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Census of

Construction Industries

CC92-I-23

INDUSTRY SERIES

Excavation Work

Special Trade Contractors

Industry 1794

U.S. Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
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Census of

Construction Industries

CC92-I-23

INDUSTRY SERIES

Excavation Work

Special Trade Contractors

Industry 1794

U.S. Department of Commerce

Ronald H. Brown, Secretary

David J. Barram, Deputy Secretary

Economics and Statistics Administration

Everett M. Ehrlich, Under Secretary

for Economic Affairs

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Martha Farnsworth Riche, Director

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Many persons participated in the various activities of the 1992 Census of Construction

Industries. The overall planning and review of the census operations were performed by the

Economic Census Staff of the Economic Planning and Coordination Division.

This report was prepared in the Manufacturing and Construction Division. Barry A. Rappaport,

Assistant Chief for Construction and Mineral Census and Related Programs, was responsible for

the overall planning, management, and coordination of the census of construction industries.

Planning and implementation were under the direction of Patricia L. Horning, Chief, Construction

and Mineral Census Branch, with staff assistance by Juliana Van Berkum, Susan L. Hostetter,

Doris M. Kling, Carolyn J. Stone, and Linda M. Taylor. The sampling plans and variance and

estimation specifications were developed by Dennis K. Duke. Under the direction of C. Lloyd

Anderson, the Systems Support Staff maintained the small computers and assisted in the

management of computer output.

Systems and procedures for mailout, receipt, correspondence, data input, industry classification, other clerical processing, administrative-record processing, quality control, and the associated electronic computer programs, were developed in the Economic Planning and Coordination

Division.

Mailout preparation and receipt operations, clerical and analytical review activities, data

keying, and geocoding review were performed by the staff of the Data Preparation Division,

Judith N. Petty, Chief.

Geographic coding procedures and associated computer programs were developed by the staff

of the Geography Division, Joel Morrison, Chief.

The computer processing systems were developed and coordinated in the Economic

Statistical Methods and Programming Division, Charles P. Paulter, Jr., Chief, and Sarah W.

Baumgardner, Assistant Chief. Samuel Rozenel, Chief, Current Construction Branch, was

responsible for the design and implementation of the computer systems. The computer programs

were prepared under the supervision of Leonard S. Sammarco and Kevin J. Montgomery.

Computer processing was performed in the Computer Services Division, Marvin D. Raines,

Chief.

The staff of the Administrative and Publications Services Division, Walter C. Odom, Chief,

performed planning, design, composition, editorial review, and printing planning and procurement

for the publications and report forms. Bernadette J. Gayle provided publication coordination and

editing.

Special acknowledgment is also due the many businesses whose cooperation has contributed

to the publication of these data.

If you have any questions concerning the statistics in this report, call 301-457-4680.

Acknowledgments
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MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION DIVISION

John P. Govoni, Acting Chief

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Martha Farnsworth Riche, Director

Harry A. Scarr, Deputy Director

Paula J. Schneider, Principal Associate

Director for Programs

Frederick T. Knickerbocker, Associate

Director for Economic Programs

Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Assistant Director

for Economic Programs

ECONOMIC PLANNING AND COORDINATION

DIVISION

John P. Govoni, Chief

Economics and Statistics

Administration

Everett M. Ehrlich, Under Secretary

for Economic Affairs

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Introduction to

the Economic Census

PURPOSES AND USES OF THE ECONOMIC

CENSUS

The economic census is the major source of facts about

the structure and functioning of the Nation’s economy. It

provides essential information for government, business,

industry, and the general public.

The economic census furnishes an important part of the

framework for such composite measures as the gross

domestic product, input/ output measures, production and

price indexes, and other statistical series that measure

short-term changes in economic conditions.

Policymaking agencies of the Federal Government use

the data, especially in monitoring economic activity and

providing assistance to business.

State and local governments use the data to assess

business activities and tax bases within their jurisdictions

and to develop programs to attract business.

Trade associations study trends in their own and competing industries and keep their members informed of

market changes.

Individual businesses use the data to locate potential

markets and to analyze their own production and sales

performance relative to industry or area averages.

AUTHORITY AND SCOPE

Title 13 of the United States Code (sections 131, 191,

and 224) directs the Census Bureau to take the economic

census every 5 years, covering years ending in 2 and 7.

The 1992 Economic Census consists of the following eight

censuses:

• Census of Retail Trade

• Census of Wholesale Trade

• Census of Service Industries

• Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate

Industries

• Census of Transportation, Communications, and

Utilities

• Census of Manufactures

• Census of Mineral Industries

• Census of Construction Industries

Special programs also cover enterprise statistics and

minority-owned and women-owned businesses. (The 1992

Census of Agriculture and 1992 Census of Governments

are conducted separately.) The next economic census is

scheduled to be taken in 1998 covering the year 1997.

AVAILABILITY OF THE DATA

The results of the economic census are available in

printed reports for sale by the U.S. Government Printing

Office and on compact discs for sale by the Census

Bureau. Order forms for all types of products are available

on request from Customer Services, Bureau of the Census,

Washington, DC 20233-8300. A more complete description of publications being issued from this census is on the

inside back cover of this document.

Census facts are also widely disseminated by trade

associations, business journals, and newspapers. Volumes containing census statistics are available in most

major public and college libraries. Finally, State data

centers in every State as well as business and industry

data centers in many States also supply economic census

statistics.

WHAT’S NEW IN 1992

The 1992 Economic Census covers more of the economy

than any previous census. New for 1992 are data on

communications, utilities, finance, insurance, and real estate,

as well as coverage of more transportation industries. The

economic, agriculture, and governments censuses now

collectively cover nearly 98 percent of all economic activity.

Among other changes, new 1992 definitions affect the

boundaries of about a third of all metropolitan areas. Also,

the Survey of Women-Owned Businesses has now been

expanded to include all corporations.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

The economic census has been taken as an integrated

program at 5-year intervals since 1967 and before that for

1963, 1958, and 1954. Prior to that time, the individual

subcomponents of the economic census were taken separately at varying intervals.

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The economic census traces its beginnings to the 1810

Decennial Census, when questions on manufacturing were

included with those for population. Coverage of economic

activities was expanded for 1840 and subsequent censuses to include mining and some commercial activities. In

1902, Congress established a permanent Census Bureau

and directed that a census of manufactures be taken every

5 years. The 1905 Manufactures Census was the first time

a census was taken apart from the regular every-10-year

population census.

The first census of business was taken in 1930, covering 1929. Initially it covered retail and wholesale trade and

construction industries, but it was broadened in 1933 to

include some of the service trades.

The 1954 Economic Census was the first census to be

fully integrated—providing comparable census data across

economic sectors, using consistent time periods, concepts, definitions, classifications, and reporting units. It

was the first census to be taken by mail, using lists of firms

provided by the administrative records of other Federal

agencies. Since 1963, administrative records also have

been used to provide basic statistics for very small firms,

reducing or eliminating the need to send them census

questionnaires. The Enterprise Statistics Program, which

publishes combined data from the economic census, was

made possible with the implementation of the integrated

census program in 1954.

The range of industries covered in the economic censuses has continued to expand. The census of construction industries began on a regular basis in 1967, and the

scope of service industries was broadened in 1967, 1977,

and 1987. The census of transportation began in 1963 as

a set of surveys covering travel, transportation of commodities, and trucks, but expanded in 1987 to cover business

establishments in several transportation industries. For

1992, these statistics are incorporated into a broadened

census of transportation, communications, and utilities.

Also new for 1992 is the census of financial, insurance,

and real estate industries. This is part of a gradual expansion in coverage of industries previously subjected to

government regulation.

The Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises

was first conducted as a special project in 1969 and was

incorporated into the economic census in 1972 along with

the Survey of Women-Owned Businesses.

An economic census has also been taken in Puerto

Rico since 1909, in the Virgin Islands of the United States

and Guam since 1958, and in the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands since 1982.

Statistical reports from the 1987 and earlier censuses

provide historical figures for the study of long-term time

series and are available in some large libraries. All of the

census data published since 1967 are still available for

sale on microfiche from the Census Bureau.

AVAILABILITY OF MORE FREQUENT

ECONOMIC DATA

While the census provides complete enumerations every

5 years, there are many needs for more frequent data as

well. The Census Bureau conducts a number of monthly,

quarterly, and annual surveys, with the results appearing in

publication series such as Current Business Reports (retail

and wholesale trade and service industries), the Annual

Survey of Manufactures, Current Industrial Reports, and

the Quarterly Financial Report. Most of these surveys,

while providing more frequent observations, yield less

kind-of-business and geographic detail than the census.

The County Business Patterns program offers annual

statistics on the number of establishments, employment,

and payroll classified by industry within each county.

SOURCES FOR MORE INFORMATION

More information about the scope, coverage, classification system, data items, and publications for each of the

economic censuses and related surveys is published in the

Guide to the 1992 Economic Census and Related Statistics. More information on the methodology, procedures,

and history of the census will be published in the History of

the 1992 Economic Census. Contact Customer Services

for information on availability.

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Census of Construction

GENERAL

The 1992 Census of Construction Industries covers all

employer establishments (establishments with payroll) primarily engaged in contract construction or construction on

their own account for sale as defined in the Standard

Industrial Classification Manual: 19871 (SIC). This industrial classification system has been developed by experts

on classification in government and private industry under

the guidance of the Office of Management and Budget and

is in general use among government agencies and among

organizations outside the government.

Contract construction. The SIC manual defines construction in three broad types of activity:

1. Building construction by general contractors or by

operative builders. General building contractors are

primarily engaged in the construction of dwellings,

office buildings, stores, farm buildings, and other building projects. Operative builders who build on their own

account for sale are also included here. However,

investment builders who build structures on their own

account for rent are classified in Real Estate.

2. Heavy construction general contractors. Heavy construction general contractors are primarily engaged in

the construction of highways, bridges, pipelines, sewers and water lines, marine construction, power, and

petro-chemical plants and other nonbuilding construction projects. Special trade contractors are classified

in heavy construction, if they are specifically engaged

in the following activities: grading for highway and

airport runways; guardrail construction; installation of

highway signs; asphalt and concrete construction of

roads, highways, streets, and public sidewalks; trenching, cable laying; conduit construction; underwater

rock removal; pipeline wrapping; or land clearing and

leveling.

3. Constructionby other specialtrade contractors. These

contractors include plumbers, painters, carpenters,

electricians, brick layers, roofers, etc. For the most

part, they perform their work at the site of construction,

although they may also have shops where they perform work incidental to the job site.

General contractors in both the building and the heavy

construction field usually assume responsibility for an

entire construction project, but may subcontract to others

all of the actual construction work or those portions of the

project requiring special skills or equipment. Special trade

contractors may work for general contractors, for other

subcontractors, or may work directly for the owner of the

property.

Each establishment receiving a questionnaire was requested

to report the percent of total dollar value of business done

for each kind-of-business activity engaged in during 1992.

This information was used for the computer assignment of

appropriate industry classifications. During this work, various tests were also made using other data reported on the

questionnaire. The proportion of construction work to total

business was checked to verify that the establishment was

primarily in construction. Also taken into consideration

were the types of structures worked on during the year and

the extent of work undertaken for other contractors.

Construction establishments often engage in various

construction activities. It is necessary, however, to assign

a single industry code to the establishment based on its

major activity. Therefore, the statistics shown for an industry reflect not only the primary activity of the establishments in the industry but also their secondary activities.

The industry reports, however, do present data on the

extent of secondary activities.

Prior to 1992, this census also included one industry

classified in the Real Estate area, SIC 6552, Land Subdividers and Developers, Except Cemeteries. This industry

is covered in the 1992 Census of Financial, Insurance,

and Real Estate Industries.

ESTABLISHMENT BASIS OF REPORTING

The census of construction industries is conducted on

an establishment basis. A ‘‘construction establishment’’ is

defined as a relatively permanent office or other place of

business where the usual business activities related to

construction are conducted. With some exceptions, a

relatively permanent office is one which has been established for the management of more than one project or job

and which is expected to be maintained on a continuing

basis. Such ‘‘establishment’’ activities include, but are not

limited to estimating, bidding, purchasing, supervising, and

operation of the actual construction work being conducted

1

Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987. For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,

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at one or more construction sites. Separate construction

reports were not required for each project or construction

site.

Companies with more than one construction establishment were required to submit a separate report for each

establishment operated during all or any part of 1992. The

census of construction industries figures represent a summary of records for individual establishments rather than

for companies.

If an establishment was engaged in construction and

one or more distinctly different lines of economic activity

(wholesale or retail trade, service, manufacturing, mining,

etc.) at the same place of business, it was requested to file

a separate report for each activity, provided that the

activity was of substantial size and separate records were

maintained or substantially accurate estimates could be

prepared.

If a separate establishment report could not be prepared for each activity, then a construction report was

requested covering all activities of that establishment

providing that the 1992 value of construction work exceeded

the gross receipts from each of its other activities.

Construction businesses with no payroll during 1992

(nonemployers) were not required to file census reports.

Tabulation of data for these businesses are based on

administrative records and are shown only in U.S. summary publications and the geographic area reports series.

Refer to the section on ‘‘Sample Design’’ for details.

Foreign construction activities were not included in this

census.

SAMPLE DESIGN, ESTIMATION PROCEDURES,

AND RELIABILITY OF ESTIMATES

The companies included in the 1992 Census of Construction Industries were identified as part of an operation

common to all 1992 Economic Censuses. Construction

companies were divided into employers (companies with

payroll) and nonemployers (companies without payroll).

