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| Employers | Nonemployers | Compare to '97 | States | Products, Size, etc. | ||
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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Receipts
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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5412 | Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services | Taxable | 112,240 | 84,072,026 | 41,271,953 | 1,317,281 |
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54121 | Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services | Taxable | 112,240 | 84,072,026 | 41,271,953 | 1,317,281 |
| 541219 | Other accounting services | Taxable | 32,229 | 10,028,075 | 5,215,199 | 177,652 | |
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 541219 | Other accounting services | 235,876 | 13,613,100 | 203,647 | 86.3 | 3,585,025 | 26.3 | 32,229 | 10,028,075 | |
This U.S. industry comprises establishments (except offices of CPAs) engaged in providing accounting services (except tax return preparation services only or payroll services only). These establishments may also provide tax return preparation or payroll services. Accountant (except CPA) offices, bookkeeper offices, and billing offices are included in this industry.
Cross-References.
NAICS
541219, Other accounting services,
is comparable between 2002 and 1997.
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 | Receipts ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | ||||||||
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| 541219 | Other accounting services | 2002 | 32,240 | 10,036,577 | 5,219,572 | 177,776 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 28,322 | 6,218,823 | 2,578,549 | 113,070 | ||||||||||
| % change | 13.8 | 61.4 | 102.4 | 57.2 | ||||||||||
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Data for the Professional, scientific, & technical services sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.




















































| Product code | Product description | Sales of this line ($000) |
Percent of industry sales (%) |
Graph |
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| 30000 | Industry total | 10,028,075 | 100.00 | |
| 34072 | Bookkeeping & compilation services | 3,965,006 | 39.54 | |
| 34071 | General accounting services | 2,149,450 | 21.43 | |
| 34075 | Tax preparation services for individuals | 1,181,230 | 11.78 | |
| 34074 | Tax preparation services for businesses | 595,167 | 5.94 | |
| -Other | 2,137,222 | 21.31 |
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| Hypertext Tables | Title (with link to data) | Frequency | Contents | Geography |
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| 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 |
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