1997 Economic Census: Advance Comparative Statistics for the United States 1987 SIC Basis

1987 SIC code	Description	Establishments		Sales, receipts, or shipments		Annual payroll ($1,000)		Paid employees
		1997	1992	1997 ($1,000)	1992 ($1,000)	1997 ($1,000)	1992 ($1,000)	1997	1992
	Mineral industries	26,100	30,787	158,482,418	162,095,421	22,144,856	24,198,608	550,137	638,167
10	Metal mining	765	1,023	11,566,446	9,864,437	2,195,844	2,110,884	50,198	52,936
12	Coal mining	1,880	3,069	23,318,061	27,134,131	4,318,395	5,461,377	95,589	134,482
13	Oil & gas extraction	16,686	20,891	106,811,093	111,522,731	12,037,227	13,396,730	304,736	344,876
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	5,537	5,804	16,786,818	13,574,122	3,593,390	3,229,617	99,614	105,873
	Construction Industries	631,595	572,851	832,489,119	539,084,657	170,283,237	117,729,651	5,616,775	4,668,280
15	Building construction - general contactors & operative builders	182,315	168,407	362,380,687	220,231,215	39,153,658	27,077,574	1,266,236	1,096,859
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction - contractor	38,983	37,180	128,361,752	98,528,182	29,258,232	23,728,285	858,219	799,422
17	Construction - special trade contractors	410,297	367,263	341,746,680	220,325,260	101,871,347	66,923,793	3,492,320	2,771,999
	Manufactures	377,673	370,912	3,964,788,992	3,004,722,841	596,170,493	494,108,853	17,633,977	16,948,942
20	Food and kindred products	20,913	20,798	480,299,707	406,962,767	43,087,362	36,771,769	1,567,155	1,502,749
21	Tobacco products	141	114	36,328,974	35,197,809	1,612,171	1,524,383	34,464	38,038
22	Textile mill products	6,134	5,886	82,763,179	70,752,971	13,635,680	12,397,639	557,775	616,397
23	Apparel and other textile products	23,345	23,093	81,023,419	71,657,925	15,465,805	15,325,090	840,498	985,250
24	Lumber and wood products	36,712	35,807	111,444,879	81,564,818	18,672,983	13,881,820	756,934	655,799
25	Furniture and fixtures	12,059	11,658	62,388,884	43,825,926	13,329,841	10,226,998	522,893	471,088
26	Paper and allied products	6,509	6,416	159,954,824	133,200,703	23,762,258	20,491,873	623,799	626,348
27	Printing and publishing	62,073	65,392	206,396,046	166,153,125	49,105,412	41,136,093	1,519,824	1,492,051
28	Chemicals and allied products	12,401	12,004	404,400,164	305,420,096	38,369,640	32,501,859	843,469	848,637
29	Petroleum and coal products	2,136	2,124	173,414,651	150,226,893	5,445,259	4,966,781	106,863	114,376
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	16,648	15,842	159,079,133	113,592,768	29,994,765	23,156,040	1,031,202	906,669
31	Leather and leather products	1,846	2,040	9,940,805	9,693,763	1,757,557	1,805,959	84,002	101,136
32	Stone, clay, and glass products	16,413	16,254	88,312,387	62,520,611	16,525,003	13,113,124	509,730	468,824
33	Primary metal industries	6,559	6,501	192,924,973	138,286,991	26,892,337	22,202,433	692,943	662,062
34	Fabricated metal products	38,194	36,429	233,701,166	166,532,038	51,131,087	38,961,824	1,555,670	1,362,343
35	Industrial machinery and equipment	56,315	53,956	407,720,628	258,661,356	74,995,215	57,230,912	2,001,684	1,738,905
36	Electronic and other electric equipment	17,129	16,922	345,490,897	216,764,287	57,861,238	44,196,505	1,573,893	1,438,798
37	Transportation equipment	12,323	11,287	520,505,442	399,269,283	68,481,473	62,733,741	1,587,091	1,646,901
38	Instruments and related products	11,811	11,354	157,938,963	134,940,392	35,569,177	33,066,965	832,432	907,106
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	18,012	17,035	50,759,871	39,498,319	10,476,230	8,417,045	391,656	365,465
	Transportation, Communications, & Utilities %% **	293,882	252,953	1,146,184,316	791,205,303	204,651,347	152,543,113	5,822,675	4,934,184
40	Railroad transportation **	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
41	Passenger transportation	19,616	17,805	18,807,577	12,649,307	7,727,594	5,191,117	455,182	354,913
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	133,360	110,908	197,573,910	143,794,366	55,762,560	39,895,651	1,963,511	1,580,095
44	Water transportation	9,245	8,147	36,303,502	29,207,214	6,345,392	5,170,196	180,282	171,314
45	Transportation by air %%	11,364	9,363	48,622,860	32,973,114	10,408,630	7,401,631	360,004	272,633
46	Pipelines except natural gas	984	844	8,258,204	7,063,056	867,991	821,085	14,901	16,779
47	Transportation services	52,117	46,593	41,610,605	23,889,855	12,700,817	7,850,337	433,849	329,202
48	Communications	24,844	39,244	370,291,340	230,667,167	68,687,777	47,057,941	1,570,180	1,294,236
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	22,306	20,049	424,716,318	310,961,224	42,150,586	39,155,155	844,766	915,012