Statistical information for the employers was obtained in

the census by a survey which included all medium size and

large employers and a sample of the smaller ones. Census

reports were not required from the nonemployers. Statistics on nonemployers were obtained from administrative

records of other agencies of the Federal Government.

Employer Companies

Developing the sampling frame for employer companies. This operation started with obtaining a list of all

construction companies in the active records of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which were subject to payment

of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes. The

basic source for this list has been the Internal Revenue

Service Business Master File, a comprehensive list of

companies engaged in business activities in the United

States. The file contains the name, address, and form of

ownership of each company and also indicates whether or

not the company is subject to the FICA. Each company in

this file is assigned a unique employer identification (EI)

number which it uses in filing its various reports with the

IRS. The Social Security Administration (SSA) maintains a

similar list using the same identification numbers, which

also contains information on the industrial classification of

each company. The Bureau of the Census obtained both of

these lists and combined them.

Under special arrangements which safeguarded the

confidentiality of the information, the Bureau also obtained

administrative-record data on payrolls and receipts and

added these data to the combined list. The list, thus

created from the IRS-SSA information, was a list of employer

companies. However, for the 1992 Economic Census the

basic reporting unit is the ‘‘establishment.’’ Therefore,

steps were taken to identify the individual establishments

of those companies which operate more than one place of

business. The information for making this determination

was obtained by means of the Company Organization

Survey (COS), an annual canvass of all known multiestablishment companies and large single-establishment companies. Thus, the 1992 Economic Census list for singleestablishment employer companies was obtained from the

IRS-SSA, but the list of establishments of multiestablishment employer companies was obtained directly from

those companies in the COS. Refer to the section on

‘‘Establishment Basis for Reporting’’ for details.

In general, the IRS-SSA list provided sufficient industrial

classification data to assign a company to the proper

economic census, but there were a number of companies

for which this information was inadequate or unavailable. A

special form, NC-9923, General Schedule, was mailed to

all such companies, requesting information on the nature

of the company’s activities. From the information reported,

the company was given an industrial classification code

and assigned to the appropriate economic census. Since

construction companies found in this way were identified

only after the regular census mailing had taken place, they

were treated as a supplement to the basic list.

Selecting the employer sample. The sample was designed

to provide reliable State and metropolitan area estimates

for each construction industry. It consisted of all construction establishments in multiestablishment companies, all

single-establishment companies with 1991 administrative

payroll of $480,000 or more and a probability sample of

single-establishment companies with payroll under that

amount. Supplementing the sample were construction

companies identified from the NC-9923, General Schedule. Also affecting the sample were the misclassified

companies; i.e., companies included in the samples of

other trade areas which reported they were construction

companies and companies originally classified in construction which reported they were not construction companies.

Of the 547,000 single-establishment employer companies initially classified as construction companies, 158,000

were included in the sample. All of the 11,000 establishments of multiestablishment companies were included in

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the sample. There was a net increase in the sample of

48,000 establishments resulting from establishments originally unclassified (receiving the NC-9923) or misclassified.

The probability sample of the smaller single-establishment

companies was a stratified random sample. Strata were

formed from all establishments with the same initial fourdigit SIC code, in the same State, in the same metropolitan

area, or in the balance of the State, and in the same size

class based on estimated total employment. If the fourdigit SIC code for an establishment was incomplete, the

establishment was placed in a stratum for miscellaneous

companies. Because they were small, all companies were

included in the sample for the following three industries:

SIC 1622, Bridge, Tunnel, and Elevated Highway Construction Contractors; SIC 1795, Wrecking and Demolition Work

Special Trade Contractors; and SIC 1796, Installation or

Erection of Building Equipment Special Trade Contractors.

Estimation procedures for 1992 and 1987 data. Since

all larger employer companies and some smaller ones

were included in the census, sample estimation was

required only for the universe of companies not selected

with certainty. The published statistics are the totals of the

estimates for the sampled companies and the aggregates

for the certainty companies. All estimates for 1992 and

1987 published here are simple unbiased estimates of the

form:

n

c

x’

c = Σ xi

/ pi

i =1

where: x’

c is the simple unbiased estimate of a characteristic for a publication cell.

x

i is the reported value of a characteristic for

an individual establishment in the publication cell.

p

i is the selection probability of that firm.

n

c is the number of firms in the sample for the

cell.

Data for certain characteristics were reported as a

percentage of the dollar value of business done. Before

this formula was applied to those characteristics, it was

necessary to convert the reported percentages into dollars.

Reliability of employer statistics. Since the estimates

for employer establishments in these reports are based on

the samples, they are subject to sampling variability and

may be expected to differ from results which would have

been obtained if a complete census had been taken using

the same forms and procedures. The sampling errors

shown in the tables were estimated directly from the

sample reports, using methods appropriate for the sample

design and form of estimation used. The relative standard

error is a measure of sampling variability; i.e., the variation

that might occur by chance because only a sample of the

population is surveyed. As calculated for this report, the

relative standard error also partially reflects the effect of

random errors of response and processing, but it does not

take into account the effect of any consistent biases due to

those types of errors. The chances are about 68 out of 100

that an estimate from the sample would differ from a

complete census by less than the relative standard error.

The chances are about 95 out of 100 that the difference is

less than twice the relative standard error and about 99 out

of 100 that it is less than 2-1/ 2 times the relative standard

error. Individual estimates with large relative standard

errors have been shown in the published tables. Any such

estimates should be used with caution. The very large

relative standard errors generally occur for the smaller

estimates.

Relative standard errors have been calculated for all of

the published statistics, although they are shown for each

statistic only in the tables presenting detailed statistics.

Other tables show relative standard errors only for certain

characteristics because of lack of space.

As calculated for this report, the relative standard error

measures certain nonsampling errors, but does not measure any systematic biases in the data. Bias is the difference, averaged over all possible samples with the same

size and design, between the estimates and the true value

being estimated. Nonsampling errors can be attributed to

many sources: inability to obtain information about all

cases in the sample; definitional difficulties; differences in

interpretation of questions; inability or unwillingness of

respondents to provide correct information; and errors

made in processing the data. Although no direct measurements of the biases have been obtained, it is believed that

most of the important response and operational errors

were detected in the course of reviewing the data for

reasonableness and consistency.

A potential source of bias is in the imputation for those

establishments that have not responded by the time of

final publication. Data were estimated for establishments

that did not report by that date, although selected establishments were contacted again to obtain as much information on the telephone as possible. Some publication

cells in which more than 40 percent of the data were not

reported have been suppressed.

Nonemployer Companies

As described earlier, the information derived from the

business income tax returns of all companies was matched

to the census employer file on the basis of common

identification numbers. Those business income tax returns

which could not be matched were further classified on the

basis of several characteristics. Returns with characteristics consistent with companies without payroll were treated

as nonemployers. The nonemployer construction companies were not required to file census reports.

For ‘‘number of establishments,’’ each separate income

tax return was assumed to be an establishment. ‘‘All

business receipts’’ was based on receipts information

reported on the tax return.

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Since no sampling was involved in the nonemployer

establishments, the statistics for nonemployers are not

subject to sampling variability. However, these data are

subject to an unknown amount of reporting and processing

errors which could not be detected by the Census Bureau.

CENSUS REPORT FORMS

Information for the 1992 Census of Construction Industries was obtained from employer establishments primarily

through the use of 22 questionnaires, determined by

industry classification and size. Standard forms and short

forms were developed for each of the following SIC

groups: 15, 16, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, and

179. Establishments with 1991 administrative payroll of

$1,080,000 or more all received the standard form. For

those sample establishments with payroll under that amount,

half received the standard form and half received the short

form. The short forms covered only major items and

omitted some of the detail found in the longer forms.

In reviewing and developing the questionnaires,

comments and recommendations were elicited from

construction trade associations and advisory groups.

Also, approximately 6,000 establishments in SIC’s 1521,

1629, and 1799 were surveyed in the Census of Construction Industries 1989 Pretest. This survey consisted of four

panels which received one of four experimental questionnaries and one panel which received the control questionnaire. Along with the questionnaire, these establishments

received an evaluation questionnaire, which requested

information about respondents’ reactions to the questionnaire, problems in completing the questionnaire, and how

long it took to complete the questionnaire. Results from

the 1989 Pretest questionnaire are reflected as reworded

questions, improved instructions, and restructured value of

business questions in the 1992 questionnaires.

DATA PROCESSING

The 1992 census report forms were mailed out in

December 1992. They were mailed from and returned to

the Census Bureau’s Data Preparation Division in Jeffersonville, IN, where routine editing and coding of the report

forms were also accomplished. Collection of these report

forms was essentially completed in July 1993.

The returned reports underwent extensive processing.

A preliminary edit done at the time of data entry identified

obviously deficient reports and reports needing clarification. When necessary, these problems were resolved by

further contact with the respondents. Next, the data were

transmitted to Census Bureau headquarters near Washington, DC.

Data records, then, underwent a detailed computer

review and analysis. The records containing significant

problems were referred for further analytical review and, if

necessary, contacts were made with the respondents. The

computer performed most classification coding (such as

industry coding, geographic coding, and size coding), and

imputation for missing items or for reports not received in

time for tabulation. The imputation was performed on an

industry (or industry group) and State (or geographic

group) basis using all available response and administrative data.

The data records were then tabulated on an industry

basis. Industry totals were subjected to analytical review,

and selected statistics were prepared for the preliminary

reports. Corrections resulting from this review were made

to the computer records and final tabulations were produced.

The review of a preliminary report for an industry often

uncovered the need for corrections or revisions to the data

for another industry for which a preliminary report had

already been published. The final reports incorporate all

revisions and corrections made during the review of the

preliminary reports and contain considerable more data

than were published in those reports.

GEOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION

Information for the 1992 Census of Construction Industries’

final industry report series is classified on the basis of two

types of geographic distributions: (1) physical location of

the establishment, and (2) location of construction work. A

separate code was assigned on each basis allowing us to

present data by both physical location of the establishment

and location of construction work.

The geographic area reports series presents similar

data by industry for each State (physical location of the

establishment) and for selected MSA’s, CMSA’s and PMSA’s.

CHANGE IN COLLECTION METHODOLOGY FOR

VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK DONE

In 1987 and 1992, the ‘‘value of construction work’’ was

collected to better measure actual construction activity

done during the year. In 1992, this item was collected as a

total of three separate items. These items ( receipts from

construction contract work, value of speculative construction work, and value of construction work done for own

use) were collected separately to emphasize construction

activity that had been poorly reported in previous censuses.

Receipts from the sale of land were not collected

separately in 1992, as in 1987, but are still excluded from

the value of construction work done.

All dollar values are shown in current dollars for the

years specified and have not been adjusted for inflation.

DUPLICATION IN VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION

WORK

The aggregate of value of construction work reported by

all construction establishments in each of the several

industry, geographic area, or other groupings in this census contains varying amounts of duplication, since the

construction work of one firm may be subcontracted to

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other construction firms and may also be included in the

subcontractors’ value of construction work. To avoid this

duplication, a ‘‘net’’ value of construction work figure has

been derived for each establishment by subtracting the

costs for construction work subcontracted to others from

the value of construction work.

Duplication in value of business between other construction and nonconstruction industries results from the use of

products of these other industries as input materials by

construction establishments. ‘‘Value added’’ avoids this

duplication and is, for most purposes, the best measure for

comparing the relative economic importance of industries

or areas. ‘‘Value added’’ is defined in the 1992 Census of

Construction Industries as equal to dollar value of business

done less costs for construction work subcontracted to

others and payments for materials, components, supplies,

and fuels.

SPECIAL TABULATIONS

Special tabulations of data collected in the 1992 Census

of Construction Industries may be obtained on computer

tape or in tabular form. The data will be in summary form

and subject to the same rules prohibiting disclosure of

confidential information (including name, address, kind of

business, or other data for individual business establishments or companies) as are the regular publications.

Special tabulations are prepared on a cost basis. A

request for a cost estimate, as well as exact and detailed

specifications of the type and format of the data to be

provided, should be directed to the Chief, Manufacturing

and Construction Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233.

To discuss a special tabulation before submitting specifications, call 301-457-4680.

COMPARABILITY OF CENSUS OF

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES DATA WITH

OTHER DATA

Data contained in the reports of the 1992 Census of

Construction Industries are not the same as the data

published in the Census Bureau’s monthly Construction

Reports, Series C30, Value of New Construction Put in

Place. The main difference is that the C30 series covers all

new construction put in place without regard to who is

performing the construction activity; whereas, the construction census figures cover both new construction and

maintenance and repair work done by establishments

classified in the construction industry. Significant amounts

of construction are done by establishments classified

outside of construction (in real estate, manufacturing,

utilities, and communications, for example), both as ‘‘force

account’’ construction and construction done for others. In

addition, the value in place series includes constructionrelated expenses such as architectural and engineering

costs and the costs of materials supplied by owners which

are normally not reflected in the census of construction

industries.

Data contained in the reports of the census of construction industries may also differ from industry data in ‘‘Employment and Earnings Statistics,’’ published by the Bureau of

Labor Statistics and ‘‘Statistics of Income,’’ published by

the Internal Revenue Service. These differences arise

from varying definitions of scope, coverage, timing, classification, and methodology.

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

The following abbreviations and symbols are used in

this publication:

* Sampling error exceeds 40 percent.

