U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2002:
Professional, scientific, & technical services
United States

By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Professional, scientific, & technical services - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
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ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Receipts
($1,000)
All firms 708,000 772,365 7,046,205 368,778,137 944,065,638
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 112,810 112,880 0 6,121,324 19,952,768
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 394,497 394,719 761,339 28,213,893 95,612,258
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 99,931 100,741 652,247 26,403,647 72,560,946
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 54,581 57,210 725,647 33,437,505 81,978,097
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 37,592 49,020 1,392,001 75,586,019 170,494,273
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 6,103 17,204 991,770 57,920,750 129,881,263
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,486 40,591 2,523,201 141,094,999 373,586,033
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 564 3,134 202,580 12,569,971 30,010,037
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 303 1,943 148,405 8,630,102 20,384,117
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 357 2,533 196,621 13,793,830 36,094,654
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 336 2,422 227,152 13,645,698 31,710,343
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 926 30,559 1,748,443 92,455,398 255,386,882

 
 
U.S. - Professional, scientific, and technical services - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 771,725 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 8,032,847 71.4% 52.8% 38.9%
link to 2007 detail 2007 787,157 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 8,179,941 71.4% 52.8% 38.9%
link to 2006 detail 2006 772,025 6.6% 1.3% 0.4% 8,054,094 71.5% 52.6% 38.4%
link to 2005 detail 2005 757,174 6.4% 1.3% 0.4% 7,689,366 71.1% 52.3% 38.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 734,912 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 7,569,981 70.9% 52.0% 38.4%
link to 2003 detail 2003 714,790 6.6% 1.3% 0.4% 7,340,246 70.6% 51.7% 38.1%
link to 2002 detail 2002 708,000 6.5% 1.2% 0.4% 7,046,205 69.6% 49.9% 35.8%
link to 2001 detail 2001 682,278 6.9% 1.3% 0.4% 7,156,579 70.5% 50.3% 35.9%
link to 2000 detail 2000 670,099 6.7% 1.2% 0.4% 6,816,216 69.7% 49.5% 35.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 654,464 6.5% 1.2% 0.3% 6,432,422 68.7% 48.5% 34.9%
link to 1998 detail 1998 641,621 6.3% 1.2% 0.3% 6,052,365 67.6% 47.6% 33.7%

 
 
