2002 Economic Census: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

U.S. Department of Commerce

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. 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.
More data	NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
	54	Professional, scientific, & technical services	17,417	53,123,054	20,764,317	271,882
	541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	17,417	53,123,054	20,764,317	271,882

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. 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.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

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data

NAICS
code

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Receipts
($1,000)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

Professional, scientific, & technical services

17,417

53,123,054

20,764,317

271,882

541

Professional, scientific, & technical services

17,417

53,123,054

20,764,317

271,882

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. 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
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	17,417	53,123,054	20,764,317	271,882
5411	Legal services	4,028	20,287,901	7,015,259	75,620
54111	Offices of lawyers	3,939	20,137,103	6,959,470	74,531
5411102	Legal aid societies & similar legal services	63	D	D	(1000-2499)
54119	Other legal services	89	150,798	55,789	1,089
541191	Title abstract & settlement offices	30	69,591	23,575	294
541199	All other legal services	59	81,207	32,214	795
5412	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	1,407	5,283,067	2,150,307	39,504
54121	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, & payroll services	1,407	5,283,067	2,150,307	39,504
541211	Offices of certified public accountants	916	4,225,430	1,535,348	20,972
541213	Tax preparation services	102	35,391	11,200	944
541214	Payroll services	100	737,415	478,678	15,531
541219	Other accounting services	289	284,831	125,081	2,057
5413	Architectural, engineering, & related services	1,437	3,984,629	1,585,884	24,955
54131	Architectural services	925	1,594,946	596,033	9,970
54132	Landscape architectural services	49	54,501	20,551	409
54133	Engineering services	393	2,247,655	934,824	13,905
54134	Drafting services	26	D	D	(100-249)
54135	Building inspection services	16	D	D	(100-249)
54137	Surveying & mapping (except geophysical) services	8	11,378	6,079	68
54138	Testing laboratories	18	46,995	15,816	318
5414	Specialized design services	1,865	2,099,920	715,390	10,532
54141	Interior design services	571	638,279	145,918	2,472
54142	Industrial design services	72	71,860	32,790	537
54143	Graphic design services	927	1,245,369	490,743	6,614
54149	Other specialized design services	295	144,412	45,939	909
5415	Computer systems design & related services	2,177	4,927,127	2,171,937	26,752
541511	Custom computer programming services	1,001	2,341,918	1,198,002	13,596
541512	Computer systems design services	809	1,741,083	642,115	8,422
5415121	Computer systems integrators	297	826,386	264,456	3,667
5415122	Computer systems consultants (except systems integrators)	512	914,697	377,659	4,755
541513	Computer facilities management services	90	319,178	109,329	1,537
541519	Other computer related services	277	524,948	222,491	3,197
5416	Management, scientific, & technical consulting services	2,860	5,631,917	2,599,101	30,093
54161	Management consulting services	2,567	5,300,056	2,451,632	27,984
541611	Admin management & general management consulting services	1,166	3,215,447	1,501,330	14,907
541612	Human resources & executive search consulting services	660	1,161,727	623,697	7,929
5416121	Actuarial consulting	22	210,743	133,605	1,176
5416122	Executive placement services	485	605,991	324,590	4,204
5416123	Human resources and personnel management consulting	153	344,993	165,502	2,549
541613	Marketing consulting services	590	798,388	284,124	4,456
541614	Process, physical distribution, & logistics consulting services	55	72,239	25,520	360
541618	Other management consulting services	96	52,255	16,961	332
54162	Environmental consulting services	56	78,712	42,848	588
54169	Other scientific & technical consulting services	237	253,149	104,621	1,521
5416901	Economic & related consulting services	160	181,514	72,648	912
5416909	All other scientific and technical consulting services	77	71,635	31,973	609
5417	Scientific research & development services	262	D	D	(5000-9999)
54171	Research & development in the phys, engineering & life sciences	182	759,929	351,340	7,183
5417101	Research & devopment in the physical & engineering sciences	73	D	D	(250-499)
5417102	Research & development in the life sciences	109	D	D	(5000-9999)
54171023	Research & development in biotechnology	52	D	D	(2500-4999)
54171029	Research & development in other life sciences	57	D	D	(2500-4999)
54172	Research & development in the social sciences & humanities	80	D	D	(1000-2499)
5418	Advertising & related services	1,866	8,007,933	3,532,016	44,435
54181	Advertising agencies	717	5,121,011	2,407,977	28,344
54182	Public relations agencies	651	1,188,450	583,946	7,349
54183	Media buying services	64	D	D	(1000-2499)
54184	Media representatives	130	402,163	171,874	2,392
5418401	Radio & television advertising representatives	71	280,780	123,191	1,659
5418402	Publishers' advertising representatives	59	121,383	48,683	733
54185	Display advertising	68	338,559	78,382	1,272
54186	Direct mail advertising	91	476,971	156,408	2,682
54187	Advertising material distribution services	10	D	D	(250-499)
54189	Other services related to advertising	135	D	D	(500-999)
5418902	Advertising specialties goods distributor	77	173,270	23,851	452
5418903	Sign painting & lettering shop	20	8,250	2,304	65
5418909	All other advertising services	35	D	D	(250-499)
5419	Other professional, scientific, & technical services	1,515	D	D	(10k-24k)
54191	Marketing research & public opinion polling	255	916,795	250,307	4,825
54192	Photographic services	677	476,371	129,177	2,739
541921	Photography studios, portrait	230	107,924	22,917	663
541922	Commercial photography	447	368,447	106,260	2,076
54193	Translation & interpretation sevices	66	82,317	28,725	832
541930	Translation & interpretation services	66	82,317	28,725	832
54194	Veterinary services	69	91,090	39,509	1,024
54199	All other professional, scientific, & technical services	448	D	D	(1000-2499)

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - by industry

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

NAICS
code

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Receipts
($1,000)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

541

Professional, scientific, & technical services

17,417

53,123,054