** Represents the sum of all employees during

pay periods including 12th of March, May,

August, and November, divided by 4.

- Represents zero.

† Represents value of construction work less

costs for construction work subcontracted to

others. (See Duplication in Value of Construction Work.)

†† Represents dollar value of business done less

costs for construction work subcontracted to

others and costs for materials, components,

supplies, and fuels. In 1987, for SIC 1531, land

receipts were collected as a component of

dollar value of business and, therefore, were

subtracted from this value. (See Duplication in

Value of Construction Work.)

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual

companies; data are included in higher level

totals.

(NA) Not available.

(S) Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards on the basis of either the

response rate, associated relative standard

error, or a consistency review.

(X) Not applicable.

(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.

n.s.k. Not specified by kind.

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Users’ Guide for Locating Statistics in This Report

by Table Number

Statistics For the

United States By State

By

employment

size

By

size class of dollar value of business done

By type, class,

kind of business,

and location of

construction1

By

specialization

in types of

construction

Assets and depreciation (gross book value):

Beginning of year—buildings, machinery, and

equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

End of year—total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3 1 5 6

End of year—buildings, machinery, and equipment . . . 3

Depreciation charges during year—

buildings, machinery, and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Capital expenditures:

Total capital expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3 1 5 6

New buildings—machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . 3

Used buildings—machinery and equipment . . . . . . . . . 3

Communication services, costs for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Employees:

All employees—average number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 8 1 5 6 8

Construction workers—average number . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 9 1, 9

Construction workers—quarterly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 9 9

Other employees—average number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Other employees—quarterly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Establishments—number in business during year . . . . . . 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 1, 9 5 6 8

Fringe benefits—legally required and voluntary

expenditures .................................. 2

Inventories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Materials, components, supplies, and fuels—costs for . . 1, 2 1 5 6

Ownership—private or government owned . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Payroll:

First-quarter, all employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Annual:

All employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 8 1 5 6 8

Construction workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2 1

Other employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Power, fuels, and lubricants—costs for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Proprietors and working partners. . . . . . . . . . ......... 2

Ratios, selected industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13

Receipts and value:

Dollar value of business done, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 11 5 6 11

Value of construction work, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 1, 10 5 6 7, 10 8

For work subcontracted in from others . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2

Other business receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Net value of construction work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 8 1 5 6 8

Value added. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 8 1 5 6 8

Rental costs:

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2 1 5 6

For machinery and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

For buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Repairs to buildings and other structures . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Repairs to machinery and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Subcontract work to others, costs for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 8 1 5 6 8

Note: Data for 1987 and earlier years are also available in some of these tables.

1

Type—buildings, roads, etc. Class—new construction; additions, alterations, or reconstruction; or maintenance and repair work.

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Contents

Excavation Work

Special Trade Contractors

[Page numbers listed here omit the prefix that

appears as part of the number of each page]

Page

Introduction to the Economic Census III ...............................................

Census of Construction V ...........................................................

Users’ Guide for Locating Statistics in This Report by Table Number X ..................

Summary of Findings ............................................................. 2

FIGURES

1. Value of Construction Work by Type of Construction 3 ............................

2. Selected Costs per Dollar Value of Business Done 3 .............................

TABLES

Statistics for Establishments With Payroll

1. General Statistics by State: 1992 and 1987 4 ...................................

2. Detailed Statistics: 1992 and Earlier Census Years 6 .............................

3. Assets, Capital Expenditures, and Depreciation: 1992 and 1987 7 .................

4. Value of Inventories: 1992 and 1991 7 .........................................

5. Selected Statistics by Employment Size Class: 1992 and 1987 8 ..................

6. Selected Statistics by Size Class of the Dollar Value of Business Done: 1992 and

1987 ...................................................................... 8

7. Value of Construction Work by Type of Construction: 1992 and 1987 9 ............

8. Selected Statistics by Specialization in Types of Construction: 1992 10 .............

9. Quarterly Construction Worker Employment by State: 1992 11 .....................

10. Value of Construction Work by Location of Construction Work: 1992 and 1987 12 ...

11. Dollar Value of Business Done by Kind-of-Business Activity: 1992 and 1987 13 ......

12. Selected Industry Ratios: 1992 and 1987 14 .....................................

13. Selected Industry Ratios by State: 1992 15 ......................................

Statistics for Establishments Without Payroll appear in the U.S. Industry

Summary Report.

APPENDIXES

A. Explanation of Terms A–1 ........................................................

B. Standard Industrial Classification Titles for Industry Groups and Industries B–1 ........

C. Geographic Divisions and States C–1 ..............................................

Publication Program Inside back cover ...................................................

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Summary of Findings

Establishments classified in this industry are primarily

engaged in excavation work such as foundations for

buildings and subdividing and preparing land owned by

others for future building construction. Contractors in this

industry may also perform incidental concrete work. Contractors primarily engaged in concrete work are classified

in Industry 1771, Concrete Work Special Trade Contractors. Contractors primarily engaged in trenching or in earth

moving and land clearing not related to building construction are classified in Industry 1629, Heavy Construction

Contractors,Not Elsewhere Classified.For additional examples,

refer to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual:

19871 (SIC) published by the Office of Management and

Budget, Executive Office of the President.

During 1992, the establishments with paid employees

classified in this industry accounted for $7.1 billion in total

dollar value of business. Of this amount, $6.9 billion were

for the value of construction work. These establishments

paid out $1.6 billion for materials, components, and supplies and $741 million for construction work subcontracted

to others. Costs for selected power, fuels, and lubricants

for the industry were $357 million. Value added for 1992

was $4.3 billion.

There were 13,898 establishments with total employment averaging 77,126 during the year. Total payroll for

1992 was $1.8 billion.

Larger establishments with 20 employees or more,

while representing only 5 percent of the total number of

employer establishments in this industry, accounted for 44

percent of all business done.

A ‘‘construction establishment’’ is defined as a relatively

permanent office, or other place of business, where the

usual business activities related to construction are conducted. A separate census report was required from each

sampled establishment covering domestic operations. Separate reports were not, however, required for each project or

construction site.

For 1987 and earlier censuses, receipts from the sale of

land were collected separately for general contractors and

operative builders. These receipts were included in the

total dollar value of business done but excluded from the

value of construction work done. For 1992, receipts from

the sale of land were not collected separately but are still

excluded from the value of construction work done. All

dollar values are shown in current dollars for the years

specified and have not been adjusted for inflation.

The data in this report are estimated from a sample

survey and are subject to sampling variability as well as

errors of response and nonreporting. The relative standard

error shown in the tables is a measure of sampling

variability. Descriptions of the sampling, estimating procedures, and data reliability are included in the introduction.

1

Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987. For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,

DC 20402. Stock NO. 041-001-00314-2.

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Figure 2. Selected Costs per Dollar Value of Business Done

(Percent)

1992

1987

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Figure 1. Value of Construction Work by Type of Construction

(Percent)

1992

1987

Payroll, all employees

 Materials, components, and supplies

 Construction work subcontracted

 out to others

 Rental costs for machinery,

 equipment, and buildings

Selected purchased services:

 Communications, repairs to buildings,

 machinery, and equipment

Selected power, fuels, and lubricants

Single–family houses, detached

Other commercial buildings such as stores,

 restaurants, and automobile service stations

 Industrial buildings

 Highways, streets, and related work such as

 installation of guard rails, highway signs,

 lighting, etc.

Sewers, water mains, and related facilities

Office buildings

Single–family houses, attached, including

 townhouses and townhouse–type condominiums

Educational buildings

Hospitals and institutional buildings

 Apartment buildings with two or more units,

 including rentals, apartment–type condominiums,

 and cooperatives

Warehouses

34.7

22.1

18.7

11.4

7.6

6.1

4.8

4.5

4.6

9.5

4.5

8.0

3.6

3.5

2.8

1.2

2.6

1.3

2.4

2.7

2.3

1.3

25.8

24.4

22.9

18.7

10.5

8.9

5.1

4.8

4.3

5.4

5.7

5.6
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Table 1. General Statistics for Establishments With Payroll by State: 1992 and 1987

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Location of establishment

1992

Employees** Payroll

Number of

establish- ments AllConstruction workersAll employeesConstruction workers

Valueof construction work

Net

valueof construction work†

Value added††

Cost of

materials,

components,

supplies, and fuels

AB C D E FGH I

United States 13 ------------------------ 898 77 126 62 437 1 816 814 1 400 643 6 869 692 6 129 178 4 339 605 1 973 899

Alabama 204 ------------------------------------- 1 226 988 20 728 16 257 93 005 80 872 51 679 29 912

Alaska 80 --------------------------------------- 394 320 11 202 9 488 66 622 63 486 40 198 23 410

Arizona 125 -------------------------------------- 666 543 14 125 10 435 46 078 42 902 34 017 9 213

Arkansas 105 ------------------------------------- 452 368 7 284 5 587 34 535 31 971 23 892 8 112

California 850 ------------------------------------- 6 630 5 346 193 494 141 878 765 368 664 406 455 282 218 490

Colorado 304 ------------------------------------- 1 572 1 298 35 760 28 087 124 330 114 942 84 800 31 144

Connecticut 303 ----------------------------------- 1 898 1 511 56 141 43 112 206 001 185 247 132 751 59 685

Delaware 31 ------------------------------------- 237 200 6 305 4 964 26 670 22 836 13 621 9 468

District of Columbia *10 --------------------------- 60 49 2 069 1 515 10 093 8 893 6 440 2 453

Florida 617 --------------------------------------- 3 813 3 090 79 892 58 441 306 274 269 123 177 876 100 471

Georgia 300 -------------------------------------- 1 608 1 353 34 627 26 998 129 447 114 066 80 091 36 179

Hawaii 22 --------------------------------------- 269 222 9 761 7 386 42 619 36 198 24 115 12 316

Idaho 83 ---------------------------------------- 272 233 4 574 3 756 21 956 19 349 17 330 3 555

Illinois 561 ---------------------------------------- 3 358 2 661 103 273 78 796 367 033 322 326 235 480 94 668

Indiana 433 --------------------------------------- 2 378 1 858 53 123 41 554 201 687 186 112 126 205 62 096

Iowa 111 ----------------------------------------- 601 494 12 585 9 905 57 945 54 563 38 774 15 871

Kansas 81 --------------------------------------- 433 358 10 745 7 841 36 220 32 269 23 073 9 237

Kentucky 248 ------------------------------------- 1 082 902 20 271 16 579 90 537 81 475 58 009 25 532

Louisiana 81 ------------------------------------- 566 464 8 870 7 182 34 811 31 978 21 621 11 156

Maine 227 ---------------------------------------- 1 185 935 23 770 18 495 87 175 82 694 56 416 32 550

Maryland 358 ------------------------------------- 2 600 2 108 62 682 45 833 197 545 176 421 137 127 51 730

Massachusetts 454 -------------------------------- 2 382 1 864 63 183 47 905 229 682 202 215 150 797 61 841

Michigan 619 ------------------------------------- 3 142 2 491 82 808 64 356 296 862 264 466 187 604 90 674

Minnesota 296 ------------------------------------ 1 658 1 309 46 068 35 804 175 409 152 740 113 010 47 769

Mississippi 103 ------------------------------------ 402 333 7 827 5 997 25 698 23 718 16 566 8 656

Missouri 307 -------------------------------------- 1 622 1 310 35 072 27 474 127 515 113 480 81 980 32 355

Montana 69 ------------------------------------- 191 142 3 321 2 572 14 218 13 339 9 159 4 751

Nebraska 85 ------------------------------------- 539 452 13 046 9 904 42 170 39 546 30 532 10 029

Nevada 92 -------------------------------------- 858 713 20 465 15 540 77 963 65 243 46 455 19 287

New Hampshire 170 ------------------------------- 604 493 12 464 10 554 50 293 45 552 33 003 17 182

New Jersey 463 ----------------------------------- 2 215 1 773 59 766 46 050 198 211 177 315 127 812 52 410

New Mexico 60 ---------------------------------- 495 420 7 799 6 585 29 938 28 378 19 670 *9 733

New York 884 ------------------------------------ 4 627 3 646 121 889 95 265 451 170 400 535 287 544 126 113

North Carolina 379 -------------------------------- 2 225 1 839 41 098 31 868 150 750 132 608 99 472 39 265

North Dakota 34 --------------------------------- 118 96 1 983 1 392 8 455 8 304 6 685 1 983

Ohio 798 ----------------------------------------- 3 929 3 166 88 366 69 804 335 132 300 666 204 672 100 056

Oklahoma 64 ------------------------------------ 369 304 7 123 5 325 40 503 32 980 25 364 (S)

Oregon 261 -------------------------------------- 1 083 864 23 922 18 969 94 319 87 174 60 924 28 093

Pennsylvania 916 --------------------------------- 4 835 3 976 109 777 88 259 413 381 370 776 256 535 123 633

Rhode Island 99 --------------------------------- 310 236 6 285 4 728 23 662 22 079 16 201 6 642

South Carolina 218 -------------------------------- 1 168 938 21 397 15 181 91 521 81 290 53 581 28 585

South Dakota 35 --------------------------------- 188 152 4 270 2 969 14 605 12 294 8 363 3 959

Tennessee 247 ----------------------------------- 1 195 1 006 19 608 15 757 75 936 70 636 50 155 22 009

Texas 464 ---------------------------------------- 2 787 2 294 54 516 40 824 222 444 197 970 133 574 65 456

Utah 86 ----------------------------------------- 530 447 10 716 8 743 41 409 38 950 31 446 7 574

Vermont 194 -------------------------------------- 718 583 13 781 11 496 50 871 49 145 38 127 14 915

Virginia 318 --------------------------------------- 2 218 1 838 45 376 34 932 178 256 148 494 97 565 56 198

Washington 469 ----------------------------------- 2 484 2 056 60 081 47 887 221 690 208 104 152 841 71 797

West Virginia 153 --------------------------------- 544 457 8 873 7 086 39 587 37 397 31 013 9 436

Wisconsin 389 ------------------------------------ 2 246 1 813 52 137 41 044 191 964 172 362 123 282 56 184

Wyoming 42 ------------------------------------- 148 *129 *2 516 *2 283 10 127 9 293 6 878 *2 427

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Location

of

establishment

1992mCon. 1987

Relative standard

error of estimate

(percent) for

columnm

Cost of construction work subcontracted out to othersValue of construction work subcontracted in from othersRental

cost for machinery,

equipment,

and buildings

Capital

expenditures, other than land

End-of-year

gross

book value of depreciable assets

All employees**

Value of construction work

Value added††

J K L M N O P Q BGM

740 514 3 942 704 304 352 331 411 3 678 478 95 329 8 244 398 5 707 716 1 1 4 U.S.

