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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 | |||
| 5413 | Architectural, engineering, & related services | Taxable | 107,386 | 161,835,036 | 68,015,127 | 1,266,816 | |
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54131 | Architectural services | Taxable | 23,263 | 25,240,181 | 9,713,240 | 185,457 |
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54132 | Landscape architectural services | Taxable | 6,225 | 3,570,016 | 1,332,670 | 36,582 |
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54133 | Engineering services | Taxable | 55,310 | 116,886,978 | 49,764,598 | 859,561 |
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54134 | Drafting services | Taxable | 2,675 | 730,778 | 352,774 | 10,102 |
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54135 | Building inspection services | Taxable | 4,096 | 1,310,016 | 455,139 | 14,161 |
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54136 | Geophysical surveying & mapping services | Taxable | 742 | 1,048,841 | 394,755 | 8,183 |
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54137 | Surveying & mapping (except geophysical) services | Taxable | 9,120 | 4,277,685 | 2,046,307 | 59,174 |
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54138 | Testing laboratories | Taxable | 5,955 | 8,770,541 | 3,955,644 | 93,596 |
| 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 | |
| 5413 | Architectural, engineering, & related services | 316,167 | 170,395,089 | 208,781 | 66.0 | 8,560,053 | 5.0 | 107,386 | 161,835,036 | |
| 54131 | Architectural services | 67,841 | 27,543,933 | 44,578 | 65.7 | 2,303,752 | 8.4 | 23,263 | 25,240,181 | |
| 54132 | Landscape architectural services | 33,738 | 4,439,378 | 27,513 | 81.5 | 869,362 | 19.6 | 6,225 | 3,570,016 | |
| 54133 | Engineering services | 143,773 | 120,877,645 | 88,463 | 61.5 | 3,990,667 | 3.3 | 55,310 | 116,886,978 | |
| 54134 | Drafting services | 26,607 | 1,260,048 | 23,932 | 89.9 | 529,270 | 42.0 | 2,675 | 730,778 | |
| 54135 | Building inspection services | 14,254 | 1,630,433 | 10,158 | 71.3 | 320,417 | 19.7 | 4,096 | 1,310,016 | |
| 54136 | Geophysical surveying & mapping services | 3,772 | 1,188,607 | 3,030 | 80.3 | 139,766 | 11.8 | 742 | 1,048,841 | |
| 54137 | Surveying & mapping (except geophysical) services | 17,771 | 4,569,246 | 8,651 | 48.7 | 291,561 | 6.4 | 9,120 | 4,277,685 | |
| 54138 | Testing laboratories | 8,411 | 8,885,799 | 2,456 | 29.2 | 115,258 | 1.3 | 5,955 | 8,770,541 | |
This industry group includes establishments classified in the following industries: 54131, Architectural Services, 54132, Landscape Architectural Services, 54133, Engineering Services, 54134, Drafting Services, 54135, Building Inspection Services, 54136, Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services, 54137, Surveying and Mapping (Except Geophysical) Services, and 54138, Testing Laboratories.
NAICS
5413, Architectural, engineering, and related services,
is comparable between 2002 and 1997.
For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
The following table excludes data for NAICS 541320, data for which were not collected prior to 2002.
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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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| 5413 | Architectural, engineering, & related services | 2002 | 101,171 | 158,366,359 | 66,709,022 | 1,267,061 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 92,710 | 116,986,061 | 46,942,816 | 1,038,317 | ||||||||||
| % change | 9.1 | 35.4 | 42.1 | 18.5 | ||||||||||
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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 (%) |
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| 30000 | Industry total | 161,835,03 | 100.00 | |
| 34100 | Arch serv for non-resid bldg project, excl landscape architecture | 18,143,119 | 11.21 | |
| 34290 | Engineering services for all other projects | 17,107,533 | 10.57 | |
| 34240 | Infrastructure eng projects: Eng serv for transportation projects | 14,990,616 | 9.26 | |
| 34210 | Bldg eng proj: eng serv - Com, pub, & institutional bldg proj | 14,449,098 | 8.93 | |
| 34220 | Indust eng projects: Eng serv - Indust & mfg plant & process proj | 12,626,240 | 7.80 | |
| 34260 | Infrastructure eng proj: Eng serv - Pwr generation & dist proj | 11,561,699 | 7.14 | |
| 34250 | Infrastructure eng projects: Eng serv for municipal util projects | 8,815,897 | 5.45 | |
| 36300 | Testing serv (phys or prod), excl med & vet testing service | 8,288,554 | 5.12 | |
| 34200 | Bldg engineering projects: Engineering serv for resid bldg proj | 8,136,423 | 5.03 | |
| -Other | 47,715,857 | 29.48 |
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| Hypertext Tables | Title (with link to data) | Frequency | Contents | Geography |
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| Annual Capital Expenditures Survey | Annual | Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees | US | |
| 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 |
| Quarterly Services Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Quarterly | Estimated revenue for employer firms | US | |
| 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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