U.S. - Professional, scientific, and technical services - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	771,725	6.5%	1.3%	0.4%	8,032,847	71.4%	52.8%	38.9%
	2007	787,157	6.5%	1.3%	0.4%	8,179,941	71.4%	52.8%	38.9%
	2006	772,025	6.6%	1.3%	0.4%	8,054,094	71.5%	52.6%	38.4%
	2005	757,174	6.4%	1.3%	0.4%	7,689,366	71.1%	52.3%	38.3%
	2004	734,912	6.5%	1.3%	0.4%	7,569,981	70.9%	52.0%	38.4%
	2003	714,790	6.6%	1.3%	0.4%	7,340,246	70.6%	51.7%	38.1%
	2002	708,000	6.5%	1.2%	0.4%	7,046,205	69.6%	49.9%	35.8%
	2001	682,278	6.9%	1.3%	0.4%	7,156,579	70.5%	50.3%	35.9%
	2000	670,099	6.7%	1.2%	0.4%	6,816,216	69.7%	49.5%	35.3%
	1999	654,464	6.5%	1.2%	0.3%	6,432,422	68.7%	48.5%	34.9%
	1998	641,621	6.3%	1.2%	0.3%	6,052,365	67.6%	47.6%	33.7%

Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services by State
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More data	State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	United States	670,099	6.7%	1.2%	0.4%	6,816,216	69.7%	49.5%	35.3%
	Alabama	7,791	9.5%	3.7%	2.1%	72,572	63.9%	42.3%	26.2%
	Alaska	1,547	10.4%	5.0%	4.1%	10,918	59.3%	37.6%	31.8%
	Arizona	11,763	9.3%	4.0%	2.3%	113,687	70.8%	52.5%	41.3%
	Arkansas	4,638	6.2%	2.4%	1.5%	32,262	54.4%	37.3%	25.7%
	California	88,543	8.7%	2.3%	0.9%	1,061,160	74.8%	55.5%	41.9%
	Colorado	16,856	8.6%	3.7%	2.2%	138,730	67.5%	47.7%	35.7%
	Connecticut	9,854	9.6%	3.7%	2.2%	93,567	67.3%	46.3%	32.5%
	Delaware	2,093	12.4%	5.5%	3.5%	18,090	67.6%	40.9%	28.3%
	District of Columbia	3,892	22.7%	11.7%	6.6%	77,111	84.9%	67.2%	48.2%
	Florida	48,364	6.4%	2.0%	1.0%	380,240	64.4%	45.6%	33.8%
	Georgia	20,857	9.3%	3.9%	2.1%	202,537	71.3%	52.7%	39.6%
	Hawaii	2,604	9.9%	4.8%	3.3%	18,804	55.1%	28.6%	17.2%
	Idaho	2,832	9.5%	4.4%	3.0%	25,582	65.6%	49.3%	40.3%
	Illinois	33,743	8.6%	3.1%	1.5%	355,199	72.9%	55.0%	41.3%
	Indiana	10,778	9.1%	3.2%	1.8%	90,126	61.0%	36.6%	23.6%
	Iowa	5,253	8.4%	2.9%	1.9%	38,618	54.9%	29.8%	20.8%
	Kansas	6,084	9.7%	4.3%	2.5%	53,304	65.7%	45.3%	31.7%
	Kentucky	6,843	9.0%	3.9%	2.1%	54,483	58.4%	36.8%	20.4%
	Louisiana	9,669	8.5%	2.9%	1.7%	76,375	59.6%	35.1%	21.6%
	Maine	3,015	7.4%	3.1%	2.1%	20,695	55.0%	32.8%	22.9%
	Maryland	15,603	11.0%	4.1%	2.0%	192,610	76.6%	56.7%	39.3%
	Massachusetts	20,368	10.3%	3.9%	2.0%	232,109	73.9%	53.6%	36.6%
	Michigan	20,119	9.7%	3.3%	1.6%	208,560	69.8%	48.1%	29.1%
	Minnesota	14,409	8.5%	3.1%	1.7%	122,574	67.5%	45.0%	27.8%
	Mississippi	3,952	8.0%	3.2%	2.0%	26,724	52.4%	29.3%	21.3%
	Missouri	11,647	9.7%	3.8%	2.1%	119,221	69.0%	49.4%	34.8%
	Montana	2,502	6.6%	2.8%	1.7%	14,727	48.4%	30.2%	15.7%
	Nebraska	3,483	10.2%	4.4%	3.0%	32,705	67.0%	45.1%	34.4%
	Nevada	5,282	10.4%	4.3%	2.4%	40,793	65.4%	40.7%	25.7%
	New Hampshire	3,758	8.1%	3.2%	1.9%	24,267	53.3%	30.7%	20.0%
	New Jersey	29,160	8.4%	2.8%	1.4%	262,672	69.4%	47.6%	33.1%
	New Mexico	3,981	10.1%	4.8%	3.1%	37,349	68.0%	51.6%	39.6%
	New York	50,842	8.3%	2.4%	1.1%	535,845	72.5%	52.3%	37.9%
	North Carolina	16,765	8.8%	3.4%	1.9%	149,863	64.8%	44.3%	31.5%
	North Dakota	1,187	8.9%	2.9%	1.6%	9,081	59.4%	35.4%	16.6%
	Ohio	22,206	9.8%	3.2%	1.6%	229,546	68.5%	46.3%	32.0%
	Oklahoma	7,666	7.0%	2.8%	1.7%	52,662	55.8%	35.7%	22.6%
	Oregon	9,296	8.1%	3.3%	1.9%	66,901	58.2%	36.8%	22.0%
	Pennsylvania	25,362	10.2%	3.4%	1.7%	295,444	72.7%	52.1%	37.1%
	Rhode Island	2,692	8.6%	3.7%	2.6%	18,152	56.4%	32.2%	23.3%
	South Carolina	7,518	8.9%	3.6%	2.1%	60,460	60.4%	39.8%	26.8%
	South Dakota	1,456	6.3%	2.8%	1.6%	8,298	42.1%	24.2%	11.8%