12 133 (S) (S) *5 441 43 805 1 004 65 947 46 775 12 14 52 AL

*3 136 42 974 *2 035 4 984 34 597 (S) (S) (S) 17 20 36 AK

3 176 34 896 1 534 2 979 20 781 708 65 335 50 980 16 11 28 AZ

2 564 *19 090 (S) *6 497 *19 847 592 37 923 23 579 18 18 64 AR

100 963 428 083 73 138 14 396 277 585 9 607 1 204 038 852 454 4 3 6 CA

9 387 97 868 5 361 11 923 62 385 1 580 95 200 69 386 11 9 19 CO

20 754 123 800 9 494 11 813 120 972 2 570 243 550 170 988 6 6 25 CT

3 834 15 530 3 694 *1 000 8 554 598 (D) 34 117 9 12 69 DE

1 200 10 017 359 11 254 (D) (D) 3 443 18 12 (Z) DC

37 150 181 899 12 484 16 468 186 540 5 316 390 622 260 320 6 6 17 FL

15 381 64 564 3 945 5 585 80 115 1 868 128 976 88 334 8 8 25 GA

6 421 15 027 1 311 2 235 11 955 158 29 426 *19 336 (Z) (Z) (Z) HI

*2 607 17 822 558 1 907 10 521 (S) (D) (S) 26 23 38 ID

44 708 211 205 12 017 16 119 179 785 3 287 332 725 235 522 4 4 12 IL

15 574 104 565 5 529 9 860 108 496 2 110 152 092 110 810 7 7 16 IN

3 382 25 850 (S) (S) 18 840 436 30 189 21 169 15 17 (S) IA

3 951 20 281 693 2 276 27 088 987 76 807 53 004 15 13 34 KS

9 061 48 830 6 988 3 930 34 833 1 163 76 900 51 518 9 6 29 KY

2 833 19 302 1 921 *937 6 776 (S) (S) (S) 18 15 49 LA

4 481 22 100 2 728 5 279 62 690 1 273 95 173 65 318 12 11 26 ME

21 124 129 804 10 809 3 627 165 480 3 097 264 825 199 868 7 7 21 MD

27 468 100 268 6 672 6 456 128 872 4 236 423 366 295 260 8 7 17 MA

32 396 150 593 11 178 17 198 164 898 3 391 312 220 210 336 5 6 19 MI

22 668 92 209 6 128 11 592 104 660 1 692 184 266 124 822 9 6 15 MN

1 979 16 469 1 131 1 502 (S) 572 36 696 22 947 22 16 38 MS

14 035 107 773 5 429 8 628 104 488 2 186 156 413 109 122 10 8 15 MO

879 5 555 780 2 194 12 317 (S) (S) (S) 18 14 36 MT

2 625 26 386 1 660 3 365 19 167 329 19 309 14 629 12 13 11 NE

12 720 63 855 3 867 5 101 37 231 683 85 734 51 797 11 10 33 NV

4 741 17 035 1 610 2 074 28 668 1 565 143 366 102 587 13 12 38 NH

20 896 110 322 7 624 8 786 149 748 4 887 451 989 304 501 6 6 22 NJ

(S) *9 266 *912 *1 172 *11 631 225 10 979 9 236 26 18 69 NM

50 635 229 704 15 289 13 945 211 217 7 028 600 041 426 135 4 4 17 NY

18 142 95 419 4 476 6 689 88 986 2 176 153 057 94 919 7 7 20 NC

(S) *1 204 *107 *336 *1 983 306 12 492 8 591 23 29 60 ND

34 465 201 433 12 628 14 976 119 336 4 660 361 722 244 880 6 5 13 OH

7 523 22 543 2 495 2 473 12 064 585 27 394 21 975 17 14 19 OK

7 145 51 462 3 896 4 409 46 736 672 61 790 45 261 9 8 21 OR

42 605 228 550 14 017 21 553 284 422 6 168 513 173 352 227 4 3 12 PA

1 583 9 747 642 *1 096 17 976 470 40 253 31 671 8 10 45 RI

10 231 52 614 2 949 4 333 62 908 930 64 769 48 470 8 8 21 SC

*2 311 11 299 (S) *434 (S) 164 11 676 8 611 20 16 64 SD

5 300 43 038 2 875 (S) 56 139 1 586 113 899 80 157 10 11 (S) TN

24 474 152 668 8 688 9 252 76 744 3 978 266 629 169 881 8 7 23 TX

2 460 36 542 1 351 3 145 30 998 545 55 406 33 884 15 15 23 UT

1 727 9 399 1 226 *4 251 47 506 870 67 003 47 338 14 15 55 VT

29 762 100 768 6 451 7 246 86 676 3 545 276 291 184 398 6 6 18 VA

13 586 159 470 10 020 15 613 100 361 1 519 137 725 95 382 6 5 16 WA

2 190 (S) 563 1 826 22 936 431 32 213 21 636 17 14 22 WV

19 602 122 733 8 455 18 753 142 594 2 004 172 266 114 945 8 6 16 WI

*834 4 373 *218 *386 *3 506 (S) (S) (S) 38 38 51 WY

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Table 2. Detailed Statistics for Establishments With Payroll: 1992 and Earlier Census Years

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Item

Relative standard error of

estimate (percent)

1992 1987 1982 1977 1992 1987 1982 1977

Number of establishments in business during year 13 -------------------------------------------------- 898 13 422 19 646 16 521 1 1 1 2

Proprietors and working partners ------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 414 3 329 7 412 10 009 3 4 2 3

All employees** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 126 95 329 135 968 104 092 1 1 1 1

Construction workers:

March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 774 68 030 96 321 74 781 1 1 1 1

May---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 810 81 722 117 938 97 884 1 1 1 1

August ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 804 86 598 124 876 101 343 1 1 1 1

November ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 360 80 439 113 125 91 643 1 1 1 1

Average ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62 437 79 198 115 059 91 522 1 1 1 1

Other employees:

March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 691 15 585 20 702 11 826 2 2 1 1

May---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 087 16 085 (NA) (NA) 2 2 (NA) (NA)

August ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 638 16 570 (NA) (NA) 2 2 (NA) (NA)

November ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 339 16 285 (NA) (NA) 2 2 (NA) (NA)

Average ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 689 16 130 (NA) (NA) 2 2 (NA) (NA)

Payroll, all employees ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 816 814 2 059 792 2 151 859 1 207 669 1 1 1 1

Payroll, construction workers-------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 400 643 1 597 517 1 756 734 1 020 923 1 1 1 1

Payroll, other employees ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 416 170 462 274 395 124 186 746 1 1 1 1

First-quarter payroll, all employees ---------------------------------------------------------------- 347 957 402 781 423 383 220 121 2 1 1 1

Fringe benefits, all employees -------------------------------------------------------------------- 434 138 447 879 406 281 246 361 1 1 1 2

Legally required expenditures ------------------------------------------------------------------- 284 608 310 069 305 218 144 243 2 1 1 2

Voluntary expenditures ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 149 530 137 810 101 063 102 118 2 2 1 3

Dollar value of business done--------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 054 018 8 452 371 8 472 648 4 370 233 1 1 1 1

Value of construction work --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 869 692 8 244 398 8 181 330 4 215 722 1 1 1 1

Value of construction work subcontracted in from others 3 ---------------------------------------- 942 704 4 281 940 3 105 846 2 194 749 2 2 1 1

Other business receipts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 184 326 207 972 291 318 154 511 4 4 2 3

Net value of construction work†------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 129 178 7 490 988 7 336 965 3 929 674 1 1 1 1

Value added†† ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 339 605 5 707 716 5 507 225 2 993 648 1 1 1 1

Selected costs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 714 413 2 744 654 2 965 423 1 376 585 1 1 1 1

Materials, components, and supplies ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 616 952 1 582 800 1 575 371 883 844 2 1 1 1

Construction work subcontracted out to others 740 --------------------------------------------------- 514 753 409 844 364 286 048 2 3 1 1

Selected power, fuels, and lubricants ------------------------------------------------------------ 356 947 408 444 545 686 206 693 1 1 1 1

Electricity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 051 23 079 25 546 8 028 4 2 2 2

Natural and manufactured gas ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3 618 3 696 9 164 3 132 4 3 2 2

Gasoline and diesel fuel---------------------------------------------------------------------- 307 368 348 871 470 497 172 041 1 1 1 1

On highway use --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 141 846 160 059 (NA) (NA) 2 2 (NA) (NA)

Off highway use --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 165 522 188 812 (NA) (NA) 1 1 (NA) (NA)

Other, including lubricating oils and greases 22 ---------------------------------------------------- 910 32 796 40 478 23 493 2 2 2 3

Rental cost for machinery, equipment, and buildings 304 ------------------------------------------------ 352 459 004 428 287 220 273 3 2 1 1 For machinery and equipment ------------------------------------------------------------------ 259 989 419 503 394 417 208 908 3 2 1 1 For buildings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 363 39 500 33 870 11 365 4 4 3 2

Selected purchased services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 405 347 471 487 503 629 293 708 2 2 1 1 Communication services------------------------------------------------------------------------ 48 233 42 182 40 539 18 789 3 2 1 2 Repairs to buildings and other structures--------------------------------------------------------- 10 349 12 907 10 240 4 993 8 5 4 4 Repairs to machinery and equipment ------------------------------------------------------------ 346 765 416 397 452 850 269 926 2 2 1 1

Ownership of construction projects: Value of construction work --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 869 692 8 244 398 8 181 330 4 215 722 1 1 1 1 Government owned-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 177 713 1 178 905 2 100 654 761 080 3 3 2 1 Federal----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 225 396 248 603 (NA) (NA) 6 6 (NA) (NA)

State and local ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 952 317 930 302 (NA) (NA) 3 3 (NA) (NA)

Privately owned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 691 979 7 065 492 6 080 675 3 454 642 2 2 1 1

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Table 3. Assets, Capital Expenditures, and Depreciation for Establishments With Payroll:

1992 and 1987

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Item

Relative standard error of estimate

(percent)

1992 1987 1992 1987

BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, MACHINERY, AND EQUIPMENT

Beginning-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets 3 -------------------------------------------- 527 166 2 962 122 2 2 Capital expenditures, other than land ------------------------------------------------------------ 331 411 465 538 4 3 New ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 222 493 352 828 4 3 Used --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 108 918 112 709 6 5 Retirements and disposition of depreciable assets 180 ------------------------------------------------- 098 155 989 8 8

End-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets 3 ------------------------------------------------- 678 478 3 271 670 2 2

Depreciation charges during year ------------------------------------------------------------------ 410 033 436 178 3 3

Buildings and Other Structures, Additions, and Related Facilities

Beginning-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets 229 -------------------------------------------- 305 254 391 6 6

Capital expenditures, other than land ------------------------------------------------------------ 18 287 30 554 12 13

New buildings and other structures ------------------------------------------------------------ 14 084 22 743 14 16

Used buildings and other structures------------------------------------------------------------ 4 203 7 810 21 13

Retirements and disposition of depreciable assets------------------------------------------------- 5 374 2 754 24 20

End-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets 242 ------------------------------------------------- 219 282 191 6 6

Depreciation charges during year ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 266 25 589 7 12

Machinery and Equipment

Beginning-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets 3 -------------------------------------------- 297 860 2 707 730 2 2

Capital expenditures, other than land ------------------------------------------------------------ 313 124 434 983 4 3

New machinery and equipment, including automobiles and trucks 208 --------------------------------- 410 330 084 4 3

New automobiles and trucks, intended primarily for highway use 54 -------------------------------- 932 103 090 6 5

Used machinery and equipment, including automobiles and trucks 104 -------------------------------- 714 104 899 6 5

Retirements and disposition of depreciable assets 174 ------------------------------------------------- 724 153 234 8 8

End-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets 3 ------------------------------------------------- 436 259 2 989 479 2 2

Depreciation charges during year ------------------------------------------------------------------ 388 767 410 589 3 3

Table 4. Value of Inventories for Establishments With Payroll: 1992 and 1991

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Item Establishments with payroll

Relative standard error

of estimate (percent)

All establishments:

Number--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 898 1

Value of construction work---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 869 692 1

Establishments with inventories:

Number--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 057 3

Value of construction work---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 731 593 2

Inventories1:

End of 1992, materials and supplies ----------------------------------------------------------- 28 179 6

End of 1991, materials and supplies ----------------------------------------------------------- 26 769 7

Establishments with no inventories:

Number--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 844 2

Value of construction work---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 143 785 1

Establishments not reporting:

Number--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 997 2

Value of construction work---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 994 314 2

1Inventories at cost or market prior to any adjustment to correct to LIFO values.

