1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Construction

Maryland
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Dollar value of
business done
($1,000)
23 Construction 43,498 22,520,774 28,973 1,420,290 14,525 21,100,484
233 Building, developing, & general contracting 11,191 10,533,698 6,293 588,617 4,898 9,945,081
2331 Land subdivision & land development 1,081 320,738 942 161,194 139 159,544
2332 Residential building construction 8,567 4,821,458 4,759 383,029 3,808 4,438,429
2333 Nonresidential building construction 1,543 5,391,503 592 44,394 951 5,347,109
234 Heavy construction 1,013 2,227,099 368 19,504 645 2,207,595
2341 Highway, street, bridge, & tunnel construction 302 1,236,851 80 3,595 222 1,233,256
2349 Other heavy construction 711 990,248 288 15,909 423 974,339
235 Special trade contractors 31,294 9,759,977 22,312 812,169 8,982 8,947,808
2351 Plumbing, heating, & air-conditioning contractors 3,807 2,813,928 1,770 74,597 2,037 2,739,331
2352 Painting & wall covering contractors 4,618 N 3,743 106,744 875 D
2353 Electrical contractors 3,104 1,450,863 1,770 45,479 1,334 1,405,384
2354 Masonry, drywall, insulation, & tile contractors 3,168 1,130,704 2,043 75,920 1,125 1,054,784
2355 Carpentry & floor contractors 7,328 953,938 6,055 206,579 1,273 747,359
2356 Roofing, siding, & sheet metal contractors 1,765 615,378 1,264 63,496 501 551,882
2357 Concrete contractors 1,041 731,566 449 17,430 592 714,136
2358 Water well drilling contractors 112 52,655 34 1,935 78 50,720
2359 Other special trade contractors 6,352 N 5,184 219,989 1,168 D
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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