	Tennessee	9,424	10.4%	4.0%	2.3%	95,083	67.3%	46.9%	33.8%
	Texas	45,940	8.4%	2.6%	1.3%	445,044	68.1%	46.8%	34.7%
	Utah	5,201	12.1%	5.1%	3.2%	50,856	71.8%	45.4%	28.2%
	Vermont	1,891	6.5%	2.5%	1.6%	11,160	47.3%	27.1%	18.3%
	Virginia	19,336	11.8%	4.7%	2.1%	287,437	80.2%	63.2%	45.7%
	Washington	15,440	9.1%	3.5%	2.0%	136,540	66.8%	45.7%	30.4%
	West Virginia	2,704	10.3%	4.3%	2.7%	20,135	54.8%	28.3%	15.5%
	Wisconsin	10,129	9.8%	3.4%	1.8%	89,025	61.9%	37.0%	21.7%
	Wyoming	1,424	6.0%	2.5%	1.5%	6,313	33.2%	12.0%	8.2%

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U.S. - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services by Subsector
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Industry detail	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
			Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	54	Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services	670,099	6.7%	1.2%	0.4%	6,816,216	69.7%	49.5%	35.3%
	541	Professional, scientific, & technical services	670,099	6.7%	1.2%	0.4%	6,816,216	69.7%	49.5%	35.3%

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U.S. - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services by Industry
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More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	541	Professional, scientific, & technical services				670,099	6.7%	1.2%	0.4%	6,816,216	69.7%	49.5%	35.3%
	5411		Legal services			169,204	4.8%	0.6%	0.1%	1,088,963	52.3%	28.6%	14.0%
	54111			Offices of lawyers		162,011	4.6%	0.6%	0.1%	1,023,682	51.9%	28.4%	13.6%
	54119			Other legal services		7,220	8.6%	1.8%	0.7%	65,281	58.3%	32.4%	19.8%
	541191				Title abstract & settlement offices	5,524	9.3%	1.8%	0.7%	54,474	58.4%	32.1%	20.8%
	541199				All other legal services	1,696	6.4%	1.7%	0.8%	10,807	58.0%	33.7%	14.7%
	5412		Accounting, tax return prep, bookkeeping, & payroll services			94,067	5.1%	1.0%	0.3%	1,164,194	74.1%	61.8%	53.6%
	541211				Offices of certified public accountants	51,446	4.5%	0.5%	0.1%	427,028	57.5%	39.9%	34.2%
	541213				Tax return preparation services	11,815	5.8%	0.5%	0.1%	178,009	77.6%	65.5%	61.7%
	541214				Payroll services	2,450	32.3%	15.1%	5.6%	410,093	98.3%	93.8%	82.9%
	541219				Other accounting services	28,446	3.7%	1.0%	0.4%	149,064	50.6%	32.1%	19.2%
	5413		Architectural, engineering, & related services			91,816	10.7%	2.0%	0.6%	1,213,355	72.6%	47.8%	30.7%
	54131			Architectural services		21,272	8.0%	1.0%	0.2%	179,467	54.6%	24.1%	9.9%
	54132			Landscape Architectural Services		6,390	6.4%	0.6%	0.1%	38,271	45.9%	11.4%	0.8%
	54133			Engineering services		45,579	13.7%	3.1%	0.9%	816,031	80.0%	57.4%	38.8%
	54134			Drafting services		2,186	4.2%	0.6%	0.2%	10,204	40.4%	10.9%	4.1%
	54135			Building inspection services		3,280	3.7%	0.7%	0.2%	13,738	42.5%	16.5%	3.2%
	54136			Geophysical surveying & mapping services		623	8.2%	2.7%	1.1%	7,081	73.8%	56.4%	40.6%
	54137			Surveying & mapping (except geophysical) services		8,720	6.3%	0.9%	0.3%	58,676	39.5%	13.9%	6.4%
	54138			Testing laboratories		4,040	22.9%	5.9%	2.4%	89,887	81.8%	53.5%	33.3%
	5414		Specialized design services			28,196	4.1%	0.6%	0.2%	139,726	41.0%	16.5%	9.3%
	54141			Interior design services		10,376	3.3%	0.4%	0.2%	44,206	32.6%	10.3%	4.6%
	54142			Industrial design services		1,388	9.6%	2.3%	1.1%	13,898	70.2%	D	D
	54143			Graphic design services		15,265	4.1%	0.5%	0.2%	74,882	39.4%	14.1%	6.7%