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Table 5. Selected Statistics for Establishments With Payroll by Employment Size Class:

1992 and 1987

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Selected statistics

Establishments with an average ofm

Total

1 to 4

employees

5 to 9

employees

10 to 19

employees

20 to 49

employees

50 to 99

employees

100 to 249

employees

250 to 499

employees

500 to 999

employees

1,000

employees

or more

1992

Number of establishments 13 --------------------------- 898 9 475 2 533 1 179 553 124 31 2 – –

All employees** 77 ------------------------------------ 126 16 843 16 117 15 444 15 817 8 190 4 739 (D) – –

Payroll, all employees 1 ------------------------------- 816 814 291 122 335 343 362 684 431 804 239 690 156 702 (D) – –

Dollar value of business done 7 ------------------------ 054 018 1 418 894 1 260 014 1 290 577 1 559 539 937 983 588 772 (D) – –

Value of construction work 6 --------------------------- 869 692 1 391 029 1 230 429 1 254 591 1 516 966 905 872 572 566 (D) – –

Net value of construction work† 6 ---------------------- 129 178 1 307 900 1 118 004 1 141 078 1 322 236 769 199 472 492 (D) – –

Value added†† 4 -------------------------------------- 339 605 949 188 798 821 796 860 926 011 582 422 287 053 (D) – –

Cost of materials, components, supplies, and fuels 1 ----- 973 899 386 577 348 767 380 204 438 798 218 888 201 645 (D) – –

Cost of construction work subcontracted out to others 740 -- 514 83 129 112 425 113 513 194 730 136 673 100 074 (D) – –

Rental cost for machinery, equipment, and buildings 304 ---- 352 39 478 45 471 59 478 73 147 58 274 28 504 (D) – –

Capital expenditures, other than land 331 ------------------ 411 74 593 63 410 75 787 58 836 39 581 19 204 (D) – –

End-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets 3 ---- 678 478 864 920 724 018 690 464 758 296 436 523 204 257 (D) – –

1987

All employees** 95 ------------------------------------ 329 (S) 18 208 16 703 20 626 11 822 8 548 2 756 – –

Value of construction work 8 --------------------------- 244 398 (S) 1 316 114 1 329 732 1 853 695 1 243 071 1 199 982 (D) – –

Value added†† 5 -------------------------------------- 707 716 (S) 929 258 957 452 1 314 804 852 724 555 962 206 472 – –

1992 RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR OF

ESTIMATE (PERCENT)

All employees** 1 ------------------------------------ 3 4 4 2 1 (Z) (D) – –

Net value of construction work† 1 ---------------------- 3 4 4 2 (Z) (Z) (D) – –

Capital expenditures, other than land 4 ------------------ 7 9 9 4 (Z) (Z) (D) – –

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Table 6. Selected Statistics by Size Class of the Dollar Value of Business Done for

Establishments With Payroll: 1992 and 1987

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Selected statistics

Establishments with dollar value of business done

Total

Less than

$25,000

$25,000

to

$49,999

$50,000

to

$99,999

$100,000

to

$249,999

$250,000

to

$499,999

$500,000

to

$999,999

$1,000,000

to

$2,499,999

$2,500,000

to

$4,999,999

$5,000,000

to

$9,999,999

$10,000,000

or more

1992

Number of establishments 13 ------------------ 898 (S) (S) (S) 4 778 2 566 1 420 943 264 124 58 All employees** 77 --------------------------- 126 (S) (S) (S) 11 490 12 360 12 352 15 616 8 416 6 874 5 942 Payroll, all employees 1 ---------------------- 816 814 (S) (S) (S) 182 390 236 734 268 262 397 490 241 448 217 733 225 383 Dollar value of business done 7 --------------- 054 018 (S) (S) (S) 786 207 892 281 989 227 1 449 494 911 096 820 126 1 006 229 Value of construction work 6 ------------------ 869 692 (S) (S) (S) 772 501 875 847 959 670 1 406 173 879 225 796 714 984 700 Net value of construction work† 6 ------------- 129 178 (S) (S) (S) 733 325 829 570 876 469 1 265 604 770 408 672 874 797 117

Value added†† 4 ----------------------------- 339 605 (S) (S) (S) 528 978 600 570 623 669 889 827 550 209 483 385 530 066 Cost of materials, components, supplies, and

fuels 1 ------------------------------------- 973 899 (S) (S) (S) 218 054 245 434 282 357 419 098 252 070 212 901 288 580 Cost of construction work subcontracted out

to others 740 --------------------------------- 514 (S) (S) (S) 39 176 46 277 83 201 140 569 108 817 123 840 187 583 Rental cost for machinery, equipment, and

buildings 304 --------------------------------- 352 (S) (S) (S) 23 944 23 198 36 912 65 207 39 230 52 313 57 160 Capital expenditures, other than land 331 --------- 411 (S) (S) (S) 44 658 49 431 53 252 72 558 37 146 31 997 34 846 End-of-year gross book value of depreciable

assets 3 ----------------------------------- 678 478 (S) (S) (S) 514 426 552 860 568 853 784 580 422 511 367 556 347 153

1987

All employees** 95 --------------------------- 329 (S) (S) (S) 11 972 13 126 13 990 18 568 11 134 9 791 12 095

Value of construction work 8 ------------------ 244 398 (S) (S) (S) 673 802 896 554 1 034 268 1 596 316 1 147 607 1 017 889 1 694 553

Value added†† 5 ----------------------------- 707 716 (S) (S) (S) 470 552 621 144 728 562 1 158 991 792 709 691 107 1 113 466

1992 RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR

OF ESTIMATE (PERCENT)

All employees** 1 --------------------------- (S) (S) (S) 4 5 5 3 1 (Z) (Z)

Net value of construction work† 1 ------------- (S) (S) (S) 3 4 4 3 2 (Z) (Z)

Capital expenditures, other than land 4 --------- (S) (S) (S) 9 10 10 9 6 (Z) (Z)

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Table 7. Value of Construction Work for Establishments With Payroll by Type of

Construction: 1992 and 1987

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Type of construction

Value of construction work

Relative standard error

of estimate (percent) for columnm

Total

New

construction

Additions,

alterations, or

reconstruction

Maintenance

and repair

A B C DABC D

1992

Value of construction work 6 -------------------------------------------- 869 692 5 373 135 792 001 414 182 1 1 3 3

Building construction------------------------------------------------------------ 5 693 368 4 737 771 643 086 312 511 1 1 3 4

Single-family houses ---------------------------------------------------------- 2 625 097 2 287 364 190 187 147 546 2 2 5 6

Single-family houses, detached 2 ---------------------------------------------- 380 790 2 065 311 174 596 140 883 2 2 5 6

Single-family houses, attached, including townhouses and townhouse-type

condominiums------------------------------------------------------------- 244 307 222 053 15 591 6 663 5 5 14 17

Apartment buildings with two or more units, including rentals, apartment-type

condominiums, and cooperatives 167 ---------------------------------------------- 952 140 260 14 135 13 557 6 6 17 16

Office buildings--------------------------------------------------------------- 309 849 261 881 33 341 14 627 3 3 4 18

Other commercial buildings such as stores, restaurants, and automobile service

stations--------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 287 972 1 085 892 137 347 64 732 2 2 7 4

Industrial buildings and warehouses 680 -------------------------------------------- 691 519 746 122 616 38 329 3 3 7 8

Industrial buildings ---------------------------------------------------------- 524 326 399 499 92 146 32 681 3 4 5 8

Warehouses --------------------------------------------------------------- 156 365 120 247 30 471 5 647 6 5 21 14

Religious buildings------------------------------------------------------------ 47 130 33 094 12 849 1 187 6 7 10 18

Educational buildings --------------------------------------------------------- 192 119 126 508 52 352 13 260 5 4 11 12

Hospitals and institutional buildings 179 --------------------------------------------- 767 122 429 51 967 5 370 5 5 7 21

Farm buildings, nonresidential 41 -------------------------------------------------- 758 28 222 7 115 6 421 12 14 17 22

Amusement, social, and recreational buildings, indoors 59 --------------------------- 742 51 711 6 325 1 707 7 8 19 18

Other nonresidential buildings 101 -------------------------------------------------- 292 80 664 14 851 5 777 9 10 13 11

Nonbuilding construction -------------------------------------------------------- 885 950 635 364 148 915 101 671 2 2 4 4

Highways, streets, and related work such as installation of guard rails, highway

signs, lighting, etc.----------------------------------------------------------- 332 258 208 598 76 787 46 873 2 2 3 6

Private driveways and parking areas 42 -------------------------------------------- 273 28 402 6 687 7 184 12 14 15 21

Recreational facilities --------------------------------------------------------- 38 008 32 104 5 469 435 4 5 6 19

Sewers, water mains, and related facilities 313 -------------------------------------- 045 249 566 32 964 30 515 3 3 6 6

Sewers, sewer lines, septic systems, and related facilities 234 ---------------------- 347 186 593 25 089 22 664 3 3 7 7

Water mains and related facilities 78 -------------------------------------------- 699 62 972 7 875 7 851 4 4 10 10

Sewage treatment and water treatment plants 53 ----------------------------------- 583 36 505 *13 711 3 367 11 3 40 12

Other nonbuilding construction 106 ------------------------------------------------- 783 80 190 13 296 13 297 5 5 6 15

Construction work, n.s.k. -------------------------------------------------------- 290 374 (NA) (NA) (NA) 7 (NA) (NA) (NA)

1987

Value of construction work 8 -------------------------------------------- 244 398 5 759 192 650 350 375 445 1 1 2 2

Building construction------------------------------------------------------------ 5 094 555 4 446 598 443 436 204 521 1 1 3 5 Single-family houses ---------------------------------------------------------- 2 112 521 1 895 136 132 203 85 181 2 2 6 7 Single-family houses, detached 1 ---------------------------------------------- 820 979 1 621 328 121 202 78 447 2 2 7 8

Single-family houses, attached, including townhouses and townhouse-type

condominiums------------------------------------------------------------- 291 542 273 807 11 001 6 733 7 7 12 17

Apartment buildings with two or more units, including rentals, apartment-type

condominiums, and cooperatives 224 ---------------------------------------------- 115 208 747 7 734 7 633 3 3 16 20

Office buildings--------------------------------------------------------------- 658 168 602 651 45 237 10 280 3 3 9 8

Other commercial buildings such as stores, restaurants, and automobile service

stations--------------------------------------------------------------------- 937 282 811 106 82 990 43 185 2 2 5 5

Industrial buildings and warehouses 611 -------------------------------------------- 783 518 598 66 268 26 915 2 2 4 12

Industrial buildings ---------------------------------------------------------- 504 348 423 027 56 402 24 918 3 3 4 12

Warehouses --------------------------------------------------------------- 107 434 95 571 9 866 *1 997 4 4 13 50

Religious buildings------------------------------------------------------------ 36 140 28 445 6 901 793 5 6 7 22

Educational buildings --------------------------------------------------------- 102 643 71 899 27 908 2 835 6 7 10 25

Hospitals and institutional buildings 105 --------------------------------------------- 142 67 854 34 846 2 441 5 6 9 17

Farm buildings, nonresidential 43 -------------------------------------------------- 842 28 058 11 385 4 397 13 16 24 16

Amusement, social, and recreational buildings, indoors 13 --------------------------- 280 10 242 1 862 1 175 19 24 25 14

Other nonresidential buildings 249 -------------------------------------------------- 638 203 861 26 102 19 686 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

Nonbuilding construction 1 -------------------------------------------------------- 690 432 1 312 593 206 914 170 924 2 2 4 5

Highways, streets, and related work such as installation of guard rails, highway

signs, lighting, etc.----------------------------------------------------------- 373 673 291 557 55 158 26 957 2 3 7 5

Private driveways and parking areas 19 -------------------------------------------- 428 16 480 1 462 1 485 18 21 27 24

Recreational facilities --------------------------------------------------------- 17 419 15 126 1 843 448 14 15 11 15

Sewers, water mains, and related facilities 779 -------------------------------------- 963 612 367 82 232 85 363 3 3 8 8

Sewers, sewer lines, septic systems, and related facilities 486 ---------------------- 374 373 160 57 358 55 854 3 3 9 7

Water mains and related facilities 293 -------------------------------------------- 588 239 206 24 873 29 508 5 5 10 11

Sewage treatment and water treatment plants 91 ----------------------------------- 322 70 666 15 688 4 966 6 6 7 21

Other nonbuilding construction 408 ------------------------------------------------- 626 306 397 50 530 51 704 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

Construction work, n.s.k. 1 -------------------------------------------------------- 459 411 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

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Table 8. Selected Statistics for Establishments With Payroll by Specialization in Types of

