U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2004:
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 734,912 804,569 7,569,981 426,713,010
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 118,862 118,956 0 6,179,361
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 409,233 409,539 787,087 30,457,491
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 102,770 103,572 670,476 28,499,928
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 56,001 58,374 744,461 36,027,361
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 38,593 49,082 1,427,997 81,571,088
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 6,575 17,311 1,030,490 62,928,752
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,878 47,735 2,909,470 181,049,029
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 618 3,264 221,085 14,308,111
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 313 2,117 126,717 8,583,807
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 386 2,474 185,477 12,767,545
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 407 2,712 245,465 17,199,173
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,154 37,168 2,130,726 128,190,393

 
 
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 734,912 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 7,569,981 70.9% 52.0% 38.4%
Alabama 8,373 10.3% 4.0% 2.2% 91,498 69.8% 49.8% 36.9%
Alaska 1,645 11.4% 5.4% 4.0% 11,867 59.2% 35.4% 25.8%
Arizona 13,848 8.8% 3.9% 2.3% 116,458 68.1% 49.3% 37.4%
Arkansas 5,031 7.1% 2.8% 1.8% 34,550 55.9% 36.2% 24.9%
California 97,079 8.2% 2.3% 1.0% 1,239,251 77.1% 61.0% 49.3%
Colorado 19,689 7.8% 3.3% 1.9% 146,891 67.0% 47.6% 37.9%
Connecticut 9,687 10.0% 4.1% 2.4% 98,504 69.0% 50.3% 37.4%
Delaware 2,336 13.7% 6.8% 4.4% 26,500 76.3% 55.5% 43.1%
District of Columbia 3,828 23.8% 13.1% 7.5% 86,216 86.7% 73.1% 55.9%
Florida 59,228 6.1% 1.9% 0.9% 414,127 61.7% 41.9% 29.0%
Georgia 24,043 8.8% 3.6% 1.9% 200,213 68.1% 48.0% 34.3%
Hawaii 3,004 11.2% 5.4% 3.2% 23,738 62.0% 36.7% 24.2%
Idaho 3,428 9.0% 4.3% 2.7% 31,256 68.3% 52.8% 42.7%
Illinois 35,931 8.5% 3.1% 1.5% 343,894 71.3% 52.8% 38.9%
Indiana 11,709 9.4% 3.3% 1.9% 103,265 64.4% 42.0% 28.9%
Iowa 5,685 8.6% 3.0% 2.0% 41,763 55.8% 31.6% 20.8%
Kansas 6,628 9.4% 4.3% 2.5% 60,378 66.8% 49.5% 36.6%
Kentucky 7,388 9.4% 3.8% 2.3% 59,446 61.0% 38.7% 24.1%
Louisiana 10,462 8.9% 2.9% 1.6% 81,969 59.5% 33.4% 17.5%
Maine 3,307 8.2% 3.4% 2.2% 22,540 55.4% 33.0% 18.9%
Maryland 17,460 11.1% 4.1% 2.0% 215,303 76.8% 56.9% 39.3%
Massachusetts 20,943 10.4% 4.0% 2.1% 236,527 73.6% 54.1% 38.8%
Michigan 20,831 10.3% 3.9% 1.9% 294,303 78.3% 62.4% 46.9%
Minnesota 15,392 8.5% 3.3% 1.9% 124,194 66.6% 45.7% 29.7%
Mississippi 4,287 9.4% 3.6% 2.1% 31,651 56.4% 31.2% 17.8%
Missouri 12,442 9.9% 3.9% 2.2% 130,591 70.2% 51.5% 37.5%
Montana 3,023 7.1% 3.1% 2.0% 16,737 50.3% 30.8% 16.4%
Nebraska 3,787 10.4% 4.4% 3.0% 40,338 71.2% 52.1% 42.9%
Nevada 6,599 9.7% 4.2% 2.5% 53,874 68.5% 47.3% 32.1%
New Hampshire 3,836 9.9% 4.1% 2.7% 28,418 57.9% 34.8% 23.4%
New Jersey 29,983 8.7% 3.1% 1.5% 293,046 71.1% 52.5% 37.9%
New Mexico 4,324 10.4% 4.7% 3.1% 34,186 62.8% 41.2% 28.0%
New York 54,371 8.0% 2.4% 1.1% 564,633 72.7% 54.1% 40.3%
North Carolina 19,011 8.9% 3.4% 1.9% 170,712 66.5% 46.5% 33.7%
North Dakota 1,264 10.5% 4.1% 2.3% 11,514 66.2% 46.3% 29.5%
Ohio 23,428 9.8% 3.5% 1.8% 237,590 68.2% 47.2% 32.4%
Oklahoma 8,325 7.3% 2.9% 1.8% 60,972 59.2% 39.9% 27.4%
Oregon 10,189 8.0% 3.4% 2.0% 72,597 59.4% 40.4% 27.2%
Pennsylvania 27,250 10.2% 3.5% 1.8% 308,253 72.6% 52.0% 37.0%
Rhode Island 3,000 9.2% 3.8% 2.5% 23,564 62.0% 39.8% 29.3%
South Carolina 8,372 9.1% 3.7% 2.1% 70,666 62.9% 42.4% 28.1%
South Dakota 1,563 7.8% 3.4% 2.1% 10,447 51.9% 31.1% 24.3%
Tennessee 10,114 10.8% 4.3% 2.4% 103,039 68.8% 49.0% 37.0%
Texas 50,631 8.4% 2.7% 1.4% 515,243 70.4% 51.1% 38.7%
Utah 6,668 10.6% 4.7% 2.9% 64,593 73.5% 52.2% 36.6%
Vermont 2,027 7.6% 3.6% 2.3% 12,481 50.3% 30.8% 20.9%
Virginia 22,161 11.4% 4.6% 2.1% 341,324 81.2% 66.1% 49.8%
Washington 16,906 8.8% 3.5% 1.9% 143,231 66.7% 46.0% 30.6%
West Virginia 2,743 11.3% 5.1% 3.2% 23,527 60.0% 35.2% 20.8%
Wisconsin 10,624 10.3% 3.7% 2.2% 94,498 63.3% 39.4% 24.1%
Wyoming 1,621 5.9% 2.7% 1.8% 7,605 35.3% 16.8% 12.1%

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