	54149			Other specialized design services		1,171	4.8%	0.8%	0.5%	6,740	53.0%	D	D
	5415		Computer systems design & related services			90,776	8.6%	2.0%	0.7%	1,171,236	80.6%	60.6%	43.1%
	541511				Custom computer programming services	39,061	10.3%	2.5%	0.9%	490,319	80.2%	55.5%	34.3%
	541512				Computer systems design services	31,560	9.6%	2.7%	1.0%	521,454	83.5%	67.2%	52.0%
	541513				Computer facilities management services	1,013	20.8%	10.3%	4.9%	62,843	95.5%	88.7%	76.5%
	541519				Other computer related services	19,472	4.3%	0.9%	0.3%	96,620	57.6%	31.8%	17.9%
	5416		Management, scientific, & technical consulting services			92,031	5.8%	1.6%	0.7%	711,611	70.0%	50.3%	35.5%
	54161			Management consulting services		69,271	6.1%	1.9%	0.8%	586,056	73.0%	54.4%	39.5%
	541611				Administrative management & general management consulting service	29,917	6.8%	2.5%	1.1%	298,353	78.3%	62.3%	47.8%
	541612				Human resources & executive search consulting services	16,376	6.6%	1.7%	0.7%	146,249	70.1%	49.1%	33.6%
	541613				Marketing consulting services	16,118	4.4%	1.4%	0.7%	88,106	62.6%	42.1%	25.2%
	541614				Process, physical distribution, & logistics consulting services	3,533	9.2%	2.9%	1.6%	35,961	76.9%	54.1%	40.9%
	541618				Other management consulting services	3,442	5.1%	1.5%	0.7%	17,387	52.4%	27.1%	16.6%
	54162			Environmental consulting services		7,002	7.8%	1.7%	0.7%	54,230	59.7%	32.9%	17.4%
	54169			Other scientific & technical consulting services		15,838	3.9%	0.9%	0.4%	71,325	52.6%	29.9%	16.2%
	5417		Scientific research & development services			10,431	20.3%	6.9%	2.9%	359,097	90.5%	74.4%	55.6%
	54171			R&D in the physical, engineering, & life sciences		8,524	21.0%	7.3%	3.2%	319,453	91.3%	75.9%	58.2%
	54172			Research & development in the social sciences & humanities		1,925	17.8%	5.7%	2.0%	39,644	83.7%	61.7%	34.8%
	5418		Advertising & related services			36,425	9.2%	1.8%	0.7%	472,312	74.1%	52.4%	38.8%
	54181			Advertising agencies		12,977	9.6%	1.5%	0.6%	167,215	73.1%	49.8%	38.5%
	54182			Public relations agencies		5,923	6.6%	1.2%	0.5%	52,253	64.2%	42.2%	31.6%
	54183			Media buying services		813	10.7%	4.1%	1.4%	9,780	74.2%	52.3%	30.2%
	54184			Media representatives		2,193	11.3%	4.0%	2.5%	35,959	79.9%	64.0%	51.7%
	54185			Display advertising		1,870	9.1%	2.3%	1.2%	45,148	86.5%	76.6%	69.8%
	54186			Direct mail advertising		3,270	22.5%	5.7%	2.0%	85,472	85.6%	59.9%	36.9%
	54187			Advertising material distribution services		499	13.0%	6.0%	2.8%	6,534	78.1%	53.8%	21.4%
	54189			Other services related to advertising		9,012	6.2%	1.2%	0.6%	69,951	58.2%	35.7%	23.1%
	5419		Other professional, scientific, & technical services			58,316	6.6%	0.7%	0.2%	495,722	53.9%	31.2%	21.4%
	54191			Marketing research & public opinion polling		3,542	21.7%	6.1%	1.8%	118,400	91.0%	71.1%	46.3%
	54192			Photographic services		13,190	3.3%	0.5%	0.2%	77,910	54.8%	38.3%	29.5%
	541921				Photographic studios, portrait	9,057	3.1%	0.5%	0.1%	60,274	58.9%	45.3%	36.7%
	541922				Commercial photography	4,145	3.9%	0.7%	0.2%	17,636	40.7%	14.3%	4.8%
	54193			Translation & interpretation services		1,146	6.6%	1.0%	0.3%	6,710	54.6%	21.2%	4.8%
	54194			Veterinary Services		23,993	8.5%	0.1%	0.0%	219,868	33.1%	6.3%	4.6%
	54199			All other professional, scientific, & technical services		16,452	3.2%	0.6%	0.2%	72,834	55.4%	34.8%	24.5%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?