Construction: 1992

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. This table presents selected statistics for establishments according to degree of specialization in major types of construction

work. If number of establishments or value of construction work for a given type of specialization are relatively insignificant, data may not be shown. In addition, data are not shown in this table

where distribution of the value of construction work by type of construction was not provided in table 7. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms,

see appendix A]

Item

Value of construction work Relative standard error

of estimate

(percent) for

columnm

Number of

establishmentsAll

employees**

Payroll, all

employees

For

all types

For

specialized

type

Net

value of

construction

work†

Value

added††

Cost of

construction

work subcontracted

out to others

A B C D E F G HBDH

All establishments 13 -------------------------------- 898 77 126 1 816 814 6 869 692 3 759 762 6 129 178 4 339 605 740 514 1 1 2

Establishments not specializing by type 2 ---------------------- 594 24 025 648 045 2 378 799 (NA) 2 087 666 1 466 959 291 133 2 2 2

Establishments specializing 51 percent or more 11 --------------- 304 53 101 1 168 769 4 490 893 3 759 762 4 041 512 2 872 646 449 381 2 1 2

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES, DETACHED

All establishments specializing in type 7 ------------- 235 29 196 597 930 2 280 145 1 946 980 2 087 087 1 466 687 193 058 2 2 4

Establishments with m 100 percent specialization 4 -------------------------------- 134 13 811 256 845 990 514 990 514 914 841 653 924 75 673 4 3 7 90 to 99 percent specialization 795 ---------------------------- 3 485 72 053 262 629 243 320 241 555 165 425 21 074 7 7 14 80 to 89 percent specialization 652 ---------------------------- 2 933 64 704 256 505 210 421 232 758 151 492 23 747 8 7 15 70 to 79 percent specialization 710 ---------------------------- 3 967 92 764 333 837 244 780 305 818 206 721 28 019 7 6 6 60 to 69 percent specialization 618 ---------------------------- 3 332 74 633 299 848 185 189 268 518 206 293 31 330 7 5 4 51 to 59 percent specialization 325 ---------------------------- 1 668 36 931 136 812 72 756 123 598 82 832 13 214 8 8 9

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES, ATTACHED, INCLUDING

TOWNHOUSES AND TOWNHOUSE-TYPE

CONDOMINIUMS

All establishments specializing in type 280 ------------- 1 164 27 231 96 062 86 525 91 363 69 241 4 699 11 12 30

Establishments with m

100 percent specialization (S) -------------------------------- 736 16 845 59 791 59 791 56 158 40 996 3 633 15 16 38

90 to 99 percent specialization (S) ---------------------------- (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

80 to 89 percent specialization 50 ---------------------------- 171 3 242 14 508 11 902 14 053 11 969 *454 28 29 57

70 to 79 percent specialization 13 ---------------------------- 159 5 160 15 575 11 010 15 216 12 152 359 23 20 9

60 to 69 percent specialization *27 ---------------------------- 42 *980 2 721 1 647 *2 634 *2 295 *87 33 39 43

51 to 59 percent specialization (S) ---------------------------- *32 *524 *2 699 *1 484 *2 590 *1 293 109 71 70 35

OFFICE BUILDINGS

All establishments specializing in type 156 ------------- 1 009 29 606 103 943 88 568 88 096 72 982 15 847 10 8 5

Establishments with m

100 percent specialization 77 -------------------------------- 337 10 153 37 656 37 656 32 043 24 394 5 613 18 13 13

90 to 99 percent specialization *5 ---------------------------- (D) (D) 14 591 13 512 (D) 10 979 (D) (D) 16 (D)

80 to 89 percent specialization 4 ---------------------------- 98 3 840 12 086 10 395 (D) 8 584 (D) 23 14 (D)

70 to 79 percent specialization 37 ---------------------------- 227 6 109 24 812 18 397 23 229 19 304 1 583 29 20 5

60 to 69 percent specialization 31 ---------------------------- 124 2 534 9 417 5 778 8 353 6 398 1 064 32 29 11

51 to 59 percent specialization 3 ---------------------------- (D) (D) 5 381 2 829 (D) 3 322 (D) (D) (Z) (D)

OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SUCH AS

STORES, RESTAURANTS, AND AUTOMOBILE

SERVICE STATIONS

All establishments specializing in type 900 ------------- 10 293 266 243 1 046 901 818 877 908 913 619 011 137 989 3 3 4

Establishments with m

100 percent specialization 350 -------------------------------- 3 278 81 284 311 175 311 175 276 770 188 040 34 405 6 5 6

90 to 99 percent specialization 97 ---------------------------- 1 203 28 093 110 469 102 598 93 821 65 537 16 648 9 9 11

80 to 89 percent specialization 90 ---------------------------- 1 037 25 669 103 011 85 047 94 347 66 064 8 664 8 8 11

70 to 79 percent specialization 85 ---------------------------- 1 364 34 490 126 503 91 348 113 498 83 030 13 006 8 8 8

60 to 69 percent specialization 209 ---------------------------- 1 972 50 714 214 032 134 153 176 440 116 921 37 592 9 7 14

51 to 59 percent specialization 68 ---------------------------- 1 439 45 992 181 711 94 556 154 037 99 419 27 674 5 3 1

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

All establishments specializing in type 300 ------------- 2 893 81 069 299 707 248 380 262 988 203 037 36 719 6 6 8

Establishments with m

100 percent specialization 130 -------------------------------- 973 24 215 92 455 92 455 79 365 62 914 13 090 12 16 23

90 to 99 percent specialization *18 ---------------------------- 289 7 254 26 478 24 934 (D) 18 032 (D) 14 9 (D)

80 to 89 percent specialization 35 ---------------------------- 626 20 066 76 185 61 861 65 548 50 499 10 638 9 7 5

70 to 79 percent specialization 61 ---------------------------- 498 13 112 48 524 35 296 43 438 33 044 5 086 14 11 8

60 to 69 percent specialization 31 ---------------------------- 457 14 431 46 211 28 451 41 424 31 852 4 787 10 9 9

51 to 59 percent specialization *25 ---------------------------- 49 1 991 9 854 5 384 (D) 6 697 (D) 20 19 (D)

EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS

All establishments specializing in type 103 ------------- 931 24 786 82 432 60 584 74 757 49 463 7 675 13 13 14

Establishments with m

100 percent specialization 36 -------------------------------- 238 5 673 15 331 15 331 (D) 12 110 (D) 23 29 (D)

90 to 99 percent specialization 6 ---------------------------- 86 2 880 10 189 9 243 9 372 4 261 817 21 19 24

80 to 89 percent specialization *9 ---------------------------- 129 3 266 10 510 8 457 9 202 5 569 1 309 37 25 9

70 to 79 percent specialization 25 ---------------------------- 111 2 303 *7 341 *5 190 (D) *3 798 (D) 39 42 (D)

60 to 69 percent specialization 19 ---------------------------- 195 5 051 20 176 12 220 19 026 14 333 1 150 23 34 30

51 to 59 percent specialization 7 ---------------------------- *172 5 612 18 885 10 142 16 343 9 392 2 542 40 27 (Z)

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS

All establishments specializing in type 94 ------------- 693 16 842 74 161 48 320 64 400 45 209 9 760 18 17 20

Establishments with m

100 percent specialization (S) -------------------------------- *42 *672 *2 172 *2 172 *2 016 *1 774 (S) 71 63 (S)

90 to 99 percent specialization (S) ---------------------------- (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) – (S) (S) –

80 to 89 percent specialization – ---------------------------- –––––– ––––

70 to 79 percent specialization *26 ---------------------------- *202 2 897 *25 559 18 301 *22 107 (S) 3 452 40 40 23

60 to 69 percent specialization *26 ---------------------------- 228 8 421 29 566 17 929 26 349 15 846 3 217 22 19 33

51 to 59 percent specialization (S) ---------------------------- 155 3 804 15 391 8 592 12 456 9 255 *2 935 37 32 47

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Table 9. Quarterly Construction Worker Employment for Establishments With Payroll by

State: 1992

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Location of establishment

Construction workers1

Relative standard error of estimate (percent) for columnm Number of

establishments

Average

number of

construction

workers

January

to March

April

to June

July

to September

October

to December

A B C D E FABCDE F

United States 13 ----------- 898 62 437 51 774 64 810 69 804 63 360 1 1 1 1 1 1

Alabama 204 ------------------------ 988 880 987 1 083 1 001 12 11 10 10 11 12 Alaska 80 -------------------------- 320 215 369 423 274 19 18 20 17 15 22 Arizona 125 ------------------------- 543 505 542 555 570 15 17 16 18 15 21 Arkansas 105 ----------------------- 368 303 413 410 345 18 18 19 18 19 21 California 850 ----------------------- 5 346 4 517 5 574 5 886 5 407 6 4 5 4 4 4

Colorado 304 ------------------------ 1 298 1 076 1 347 1 409 1 361 10 11 11 11 11 12 Connecticut 303 --------------------- 1 511 1 162 1 516 1 706 1 659 7 6 7 5 5 6 Delaware 31 ----------------------- 200 166 214 193 227 11 8 2 10 11 7 District of Columbia *10 -------------- 49 91 37 32 35 54 22 12 29 34 31 Florida 617 -------------------------- 3 090 2 812 3 138 3 170 3 238 7 6 6 7 7 6

Georgia 300 ------------------------- 1 353 1 277 1 388 1 391 1 356 10 8 8 8 9 8 Hawaii 22 -------------------------- 222 235 239 204 210 4 (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) Idaho 83 --------------------------- 233 195 237 272 228 19 27 28 28 26 29 Illinois 561 -------------------------- 2 661 2 054 2 889 3 064 2 635 7 5 5 4 5 5 Indiana 433 ------------------------- 1 858 1 534 1 887 2 080 1 929 8 7 7 7 7 8

Iowa 111 ---------------------------- 494 320 537 590 530 16 16 17 15 16 18 Kansas 81 ------------------------- 358 310 375 366 381 15 17 16 15 14 22 Kentucky 248 ------------------------ 902 728 999 986 895 9 9 10 9 9 9 Louisiana 81 ----------------------- 464 440 481 478 457 22 17 16 18 17 20 Maine 227 -------------------------- 935 540 1 037 1 224 937 12 12 15 12 12 12

Maryland 358 ------------------------ 2 108 1 714 2 136 2 298 2 285 9 7 7 6 7 8 Massachusetts 454 ------------------ 1 864 1 371 1 906 2 112 2 068 8 8 9 8 8 8 Michigan 619 ------------------------ 2 491 1 676 2 844 2 974 2 468 6 5 7 5 5 5 Minnesota 296 ----------------------- 1 309 880 1 481 1 596 1 277 9 8 12 8 8 9 Mississippi 103 ---------------------- 333 316 362 349 304 20 21 25 22 20 19

Missouri 307 ------------------------ 1 310 1 143 1 329 1 479 1 287 9 9 10 9 9 9 Montana 69 ------------------------ 142 116 133 155 162 14 18 22 18 19 18 Nebraska 85 ----------------------- 452 382 493 483 453 18 11 15 12 10 12 Nevada 92 ------------------------- 713 628 694 805 723 12 12 12 11 13 15 New Hampshire 170 ----------------- 493 399 550 572 450 13 13 16 12 13 13

New Jersey 463 --------------------- 1 773 1 464 1 801 1 919 1 908 7 6 7 6 6 7 New Mexico 60 --------------------- 420 353 456 453 420 18 27 21 28 28 27 New York 884 ----------------------- 3 646 2 685 3 761 4 334 3 804 6 5 5 4 5 5 North Carolina 379 ------------------- 1 839 1 893 1 787 1 934 1 739 9 7 11 6 7 7 North Dakota 34 -------------------- 96 66 103 117 99 32 24 25 24 23 24

Ohio 798 ---------------------------- 3 166 2 673 3 258 3 631 3 101 6 5 6 5 5 5

Oklahoma 64 ----------------------- 304 294 302 316 305 18 17 17 16 17 18

Oregon 261 ------------------------- 864 772 904 955 824 10 9 9 9 9 9

Pennsylvania 916 -------------------- 3 976 3 441 4 139 4 420 3 904 5 4 5 4 4 4

Rhode Island 99 -------------------- 236 185 234 266 260 11 8 9 8 7 7

South Carolina 218 ------------------ 938 832 984 1 003 932 12 8 7 7 7 7

South Dakota 35 ------------------- 152 (S) 162 178 160 23 20 (S) 21 19 21

Tennessee 247 ---------------------- 1 006 913 1 071 1 044 997 11 10 10 10 10 10

Texas 464 -------------------------- 2 294 2 175 2 221 2 466 2 314 8 8 8 8 8 8

Utah 86 ---------------------------- 447 406 470 490 422 19 16 19 16 15 15

Vermont 194 ------------------------ 583 362 581 778 612 10 14 17 16 14 16

Virginia 318 ------------------------- 1 838 1 652 1 829 2 002 1 870 9 6 6 6 6 6

Washington 469 --------------------- 2 056 1 860 2 020 2 269 2 075 8 6 6 6 6 7

West Virginia 153 -------------------- 457 362 482 478 506 14 16 16 19 17 16

Wisconsin 389 ----------------------- 1 813 1 217 1 968 2 257 1 808 8 8 11 9 7 8

Wyoming 42 ------------------------ *129 80 *142 *149 *147 27 41 37 44 43 41

1Construction workers during pay periods including 12th of March, May, August, and November.

