,075

2,424

Utah

Total

121,617

0.57

73,623

4,892

Rhode Island

Total

111,807

0.52

105

72,563

2,467

Missouri

Total

109,558

0.51

72,916

1,860

Tennessee

Total

104,398

0.49

100,423

2,751

South Carolina

Total

100,279

0.47

73,588

2,107

North Carolina

Total

94,439

0.44

55,515

2,002

Oklahoma

Total

90,988

0.42

68,065

1,683

Iowa

Total

79,507

0.37

42,132

685

Wisconsin

Total

73,919

0.35

38,900

1,734

Alabama

Total

72,088

0.34

80,475

2,845

Kansas

Total

66,599

0.31

40,273

2,341

Maine

Total

47,920

0.22

35,798

1,113

Nevada

Total

46,585

0.22

43,805

939

Hawaii

Total

45,726

0.21

31,657

1,311

New Hampshire

Total

41,681

0.19

34,728

4,242

Nebraska

Total

31,947

0.15

23,573

346

District of Columbia

Total

23,703

0.11

19,821

778

North Dakota

Total

14,906

0.07

11,256

530

Delaware

Total

14,754

0.07

9,817

287

Idaho

Total

10,366

0.05

16,100

215

West Virginia

Total

10,269

0.05

3,607

162

New Mexico

Total

10,226

0.05

8,564

239

Mississippi

Total

9,269

0.04

10,991

295

Arkansas

Total

8,472

0.04

18,361

400

Montana

Total

4,425

0.02

4,830

120

Wyoming

Total

1,942

0.01

1,325

Alaska

Total

1,299

0.01

600

South Dakota

Total

844

575

All other states, including those below

Total

198,023

0.92

133,880

10,226

Arizona

Total

(5000-9999)

Vermont

Total

(1000-2499)

Products Lines for Payroll services
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	21,417,643	100.00
34073	Payroll services	21,248,698	99.21
	-Other	168,945	0.79

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Payroll services
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-54SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states
EC02-54SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Receipts/Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-54SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Exported Services by Selected Kind of Business	US, states
EC02-54SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Receipts/Revenue by Class of Customer for Selected Professional, Scientific, Technical Services	US, states
EC02-54I-02	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
EC02-54A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 541214
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Service Annual Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	Annual	Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms	US
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas