U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
NAICS 541 - 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-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 714,790 780,870 7,340,246 398,150,994
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 113,207 113,293 0 5,960,278
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 398,710 398,974 768,190 28,793,306
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 100,856 101,607 658,188 27,080,453
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 54,960 57,397 730,762 33,957,159
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 37,652 48,506 1,388,769 76,480,334
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 6,478 17,710 1,000,781 58,443,530
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,927 43,383 2,793,556 167,435,934
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 625 3,048 216,189 12,566,760
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 335 1,816 132,263 7,904,110
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 401 2,548 198,661 13,789,544
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 419 2,916 249,816 15,533,341
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,147 33,055 1,996,627 117,642,179

 
 
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 714,790 6.6% 1.3% 0.4% 7,340,246 70.6% 51.7% 38.1%
Alabama 8,214 10.3% 4.0% 2.2% 86,091 68.4% 48.4% 34.9%
Alaska 1,614 11.0% 5.1% 3.8% 11,722 58.7% 37.3% 30.2%
Arizona 13,182 8.9% 4.0% 2.3% 107,194 66.3% 47.0% 33.7%
Arkansas 4,892 6.8% 2.8% 1.7% 32,614 54.4% 36.2% 22.9%
California 94,396 8.4% 2.4% 1.0% 1,159,053 76.0% 58.8% 46.9%
Colorado 18,892 8.1% 3.5% 2.0% 152,427 68.7% 50.9% 41.0%
Connecticut 9,724 10.0% 4.1% 2.5% 100,372 69.9% 51.5% 38.1%
Delaware 2,243 13.7% 6.7% 4.5% 24,147 74.6% 53.4% 43.2%
District of Columbia 3,813 23.5% 13.2% 7.3% 82,696 86.2% 72.4% 53.8%
Florida 55,854 6.3% 2.0% 1.0% 391,698 61.7% 41.5% 28.2%
Georgia 23,021 9.1% 3.7% 2.0% 193,142 68.0% 48.0% 34.8%
Hawaii 2,899 10.9% 5.3% 3.3% 21,694 59.4% 33.6% 20.9%
Idaho 3,245 9.1% 3.9% 2.3% 29,209 67.5% 51.9% 41.3%
Illinois 35,078 8.6% 3.1% 1.5% 353,625 72.6% 54.8% 41.4%
Indiana 11,498 9.3% 3.4% 1.9% 102,600 64.4% 43.0% 30.7%
Iowa 5,575 8.9% 3.3% 2.0% 42,732 57.7% 34.7% 23.9%
Kansas 6,413 9.4% 4.4% 2.5% 52,782 63.2% 43.9% 28.2%
Kentucky 7,172 9.6% 3.9% 2.3% 57,659 60.2% 38.2% 24.6%
Louisiana 10,312 8.6% 2.9% 1.6% 80,632 59.3% 34.3% 18.9%
Maine 3,224 8.1% 3.4% 2.1% 21,754 55.6% 34.4% 19.9%
Maryland 16,930 11.3% 4.2% 2.0% 203,907 76.1% 56.0% 37.7%
Massachusetts 20,879 10.5% 4.1% 2.1% 238,069 73.8% 54.3% 37.9%
Michigan 20,628 10.2% 3.8% 1.8% 299,637 78.9% 64.0% 49.1%
Minnesota 15,078 8.5% 3.4% 1.9% 124,672 67.3% 46.9% 31.1%
Mississippi 4,249 9.2% 3.7% 2.2% 29,443 54.0% 29.3% 18.6%
Missouri 12,190 9.8% 3.8% 2.1% 126,216 69.6% 50.3% 38.7%
Montana 2,885 7.3% 3.5% 2.1% 16,047 49.8% 31.7% 15.7%
Nebraska 3,704 10.5% 4.3% 2.8% 48,823 76.9% 61.2% 54.5%
Nevada 6,281 9.8% 4.0% 2.4% 50,846 68.5% 47.0% 32.4%
New Hampshire 3,828 9.7% 3.7% 2.4% 27,546 57.3% 33.4% 21.6%
New Jersey 29,819 8.8% 3.1% 1.6% 287,450 70.8% 51.6% 37.4%
New Mexico 4,193 10.1% 4.7% 3.0% 32,891 62.0% 40.3% 28.8%
New York 53,232 8.1% 2.5% 1.2% 552,947 72.5% 54.1% 40.1%
North Carolina 18,242 9.1% 3.5% 2.0% 168,141 66.9% 47.8% 35.9%
North Dakota 1,249 9.8% 3.7% 2.1% 10,902 64.5% 44.7% 32.3%
Ohio 23,115 9.9% 3.6% 1.8% 238,004 68.7% 47.7% 33.0%
Oklahoma 8,133 7.3% 3.0% 1.8% 62,570 60.3% 42.2% 30.2%
Oregon 9,907 8.1% 3.4% 1.9% 71,267 59.9% 40.9% 27.4%
Pennsylvania 26,808 10.2% 3.5% 1.8% 305,644 72.6% 52.6% 38.4%
Rhode Island 2,960 8.8% 3.8% 2.4% 22,148 60.3% 39.5% 25.9%
South Carolina 8,100 8.7% 3.6% 1.9% 68,072 62.3% 43.3% 29.1%
South Dakota 1,520 7.2% 3.4% 1.9% 10,129 51.3% 33.4% 25.8%
Tennessee 9,924 10.6% 4.2% 2.5% 100,557 68.0% 48.3% 36.9%
Texas 49,402 8.6% 2.8% 1.4% 499,741 70.1% 50.8% 37.6%
Utah 6,283 10.6% 4.7% 2.9% 54,211 69.5% 45.8% 28.0%
Vermont 1,964 7.3% 3.5% 2.3% 13,368 53.6% 37.0% 28.2%
Virginia 21,250 11.7% 4.8% 2.2% 307,089 79.8% 63.4% 46.8%
Washington 16,463 9.0% 3.7% 1.9% 142,413 67.5% 47.5% 32.1%
West Virginia 2,717 10.7% 4.8% 2.9% 22,755 58.4% 34.8% 20.5%
Wisconsin 10,539 10.2% 3.7% 2.1% 93,675 63.5% 39.5% 24.8%
Wyoming 1,571 6.3% 2.9% 1.9% 7,223 34.1% 13.9% 9.9%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13, 2011   Questions?