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Table 10. Value of Construction Work for Establishments With Payroll by Location of

Construction Work: 1992 and 1987

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Location of construction work

1992

Relative standard

error of estimate

(percent) for

columnm

Construction work done by

establishments located in

this State

Construction work done by

establishments not located

in this State

Value of

construction

work done in

this State Number

Value of

construction

work Number

Value of

construction

work

1987

value of

construction

work done in

this State

Percent

change

1987

(col F)

to

1992

(col A)

A B C D E F G A CE

United States 6 ----------------------------------------------- 869 692 13 866 6 654 894 822 214 798 8 244 398 –16.7 1 1 2

Alabama------------------------------------------------------------- 91 376 (S) (D) (S) (D) 80 188 14.0 14 (D) (D)

Alaska -------------------------------------------------------------- 66 622 80 66 622 – – 31 159 113.8 21 21 –

Arizona-------------------------------------------------------------- 47 907 125 (D) 1 (D) 68 537 –30.1 11 (D) (D)

Arkansas ------------------------------------------------------------ 34 318 (S) 33 916 (S) 402 38 898 –11.8 17 18 33

California ------------------------------------------------------------ 766 633 850 761 750 *12 4 884 1 203 258 –36.3 3 3 (Z)

Colorado ------------------------------------------------------------ 120 208 304 120 138 (S) (S) 95 066 26.4 9 9 (S)

Connecticut ---------------------------------------------------------- 219 487 303 202 880 19 16 607 244 545 –10.2 6 6 1

Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------ 29 238 (S) 25 445 *9 3 793 56 534 –48.3 10 11 21

District of Columbia 22 --------------------------------------------------- 707 (S) 8 989 25 13 718 13 885 63.5 6 12 7

Florida -------------------------------------------------------------- 314 833 617 303 669 *22 11 163 405 148 –22.3 6 6 6

Georgia ------------------------------------------------------------- 132 867 300 126 074 *18 6 794 123 262 7.8 7 7 5

Hawaii--------------------------------------------------------------- 46 452 22 42 619 *5 3 834 *29 872 55.5 2 (Z) 20

Idaho --------------------------------------------------------------- 23 073 83 21 552 *15 1 521 5 311 334.4 23 24 16

Illinois --------------------------------------------------------------- 339 032 561 334 710 *22 4 322 355 436 –4.6 4 4 27

Indiana -------------------------------------------------------------- 200 407 425 195 185 32 5 222 154 456 29.8 6 6 28

Iowa ---------------------------------------------------------------- 61 707 111 55 670 22 6 037 29 375 110.1 15 16 8

Kansas -------------------------------------------------------------- 38 662 81 32 997 *14 5 665 65 338 –40.8 11 13 10

Kentucky ------------------------------------------------------------ 93 895 248 85 850 27 8 045 81 060 15.8 6 6 15

Louisiana ------------------------------------------------------------ 34 766 81 34 766 – – 35 646 –2.5 14 14 –

Maine --------------------------------------------------------------- 81 789 227 79 692 *14 2 097 92 167 –11.3 11 12 12

Maryland ------------------------------------------------------------ 188 682 358 176 689 45 11 994 250 979 –24.8 7 7 4

Massachusetts 218 ------------------------------------------------------- 050 453 214 304 16 3 745 416 789 –47.7 7 7 6

Michigan------------------------------------------------------------- 293 515 619 290 719 *14 *2 796 301 088 –2.5 6 6 59

Minnesota ----------------------------------------------------------- 169 466 296 168 096 *26 1 370 167 133 1.4 6 6 36

Mississippi ----------------------------------------------------------- 26 586 (S) 25 588 *7 (S) 30 894 –13.9 17 17 (S)

Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------- 124 491 302 118 799 30 5 692 162 175 –23.2 8 9 11

Montana------------------------------------------------------------- 14 341 69 14 218 (S) (S) 16 564 –13.4 14 14 (S)

Nebraska ------------------------------------------------------------ 41 170 85 40 466 *7 *704 19 094 115.6 13 13 51

Nevada-------------------------------------------------------------- 78 743 92 (D) 3 (D) 86 898 –9.4 10 (D) (D)

New Hampshire 53 ------------------------------------------------------ 752 169 49 198 29 4 554 150 087 –64.2 11 12 5

New Jersey ---------------------------------------------------------- 196 919 463 185 705 37 11 214 449 510 –56.2 6 6 10

New Mexico --------------------------------------------------------- 31 521 (S) 29 938 (S) *1 583 11 361 177.4 17 18 74

New York------------------------------------------------------------ 453 248 884 447 761 41 5 488 608 608 –25.5 4 4 18 North Carolina 150 ------------------------------------------------------- 320 379 147 001 9 3 319 159 454 –5.7 6 7 17 North Dakota -------------------------------------------------------- 10 118 34 8 196 *6 1 922 26 702 –62.1 25 30 35

Ohio ---------------------------------------------------------------- 335 872 798 331 177 35 4 695 359 869 –6.7 4 4 4 Oklahoma ----------------------------------------------------------- 33 068 (S) (D) 1 (D) 28 519 16.0 17 (D) (D)

Oregon -------------------------------------------------------------- 93 694 261 93 193 *5 *501 57 912 61.8 8 8 55 Pennsylvania 408 --------------------------------------------------------- 519 916 393 403 36 15 115 490 955 –16.8 3 3 4 Rhode Island--------------------------------------------------------- 23 496 99 21 114 6 2 381 41 122 –42.9 9 10 (Z)

South Carolina 89 ------------------------------------------------------- 098 (S) 86 301 7 2 798 61 392 45.1 8 8 7 South Dakota -------------------------------------------------------- 15 305 (S) 14 395 5 911 11 912 28.5 16 17 39 Tennessee----------------------------------------------------------- 79 685 247 75 048 29 4 637 118 543 –32.8 10 11 16 Texas --------------------------------------------------------------- 228 696 456 (D) 1 (D) 264 014 –13.4 6 (D) (D) Utah ---------------------------------------------------------------- 41 409 (S) 41 409 – – 43 976 –5.8 14 14 –

Vermont ------------------------------------------------------------- 52 025 194 (D) 2 (D) 63 691 –18.3 15 (D) (D)

Virginia -------------------------------------------------------------- 183 397 310 174 485 43 8 912 276 642 –33.7 6 6 15 Washington ---------------------------------------------------------- 220 038 469 218 672 *15 1 366 154 919 42.0 5 5 13 West Virginia--------------------------------------------------------- 40 865 (S) 37 831 *14 3 034 33 627 21.5 12 13 27 Wisconsin ----------------------------------------------------------- 197 271 389 190 201 26 7 070 145 763 35.3 6 6 15 Wyoming ------------------------------------------------------------ 10 353 42 10 004 *26 *349 25 041 –58.7 37 39 52

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Table 11. Dollar Value of Business Done for Establishments With Payroll by

Kind-of-Business Activity: 1992 and 1987

[Thousand dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Based on their primary business activity or combination of activities, establishments were classified into this specific industry.

These establishments, however, may also be engaged in other kinds of business activities. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see

appendixes]

Primary and other kind of business activities

Dollar value of business done Relative standard error of estimate (percent)

1992 1987 1992 1987

All kinds of business 7 ------------------------------------- 054 018 8 452 371 1 1

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OTHER THAN BUILDING

CONSTRUCTIONmCONTRACTORS

Excavating, earthmoving, and land clearing contractor, not connected

with buildings ---------------------------------------------------- 581 969 154 271 2 5 Heavy construction contractor 130 -------------------------------------- 390 287 849 5 4 Highway and street general contractor 141 ------------------------------ 786 155 148 2 4 Paving contractor ------------------------------------------------- 75 341 59 508 9 7

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS

Excavating, earth and land clearing contractor, connected with

buildings -------------------------------------------------------- 4 910 658 4 811 468 1 1

Foundation contractor, digging of 585 ----------------------------------- 189 1 344 168 3 2

Subdividing and preparing land owned by others contractor 100 ------------ 634 649 636 10 4

Wrecking and demolition contractor, buildings and other structures 62 ----- 256 (NA) 4 (NA)

Other construction activities 238 ---------------------------------------- 488 550 685 5 (NA)

OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Rental of construction machinery or equipment to others 42 -------------- 631 70 652 8 4

Transportation of goods for others 54 ---------------------------------- 978 (NA) 7 (NA)

Other business activities ------------------------------------------- 83 220 67 412 6 4

Kind of business activity, n.s.k. 46 ------------------------------------- 478 301 274 19 4

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Table 12. Selected Industry Ratios for Establishments With Payroll: 1992 and 1987

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Selected statistics

1992 1987

Relative

standard error

of estimate

(percent)

for 1992

AVERAGE PER ESTABLISHMENT

Number of employees**---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.5 7.1 1 Number of construction workers--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.5 5.9 1 Number of all other employees --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 1.2 2 Payroll, all employees --------------------------------------------------------------------------- $1,000-- 130.7 153.5 1 Payroll, construction workers------------------------------------------------------------------------- do-- 100.8 119.0 1 Payroll, other employees ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- do-- 29.9 34.4 2

Dollar value of business done------------------------------------------------------------------------ do-- 507.6 629.7 1 Value of construction work -------------------------------------------------------------------------- do-- 494.3 614.2 1 Cost of materials, components, supplies, and fuels do ----------------------------------------------------- -- 142.0 148.4 1 Construction work subcontracted to others do ------------------------------------------------------------ -- 53.3 56.1 2 Rental cost for machinery, equipment, and buildings do --------------------------------------------------- -- 21.9 34.2 3 Capital expenditures, other than land ----------------------------------------------------------------- do-- 23.8 35.3 4 Gross book value of depreciable assets do -------------------------------------------------------------- -- 264.7 249.6 2

AVERAGE PER EMPLOYEE

Payroll, all employees --------------------------------------------------------------------------- $1,000-- 23.6 21.6 1

Dollar value of business done------------------------------------------------------------------------ do-- 91.5 88.7 1

Value added†† ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- do-- 56.3 59.9 1

AVERAGE PER CONSTRUCTION WORKER

Payroll, construction workers--------------------------------------------------------------------- $1,000-- 22.4 20.2 1

Value of construction work -------------------------------------------------------------------------- do-- 110.0 104.1 1

AVERAGE PER OTHER EMPLOYEE

Payroll, other employees ------------------------------------------------------------------------ $1,000-- 28.3 28.7 1

AVERAGE PER DOLLAR VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK

Payroll, all employees ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .264 .250 (Z)

Cost of materials, components, supplies, and fuels---------------------------------------------------------- .287 .242 1

Cost of construction work subcontracted out to others ------------------------------------------------------ .108 .091 1

Value of construction work subcontracted in from others ---------------------------------------------------- .574 .519 2

Rental cost for machinery, equipment, and buildings -------------------------------------------------------- .044 .056 2

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Table 13. Selected Industry Ratios for Establishments With Payroll by State: 1992

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. For explanation of terms, see appendix A]

Location of establishment

Average per dollar value of construction work

Average

number of

employees**

per establishment

Payroll

per

employee

($1,000)

Value of

construction

work per

construction

worker

($1,000)

Payroll,

all employees

Cost of

materials,

components,

supplies,

and fuels

Cost of

construction

work subcontracted

out to others

Value of

construction

work subcontracted

in from others

Rental

cost for

machinery,

equipment,

and

buildings

United States 5.5 -------------------------------- 23.6 110.0 .264 .287 .108 .574 .044

Alabama 6.0 ---------------------------------------------- 16.9 94.1 .223 .322 .130 (S) (S)

Alaska 4.9 ----------------------------------------------- 28.4 208.2 .168 .351 .047 .645 *.031

Arizona 5.3 ----------------------------------------------- 21.2 84.9 .307 .200 .069 .757 .033

Arkansas 4.3 --------------------------------------------- 16.1 93.8 .211 .235 .074 *.553 *.051

California 7.8 --------------------------------------------- 29.2 143.2 .253 .285 .132 .559 .096

Colorado 5.2 --------------------------------------------- 22.7 95.8 .288 .250 .076 .787 .043

Connecticut 6.3 ------------------------------------------- 29.6 136.3 .273 .290 .101 .601 .046

Delaware 7.6 --------------------------------------------- 26.6 133.4 .236 .355 .144 .582 .139

District of Columbia 6.0 ------------------------------------ 34.5 206.0 .205 .243 .119 .992 .036

Florida 6.2 ----------------------------------------------- 21.0 99.1 .261 .328 .121 .594 .041

Georgia 5.4 ---------------------------------------------- 21.5 95.7 .267 .279 .119 .499 .030

Hawaii 12.5 ------------------------------------------------ 36.3 192.0 .229 .289 .151 .353 .031

Idaho 3.3 ------------------------------------------------ 16.8 94.2 .208 .162 *.119 .812 .025

Illinois 6.0 ------------------------------------------------ 30.8 137.9 .281 .258 .122 .575 .033

Indiana 5.5 ----------------------------------------------- 22.3 108.6 .263 .308 .077 .518 .027

Iowa 5.4 ------------------------------------------------- 20.9 117.3 .217 .274 .058 .446 (S)

Kansas 5.4 ----------------------------------------------- 24.8 101.2 .297 .255 .109 .560 .019

Kentucky 4.4 --------------------------------------------- 18.7 100.4 .224 .282 .100 .539 .077

Louisiana 7.0 --------------------------------------------- 15.7 75.0 .255 .320 .081 .554 .055

Maine 5.2 ------------------------------------------------ 20.1 93.2 .273 .373 .051 .254 .031