Professional, scientific, & technical services - by State
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.
State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
United States 708,000 6.5% 1.2% 0.4% 7,046,205 69.6% 49.9% 35.8%
Alabama 8,190 10.3% 3.9% 2.1% 80,586 67.2% 46.1% 29.7%
Alaska 1,617 10.8% 5.2% 4.0% 13,231 64.9% 44.4% 39.2%
Arizona 13,023 9.0% 3.8% 2.2% 113,699 69.0% 50.5% 38.1%
Arkansas 4,820 7.1% 2.9% 1.7% 32,992 55.5% 37.2% 21.4%
California 93,996 8.5% 2.4% 0.9% 1,130,867 75.4% 57.4% 44.0%
Colorado 18,418 8.3% 3.6% 1.9% 142,815 67.0% 48.8% 36.1%
Connecticut 9,891 10.2% 4.2% 2.5% 100,002 69.6% 50.9% 37.4%
Delaware 2,234 12.7% 5.8% 3.8% 19,482 68.9% 43.4% 33.2%
District of Columbia 3,988 23.2% 12.8% 7.0% 84,447 85.9% 71.5% 52.0%
Florida 53,984 6.2% 1.9% 0.9% 403,902 64.1% 45.6% 34.3%
Georgia 22,517 9.3% 3.7% 1.9% 204,197 70.2% 51.0% 39.0%
Hawaii 2,823 10.8% 5.2% 3.2% 19,947 57.0% 30.5% 17.6%
Idaho 3,167 9.2% 4.1% 2.8% 34,455 73.0% 60.5% 53.3%
Illinois 34,831 8.6% 3.1% 1.5% 334,517 70.7% 52.2% 38.2%
Indiana 11,345 9.1% 3.1% 1.7% 93,517 61.6% 37.9% 24.6%
Iowa 5,495 8.5% 2.9% 1.8% 39,933 55.2% 30.5% 21.6%
Kansas 6,318 9.3% 4.1% 2.2% 53,603 63.9% 43.8% 29.9%
Kentucky 7,130 9.2% 3.9% 2.1% 56,633 59.1% 37.1% 22.2%
Louisiana 10,213 8.5% 2.8% 1.6% 79,488 59.8% 34.7% 18.8%
Maine 3,206 8.2% 3.2% 2.0% 22,031 55.9% 32.6% 19.2%
Maryland 16,728 11.2% 4.2% 2.1% 198,181 75.9% 56.1% 39.2%
Massachusetts 20,967 10.6% 4.1% 2.0% 238,817 73.8% 54.3% 36.8%
Michigan 20,726 9.6% 3.5% 1.6% 220,283 71.0% 51.3% 32.1%
Minnesota 14,900 8.5% 3.1% 1.7% 119,240 66.2% 43.1% 27.7%
Mississippi 4,169 9.2% 3.5% 2.1% 30,367 56.9% 33.3% 24.3%
Missouri 12,098 9.6% 3.8% 2.1% 123,952 69.2% 50.1% 38.2%
Montana 2,804 7.2% 3.3% 1.9% 15,491 49.6% 31.2% 12.6%
Nebraska 3,687 10.0% 4.3% 2.8% 34,735 68.2% 47.8% 36.3%
Nevada 6,038 9.7% 4.1% 2.4% 45,410 66.1% 44.2% 32.2%
New Hampshire 3,858 9.5% 3.7% 2.2% 26,016 55.2% 31.3% 19.5%
New Jersey 30,271 8.6% 2.9% 1.4% 260,901 67.8% 46.3% 30.9%
New Mexico 4,195 9.9% 4.8% 3.1% 31,662 60.1% 40.4% 27.7%
New York 53,195 8.0% 2.4% 1.1% 531,735 71.5% 51.9% 37.7%
North Carolina 18,024 9.0% 3.3% 1.8% 154,959 64.3% 43.4% 31.9%
North Dakota 1,249 9.4% 3.7% 1.9% 9,492 58.8% 35.3% 16.7%
Ohio 23,099 9.6% 3.2% 1.6% 225,274 66.9% 44.3% 29.8%
Oklahoma 8,025 7.2% 2.9% 1.6% 55,437 56.0% 36.0% 20.3%
Oregon 9,750 8.1% 3.1% 1.7% 69,727 59.0% 37.9% 25.1%
Pennsylvania 26,636 10.3% 3.4% 1.7% 284,647 70.9% 48.6% 32.9%
Rhode Island 2,881 8.2% 3.6% 2.4% 19,760 56.7% 35.4% 24.7%
South Carolina 7,965 8.8% 3.4% 2.0% 63,665 61.0% 40.6% 27.7%
South Dakota 1,530 7.2% 3.4% 1.8% 8,996 44.4% 24.7% 10.2%
Tennessee 9,840 10.5% 4.0% 2.4% 99,722 68.4% 48.6% 36.4%
Texas 48,860 8.5% 2.8% 1.3% 485,623 69.4% 49.8% 36.6%
Utah 5,998 10.6% 4.7% 2.9% 51,726 69.2% 44.9% 30.0%
Vermont 1,972 7.2% 3.2% 2.0% 13,899 55.9% 38.7% 30.9%
Virginia 20,799 11.9% 4.6% 2.1% 309,536 80.4% 63.3% 47.5%
Washington 16,248 9.1% 3.6% 2.0% 137,769 66.6% 46.0% 30.4%
West Virginia 2,722 10.7% 4.6% 2.6% 21,096 56.0% 30.3% 14.4%
Wisconsin 10,547 10.0% 3.4% 2.0% 90,826 62.6% 37.6% 22.7%
Wyoming 1,546 6.5% 2.8% 1.7% 6,917 33.3% 11.8% 7.4%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13, 2011   Questions?