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NAICS 561310
Employment placement agencies

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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.
Indus-
try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 350,583 432,577,580 206,439,329 8,741,854
Go to this NAICS 561 Administrative & support services 331,921 381,268,304 194,207,071 8,410,033
Go to this NAICS 5613 Employment services 41,552 128,661,919 94,935,685 4,165,760
Go to this NAICS 56131 Employment placement agencies 8,394 5,940,008 3,003,000 109,236
  561310 Employment placement agencies 8,394 5,940,008 3,003,000 109,236

 

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		 Sales ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
N = Not available
56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 1,613,290 459,487,355 1,262,707 78.3 26,909,775 5.9 350,583 432,577,580
561 Administrative & support services 1,576,238 407,093,815 1,244,317 78.9 25,825,511 6.3 331,921 381,268,304
5613 Employment services 71,100 129,675,396 29,548 41.6 1,013,477 0.8 41,552 128,661,919
56131 Employment placement agencies N N N N N N 8,394 5,940,008
561310 Employment placement agencies N N N N N N 8,394 5,940,008

 

Definition: NAICS 561310   Employment placement agencies

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in listing employment vacancies and in referring or placing applicants for employment. The individuals referred or placed are not employees of the employment agencies.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 561310, Employment placement agencies, 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 Sales ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
561310 Employment placement agencies 2002 8,396 5,944,383 3,006,399 109,373
1997 6,281 4,787,288 2,647,321 113,896
% change 33.7 24.2 13.6 -4.0

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Employment placement agencies: 2002

Data for the Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service 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		 Sales
($1,000)		 Sales
% of
U.S.		 Sales
per capita
($)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States 8,394 5,940,008 100.00 21 3,003,000 109,236
See other industries in this state California 1,195 917,121 15.44 26 451,345 17,536
See other industries in this state New York 867 689,560 11.61 36 337,012 9,103
See other industries in this state Texas 632 516,162 8.69 24 282,998 9,644
See other industries in this state Illinois 491 340,998 5.74 27 162,853 5,235
See other industries in this state Florida 501 248,337 4.18 15 118,301 4,222
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 295 237,068 3.99 37 123,628 4,125
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 280 236,426 3.98 19 110,828 3,637
See other industries in this state Georgia 273 210,661 3.55 25 100,977 3,311
See other industries in this state Michigan 241 200,473 3.37 20 117,985 4,949
See other industries in this state Ohio 280 197,948 3.33 17 100,462 3,839
See other industries in this state New Jersey 331 188,131 3.17 22 86,924 2,924
See other industries in this state North Carolina 233 172,827 2.91 21 76,255 3,110
See other industries in this state Maryland 162 118,665 2.00 22 58,595 2,047
See other industries in this state Virginia 182 114,673 1.93 16 57,525 2,680
See other industries in this state Missouri 173 109,830 1.85 19 53,013 1,977
See other industries in this state Oregon 72 109,350 1.84 31 76,029 2,534
See other industries in this state Colorado 163 92,226 1.55 20 45,117 1,630
See other industries in this state Connecticut 160 88,589 1.49 26 41,334 1,644
See other industries in this state Minnesota 164 87,036 1.47 17 44,132 1,904
See other industries in this state Washington 155 86,732 1.46 14 44,316 1,494
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 126 75,081 1.26 14 42,634 2,250
See other industries in this state Indiana 118 66,284 1.12 11 34,218 1,557
See other industries in this state Louisiana 114 65,331 1.10 15 27,703 1,076
See other industries in this state Nevada 63 58,777 0.99 27 25,623 974
See other industries in this state Tennessee 110 57,032 0.96 10 33,070 1,735
See other industries in this state Alabama 75 45,738 0.77 10 19,250 854
See other industries in this state Iowa 55 45,042 0.76 15 20,797 565
See other industries in this state New Hampshire 49 44,295 0.75 35 26,691 967
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 73 43,512 0.73 12 24,904 1,353
See other industries in this state District of Columbia 39 40,828 0.69 71 20,977 714
See other industries in this state South Carolina 90 40,213 0.68 10 23,520 1,123
See other industries in this state Kentucky 62 39,972 0.67 10 17,628 845
See other industries in this state Alaska 11 37,452 0.63 58 15,601 318
See other industries in this state Kansas 55 37,084 0.62 14 18,312 625
See other industries in this state Utah 51 33,822 0.57 15 15,077 557
See other industries in this state Mississippi 33 31,896 0.54 11 19,921 953
See other industries in this state Arkansas 38 27,289 0.46 10 15,303 552
See other industries in this state Nebraska 45 26,028 0.44 15 17,956 539
See other industries in this state Montana 21 15,517 0.26 17 7,453 245
See other industries in this state Maine 22 11,934 0.20 9 6,967 350
See other industries in this state New Mexico 24 10,767 0.18 6 5,830 275
See other industries in this state West Virginia 13 9,719 0.16 5 7,805 287
See other industries in this state Delaware 21 7,716 0.13 10 4,678 222
See other industries in this state Hawaii 11 6,237 0.10 5 3,749 134
See other industries in this state Vermont 7 2,848 0.05 5 1,143 16
See other industries in this state South Dakota 8 2,529 0.04 3 1,447 92
See other industries in this state Idaho 9 2,145 0.04 2 1,126 60
See other industries in this state Wyoming 4 394 0.01 1 218 6
  All other states, including those below 197 91,713 1.54   53,770 2,447
See other industries in this state     Arizona 147 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 45 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     North Dakota 5 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Employment placement agencies
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
30000 Industry total 5,940,008 100.00
37520 Permanent placement services 3,464,839 58.33
37530 Contract staffing services 1,570,608 26.44
37580 On-line employment services 242,018 4.07
-Other 662,543 11.15

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Employment placement agencies
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-56SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US, states
link to PDF EC02-56SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Receipts Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Unit & Multiunit Firms US
Link to data in AFF Receipts Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-56SX-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Link to data in AFF Exported Services by Selected Kind of Business US, states
link to PDF EC02-56I-03 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF EC02-56A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 561310
Hypertext Tables 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
  Service Annual Survey: Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation Services Annual Estimated Revenue for Employer and Nonemployer Firms US
Link to table for this industry 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
For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 56131 To broader NAICS

 

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Source: 2002 Economic Census   Questions?