1997 Economic Census:
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Houston--Galveston--Brazoria, TX CMSA
See also 2002 Economic Census data.
 
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services by Subsector
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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data		 NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
  54 Professional, scientific, & technical services Taxable 11,650 17,046,581 5,979,138 116,232
Exempt 77 D D (1000-2499)
541 Professional, scientific, & technical services Taxable 11,650 17,046,581 5,979,138 116,232
Exempt 77 D D (1000-2499)

 

 

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services by Industry
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. 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
54 Professional, scientific, & technical services Taxable 11,650 17,046,581 5,979,138 116,232
Exempt 77 D D (1000-2499)
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
541 Professional, scientific, & technical services Taxable 11,650 17,046,581 5,979,138 116,232
Exempt 77 D D (1000-2499)
5411 Legal services Taxable 3,319 2,963,642 1,102,237 19,242
Exempt 32 D D (100-249)
54111 Offices of lawyers Taxable 3,229 2,897,366 1,083,348 18,558
Exempt 32 D D (100-249)
5411101 Offices of lawyers (except legal aid societies) Taxable 3,229 2,897,366 1,083,348 18,558
5411102 Legal aid societies & similar legal services Exempt 32 D D (100-249)
54119 Other legal services Taxable 90 66,276 18,889 684
541191 Title abstract & settlement offices Taxable 56 38,232 12,622 469
541199 All other legal services Taxable 34 28,044 6,267 215
5412 Accounting, tax return prep, bookkeeping, & payroll services Taxable 1,657 1,205,103 546,153 14,411
54121 Accounting, tax return prep, bookkeeping, & payroll services Taxable 1,657 1,205,103 546,153 14,411
541211 Offices of certified public accountants Taxable 1,047 868,752 365,953 7,773
541213 Tax return preparation services Taxable 147 16,350 5,337 536
541214 Payroll services Taxable 48 217,062 135,240 4,667
541219 Other accounting services Taxable 415 102,939 39,623 1,435
5413 Architectural, engineering, & related services Taxable 2,363 7,573,933 2,515,980 46,008
54131 Architectural services Taxable 345 307,354 125,025 2,491
54132 Landscape Architectural Services (not covered in the Economic Census) N N N N
54133 Engineering services Taxable 1,476 6,396,231 2,064,311 35,411
54134 Drafting services Taxable 45 D D (250-499)
54135 Building inspection services Taxable 49 D D (100-249)
54136 Geophysical surveying & mapping services Taxable 99 D D (1000-2499)
54137 Surveying & mapping (except geophysical) services Taxable 153 113,690 50,154 1,608
54138 Testing laboratories Taxable 196 281,619 121,585 3,587
5414 Specialized design services Taxable 400 233,395 68,115 1,781
54141 Interior design services Taxable 177 88,394 18,420 626
54142 Industrial design services Taxable 17 23,514 15,381 300
54143 Graphic design services Taxable 198 119,620 33,433 836
5414301 Graphic design services (except commercial art & medical artists) Taxable 176 115,468 32,118 795
5414302 Commercial art Taxable 22 4,152 1,315 41
5415 Computer systems design & related services Taxable 1,243 2,263,019 761,998 12,099
541511 Custom computer programming services Taxable 531 D D (2500-4999)
541512 Computer systems design services Taxable 532 1,138,405 335,878 5,343
5415121 Computer systems integrators Taxable 204 D D (2500-4999)
5415122 Computer systems consultants (except systems integrators) Taxable 328 D D (1000-2499)
541513 Computer facilities management services Taxable 37 D D (1000-2499)
541519 Other computer related services Taxable 143 64,326 35,406 492
5416 Management, scientific, & technical consulting services Taxable 1,621 1,629,639 621,947 11,804
54161 Management consulting services Taxable 1,109 1,174,053 495,091 9,017
541611 Administrative management & general management consulting service Taxable 471 708,393 279,811 4,936
541612 Human resources & executive search consulting services Taxable 309 219,266 107,479 1,874
5416122 Executive placement services Taxable 196 139,775 71,298 1,238
5416123 Human resources & personnel management consulting Taxable 100 72,496 33,130 584
541613 Marketing consulting services Taxable 169 D D (1000-2499)
541614 Process, physical distribution, & logistics consulting services Taxable 72 D D (500-999)
541618 Other management consulting services Taxable 88 34,900 13,473 408
54162 Environmental consulting services Taxable 156 126,753 50,000 1,178
54169 Other scientific & technical consulting services Taxable 356 328,833 76,856 1,609
5417 Scientific research & development services Taxable 106 282,073 110,567 2,355
Exempt 45 D D (500-999)
54171 R&D in the physical, engineering, & life sciences Taxable 94 278,369 109,169 2,266
Exempt 38 D D (500-999)
5417101 R&D in the physical & engineering sciences Taxable 59 212,634 79,996 1,698
Exempt 17 D D (250-499)
5417102 Research & development in the life sciences Taxable 35 65,735 29,173 568
Exempt 21 D D (250-499)
5418 Advertising & related services Taxable 563 680,199 174,315 5,170
54181 Advertising agencies Taxable 186 D D (1000-2499)
54182 Public relations agencies Taxable 85 39,749 14,441 324
54184 Media representatives Taxable 36 26,411 9,539 385
5418401 Radio & television advertising representatives Taxable 15 15,359 6,562 277
5418402 Publishers' advertising representatives Taxable 21 11,052 2,977 108
54185 Display advertising Taxable 33 D D (500-999)
5418501 Display advertising (except outdoor) Taxable 7 D D (500-999)
5418502 Outdoor advertising services Taxable 26 D D (250-499)
54186 Direct mail advertising Taxable 43 127,445 30,353 799
54187 Advertising material distribution services Taxable 14 11,338 2,895 82
54189 Other services related to advertising Taxable 153 205,256 27,146 1,140
5418902 Advertising specialties goods distributor Taxable 84 157,979 16,132 590
5418903 Sign painting & lettering shop Taxable 41 27,636 5,020 205
5418909 All other advertising Taxable 25 D D (250-499)
5419 Other professional, scientific, & technical services Taxable 378 215,578 77,826 3,362
54191 Marketing research & public opinion polling Taxable 59 D D (1000-2499)
54192 Photographic services Taxable 232 D D (1000-2499)
541921 Photographic studios, portrait Taxable 189 D D (1000-2499)
541922 Commercial photography Taxable 43 13,047 3,763 151
54193 Translation & interpretation services Taxable 18 14,666 6,434 147
54194 Veterinary Services (not covered in the Economic Census) N N N N
54199 All other professional, scientific, & technical services Taxable 69 D D (500-999)
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available

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Source: 1997 Economic Census

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