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NAICS 51
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Employers: 2007
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.
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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
  51 Information 141,566 1,072,342,856 228,836,587 3,496,773
Go to this NAICS 511 Publishing industries (except Internet) 30,958 282,223,524 80,866,907 1,093,047
Go to this NAICS 512 Motion picture and sound recording industries 23,891 94,985,691 17,635,488 335,807
Go to this NAICS 515 Broadcasting (except Internet) 10,188 99,919,404 18,076,325 294,876
Go to this NAICS 517 Telecommunications 51,999 491,123,941 75,401,076 1,250,993
Go to this NAICS 518 Data processing, hosting and related services 17,129 66,651,853 26,428,444 393,741
Go to this NAICS 519 Other information services 7,401 37,438,443 10,428,347 128,309


Nonemployers: 2007
Data based on 2007 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
Revenue ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
51 Information 448,709 1,083,300,644 307,143 68.5 10,957,788 1.0 141,566 1,072,342,856
511 Publishing industries (except Internet) 108,636 284,695,990 77,678 71.5 2,472,466 0.9 30,958 282,223,524
512 Motion picture and sound recording industries 101,964 97,694,245 78,073 76.6 2,708,554 2.8 23,891 94,985,691
515 Broadcasting (except Internet) 28,550 100,551,225 18,362 64.3 631,821 0.6 10,188 99,919,404
517 Telecommunications 86,126 492,752,996 34,127 39.6 1,629,055 0.3 51,999 491,123,941
518 Data processing, hosting and related services 58,684 67,879,099 41,555 70.8 1,227,246 1.8 17,129 66,651,853
519 Other information services 64,747 39,726,800 57,346 88.6 2,288,357 5.8 7,401 37,438,443

Nonemployer Impact for NAICS 51
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Establishments Revenue

Note: Nearly all other statistics shown or linked on these pages are limited to employers, leaving out the nonemployer firms shown above. The only other statistics that include nonemployers are from the Survey of Business Owners. See the "2007 Economic Census: Links to AFF" tab.

 
 
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