	Wholesale Trade	518,215	495,457	4,212,312,128	3,238,520,447	234,444,895	173,272,138	6,506,992	5,791,264
50	Durable goods - total	335,300	313,464	2,293,821,320	1,593,873,892	147,502,415	105,155,015	3,879,523	3,349,064
51	Nondurable goods - total	182,915	181,993	1,918,490,808	1,644,646,555	86,942,480	68,117,123	2,627,469	2,442,200
	Wholesale Trade - merchant wholesalers	440,211	414,836	2,498,394,949	1,847,273,611	177,876,529	127,986,837	5,295,426	4,587,877
50	Durable goods - merchant wholesalers	285,686	264,611	1,322,481,797	902,788,564	113,999,113	78,264,277	3,235,527	2,713,990
51	Nondurable goods - merchant wholesalers	154,525	150,225	1,175,913,152	944,485,047	63,877,416	49,722,560	2,059,899	1,873,887
	Retail Trade	1,566,049	1,526,215	2,562,093,519	1,894,880,209	293,577,652	222,867,879	21,349,109	18,407,453
52	Building materials and garden supplies	69,028	69,483	153,830,732	98,832,146	17,529,047	11,789,798	854,538	665,747
53	General merchandise stores	35,444	34,606	328,635,945	245,329,695	30,636,768	24,502,700	2,494,896	2,078,530
54	Food stores	174,284	180,568	419,840,460	369,198,584	43,353,533	37,227,785	3,147,001	2,969,317
55	Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations	200,807	201,707	785,314,394	529,853,241	55,659,200	39,376,284	2,290,788	1,942,613
56	Apparel and accessory stores	126,099	145,490	118,604,289	101,714,474	13,728,572	12,038,524	1,121,518	1,144,587
57	Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores	115,207	110,073	137,995,685	93,206,043	16,429,289	11,868,650	868,345	702,164
58	Eating and drinking places	S	433,608	S	195,316,992	S	52,569,715	S	6,547,908
59	Misellaneous retail	S	350,680	S	261,429,034	S	33,494,423	S	2,356,587
	Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries	S	585,580	S	1,831,526,517	S	211,568,784	S	6,509,591
60	Depository institutions	35,544	104,505	698,685,494	532,056,958	76,944,027	57,339,387	2,130,054	2,100,089
61	Nondepository institutions	52,116	39,439	212,442,260	135,386,946	24,276,234	15,481,372	588,858	445,590
62	Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services	48,070	31,177	249,785,961	108,861,913	67,147,859	33,833,505	642,889	406,444
63	Insurance carriers	7,888	38,977	988,348,173	796,024,945	65,685,329	50,518,681	1,586,576	1,516,643
64	Insurance agents, brokers, and services	131,330	121,662	74,329,366	51,705,051	25,792,339	18,921,131	720,360	635,536
65	Real estate	254,023	229,493	190,508,226	141,673,252	35,288,169	26,245,094	1,393,630	1,231,471
67	Holding & other investment offices, except trusts	S	20,327	S	65,817,452	S	9,229,614	S	173,818
	Service Industries	2,306,942	2,034,346	2,453,309,380	1,648,868,652	921,942,255	639,369,976	34,223,932	27,399,296
70	Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places	S	51,817	S	70,011,326	S	19,837,363	S	1,506,692
72	Personal services	204,636	197,101	53,324,578	43,279,847	17,949,585	14,378,515	1,311,417	1,217,634
73	Business services	398,192	306,551	550,460,705	274,892,184	215,489,949	109,299,267	8,749,897	5,542,417
75	Automotive repair, services, and parking	192,252	171,970	100,972,632	70,032,569	22,919,616	15,549,993	1,109,619	863,856
76	Miscellaneous repair services	67,053	71,576	38,466,393	30,731,827	11,596,526	9,694,859	426,837	428,103
78	Motion pictures	45,961	41,857	63,696,698	43,953,713	13,738,407	9,816,111	568,891	478,084
79	Amusement and recreation services	97,485	83,871	95,000,572	57,762,120	29,507,645	18,926,117	1,529,475	1,119,609
80	Health services	498,881	465,356	814,754,288	623,480,434	346,745,728	274,593,038	11,369,716	10,017,150
81	Legal services	168,206	153,462	123,712,022	102,275,027	48,164,828	39,957,635	977,850	944,958
82	Educational services	27,244	21,018	16,988,073	10,215,561	5,544,934	3,438,404	256,426	196,296
83	Social services	162,365	140,849	94,292,537	67,021,101	34,449,292	24,797,472	2,273,148	1,912,337
84	Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens	5,425	3,553	6,422,931	3,390,240	1,784,311	1,233,385	88,514	69,613
86	Membership organizations;	66,458	72,386	46,502,411	36,255,912	12,619,225	10,188,331	597,211	602,527
87	Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv (exc noncomm research org)	297,402	238,392	330,517,234	207,600,554	129,348,154	84,564,182	3,139,215	2,418,884
89	Services, n.e.c.	S	14,587	S	7,966,237	S	3,095,304	S	81,136
	Auxiliaries	S	47,250	S	N	S	137,084,011	S	3,229,693

N Not available
S Data do not meet publication standards
%% Data do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
** Railroad transportation and U.S. Postal Service industries are out of scope for the 1997 Economic Census
Source: 1997 Economic Census, Advance Report

Last modified: 3/16/1999