Maryland 7.3 --------------------------------------------- 24.1 93.7 .317 .262 .107 .657 .055

Massachusetts 5.3 ---------------------------------------- 26.5 123.2 .275 .269 .120 .437 .029

Michigan 5.1 ---------------------------------------------- 26.4 119.2 .279 .305 .109 .507 .038

Minnesota 5.6 -------------------------------------------- 27.8 134.0 .263 .272 .129 .526 .035

Mississippi 3.9 -------------------------------------------- 19.5 77.2 .305 .337 .077 .641 .044

Missouri 5.3 ---------------------------------------------- 21.6 97.3 .275 .254 .110 .845 .043

Montana 2.8 ---------------------------------------------- 17.4 100.1 .234 .334 .062 .391 .055

Nebraska 6.4 --------------------------------------------- 24.2 93.3 .309 .238 .062 .626 .039

Nevada 9.3 ----------------------------------------------- 23.9 109.3 .262 .247 .163 .819 .050

New Hampshire 3.6 --------------------------------------- 20.6 102.0 .248 .342 .094 .339 .032

New Jersey 4.8 ------------------------------------------- 27.0 111.8 .302 .264 .105 .557 .038

New Mexico 8.2 ------------------------------------------ 15.8 71.3 .260 .325 (S) *.309 *.030

New York 5.2 --------------------------------------------- 26.3 123.7 .270 .280 .112 .509 .034

North Carolina 5.9 ---------------------------------------- 18.5 82.0 .273 .260 .120 .633 .030

North Dakota 3.5 ----------------------------------------- 16.8 88.1 .235 .235 *.018 *.142 *.013

Ohio 4.9 ------------------------------------------------- 22.5 105.9 .264 .299 .103 .601 .038

Oklahoma 5.8 -------------------------------------------- 19.3 133.2 .176 (S) .186 .557 .062

Oregon 4.1 ----------------------------------------------- 22.1 109.2 .254 .298 .076 .546 .041 Pennsylvania 5.3 ------------------------------------------ 22.7 104.0 .266 .299 .103 .553 .034 Rhode Island 3.1 ------------------------------------------ 20.3 100.3 .266 .281 .067 .412 .027

South Carolina 5.4 ---------------------------------------- 18.3 97.6 .234 .312 .112 .575 .032 South Dakota 5.4 ----------------------------------------- 22.7 96.1 .292 .271 *.158 .774 (S) Tennessee 4.8 -------------------------------------------- 16.4 75.5 .258 .290 .070 .567 .038 Texas 6.0 ------------------------------------------------ 19.6 97.0 .245 .294 .110 .686 .039 Utah 6.2 ------------------------------------------------- 20.2 92.6 .259 .183 .059 .882 .033

Vermont 3.7 ---------------------------------------------- 19.2 87.3 .271 .293 .034 .185 .024 Virginia 7.0 ----------------------------------------------- 20.5 97.0 .255 .315 .167 .565 .036 Washington 5.3 ------------------------------------------- 24.2 107.8 .271 .324 .061 .719 .045 West Virginia 3.5 ------------------------------------------ 16.3 86.6 .224 .238 .055 (S) .014 Wisconsin 5.8 -------------------------------------------- 23.2 105.9 .272 .293 .102 .639 .044 Wyoming 3.5 --------------------------------------------- 17.0 78.5 .248 .240 *.082 .432 .022

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Appendix A.

Explanation of Terms

Construction. Is composed of three broad categories:

1. New construction. Includes the complete, original

building of structures and essential service facilities

and the initial installation of integral equipment such as

elevators and plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning

supplies and equipment.

2. Additions, alterations, or reconstruction. Includes

construction work which adds to the value or useful life

of an existing building or structure, or which adapts a

building or structure to a new or different use. Included

are ‘‘major replacements’’ of building systems such as

the installation of a new roof or heating system and the

resurfacing of streets or highways. This contrasts to

the repair of a hole in a roof or the routine patching of

highways and streets, which would be classified as

maintenance and repair.

3. Maintenance and repair. Includes incidental construction work which keeps a property in ordinary working

condition. Excluded are trash and snow removal, lawn

maintenance and landscaping, and cleaning and janitorial services.

Number of establishments in business during year.

Includes all establishments that were in business at any

time during the year. It covers all full-year and part-year

operations. Construction establishments which were inactive or idle for the entire year were not included.

Proprietors and working partners. These data were not

collected on the census report forms. The data shown are

based on crediting each sole proprietorship establishment

with one active proprietor and each partnership establishment with two working partners.

All employees. Comprises all full-time and part-time employees on the payrolls of construction establishments who

worked or received pay for any part of the pay period

including the 12th of March, May, August, and November.

Included are all persons on paid sick leave, paid holidays,

and paid vacations during these pay periods. Officers of

corporations are included, but proprietors and partners of

unincorporated firms are not.

All employees is the sum of all employees during the

pay periods including the 12th of March, May, August, and

November, divided by 4.

Construction workers. Includes all workers up through

the working supervisor level directly engaged in construction operations, such as painters, carpenters, plumbers,

and electricians. Included are journeymen, mechanics,

apprentices, laborers, truck drivers and helpers, equipment

operators, and on-site record keepers and security guards.

Supervisory employees above the working foreman level

are excluded from this category but are included in the

‘‘other employees’’ category.

Other employees. Includes employees in executive,

purchasing, accounting, personnel, professional, and

technical activities, as well as routine office functions.

Also included are supervisory employees above the

working foreman level.

Payroll. Includes the gross earnings paid in the calendar

year 1992 to all employees on the payroll of construction

establishments. It includes all forms of compensation such

as salaries, wages, commissions, dismissal pay, bonuses,

vacation and sick leave pay, prior to such deductions as

employees’ Social Security contributions, withholding taxes,

group insurance, union dues, and savings bonds. The total

includes salaries of officers of these establishments, if a

corporation, but excludes payments to the proprietor or

partners, if unincorporated.

Fringe benefits. Represents expenditures made by the

employer during 1992 for legally required and voluntary

fringe benefit programs for employees.

Legally required contributions. Includes Social Security contributions, unemployment compensation, worker’s

compensation, and State temporary disability payments.

Voluntary payments. Includes life insurance premiums, pension plans, insurance premiums on hospital

and medical plans, welfare plans, and union negotiated benefits.

Dollar value of business done comprises the following

detail:

Value of construction work done. Includes all

value of construction work done during 1992 for

construction work performed by general contractors

and special trades contractors. Included is new construction, additions and alterations or reconstruction,

and maintenance and repair construction work. Also

included is the value of any construction work done

by the reporting establishments for themselves.

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Speculative builders were instructed to include the

value of buildings and other structures built or being

built for sale in 1992 but not sold. They were to

include the costs of such construction plus normal

profit. Also included is the cost of construction work

done on buildings for rent or lease.

Establishments engaged in the sale and installation

of such construction components as plumbing, heating, and central air-conditioning supplies and equipment; lumber and building materials; paint, glass, and

wallpaper; and electrical and wiring supplies, elevators or escalators were instructed to include both the

value for the installation and the receipts covering the

price of the items installed.

Excluded was the cost of industrial and other specialized machinery and equipment which are not an

integral part of a structure.

Other business receipts. Includes business receipts

not reported as value of construction work done. The

item includes business receipts from retail and wholesale trade, rental of equipment, manufacturing, transportation, legal service, insurance, finance, rental of

property and other real estate operations, and other

nonconstruction activities. Receipts for separately

definable architectural and engineering work for others are also included here.

Excluded was the value of construction work done and

receipts from other business operations in foreign countries and non-operating income such as interest and

dividends.

Net value of construction work. Derived for each establishment by subtracting the costs for construction work

subcontracted out to others from the value of construction

work done. (For a further explanation see ‘‘Duplication in

Value of Construction Work’’ section in the Introduction.)

Value added. Derived for each establishment, value

added is equal to dollar value of business done, less costs

for construction work subcontracted out to others, and

costs for materials, components, supplies, and fuels. (For

a further explanation see ‘‘Duplication in Value of Construction Work’’ section in the Introduction.)

Selected costs. Represents the costs for materials,

components, and supplies; costs for construction work

subcontracted out to others; and costs for selected power,

fuels, and lubricants. Capital expenditures and rental costs

for machinery, equipment, and structures are shown elsewhere.

Costs for materials, components, and supplies include:

• total costs to reporting establishments during 1992 for

the purchase of all materials, components, and supplies,

except fuels. (Supplies include expendable tools which

are charged to current accounts.)

• freight and other direct charges representing only amount

paid after discounts, and the value of materials, components, and supplies obtained from other establishments

of the respondent’s company.

• costs for materials, components, and supplies used by

the reporting establishments in the construction or reconstruction of buildings/ structures for themselves which

are chargeable to their fixed assets accounts, as well as

costs for materials bought and resold to others.

• costs made for direct purchases of materials, components, and supplies even though the purchases were

subsequently provided to subcontractors for their use.

Excluded from this item are:

• industrial and other specialized machinery and equipment such as printing presses and computer systems,

which are not an integral part of a structure.

• materials furnished to contractors by the owners of

projects.

Costs for construction work subcontracted out to others

include:

• all costs during 1992 for construction work subcontracted out to other construction contractors.

Excluded from this item are:

• the costs to the reporting establishment for its purchases of materials, components, and supplies provided

to a subcontractor for use. Such costs are reported

under, ‘‘costs for materials, components, and supplies.’’

• costs for the rental of machinery or equipment.

Costs for selected power, fuels, and lubricants include:

• costs for fuels, lubricants, and electric energy purchased

during the year from other companies or received from

other establishments of the company.

• costs for natural and manufactured gas, fuel oil, coal,

and coke products.

Rental costs for machinery, equipment, and buildings.

Includes all costs during 1992 for renting or leasing

construction machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, production equipment, office equipment, furniture

and fixtures, scaffolding, office space, and buildings. It

excludes costs for the rental of land. It also excludes costs

under agreements which, in effect, are conditional sales

contracts such as capital leases. Such costs are included

in ‘‘capital expenditures.’’

Selected purchased services. Includes all costs during

1992 for communication services purchased from other

companies or from other establishments of the company. It

also includes the cost of all repairs made to structures and

equipment by outside companies or from other establishments of the same company. It includes only the cost of

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repair necessary to maintain property and equipment. It

excludes the cost of improvements that increase the value

of property or the cost of adapting it for another use. Such

costs are included in ‘‘capital expenditures.’’

Assets and depreciation. Refers to the original cost of all

fixed tangible assets such as buildings and other structures (offices and shops); stationary machinery (generators and shop equipment); mobile machinery (tractors and

trucks); and other equipment (office furniture and fixtures).

Not included are such items as current assets, depletable

assets, intangible assets, and nondepreciable assets.

Data on assets and depreciation were collected separately for: (1) buildings and other structures, additions, and

related facilities; and (2) machinery and equipment.

Respondents were also asked to report capitalized

expenditures, depreciation charges, and the gross value

of assets sold, retired, scrapped, and destroyed during

1992.

Capital expenditures. Refers to all costs actually incurred

during 1992 which were or would be chargeable to the

fixed assets accounts of the reporting establishments and

which were of the type for which depreciation accounts are

ordinarily maintained. These expenditures cover the acquisition, the construction, and the major alteration of the

reporting establishment’s own buildings and other structures, whether purchased, constructed under contract, or

constructed by the reporting establishment’s own forces;

and the acquisition of machinery and equipment.

If leasing arrangements met the criteria set down by the

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) for a capital

lease, respondents were instructed to report the original

cost or market value of that equipment or building as a

fixed asset and capital expenditure if acquired during 1992.

If capital expenditures were not recorded directly at the

establishment level but handled centrally at the company

or division level, respondents were requested to report

appropriate estimates for the individual establishments.

Inventories. Includes all of the materials and supplies

that are owned regardless of where they are held. Excludes

materials which are owned by others, but held by the

reporting establishment.

Builders who built on their own account for sale were

requested to exclude work in progress and finished units

not sold from inventories.

Inventories of multiestablishment companies were instructed to be reported by the establishment that is

responsible for the inventories even if these inventories

were held at a separate location.

Ownership of construction projects. Shows the distribution of the value of construction work done by ownership

of the project; that is, Government owned or privately

owned. This classification relates to the ownership of the

projects or work undertaken during the construction phase.

Government owned projects are shown separately for

Federal and State and local governments.

Value of construction work subcontracted in from

others. Includes the value of construction work during

1992 for work done by reporting establishments as subcontractors. Establishments were asked to report the

approximate percent of total value of construction work

accounted for by such work, and the percentages reported

were applied to the reported value of construction work to

develop a value for this item.

Types of construction. Provides data by the types of

buildings, structures, or other facilities being constructed

or worked on by construction establishments in 1992.

Respondents were instructed that each building, structure,

or other facility should be classified in terms of its function.

For example, a restaurant building was to be classified in

the restaurant category whether it was designed as a

commercial restaurant building or an auxiliary unit of an

educational institution. If respondents worked on more

than one type of building or structure in a multibuilding

complex, they were instructed to report separately for each

building or type of structure. If they worked on a building

that had more than one purpose; i.e, office and residential,

or commercial, they were to classify the building by major

purpose.

In addition, all respondents were requested to report the

percentage of the value of construction work done for new

construction, additions, alterations, or reconstruction, and

maintenance and repair work for each of these types. See

the definition of ‘‘Construction’’ for the meanings of these

terms.

Building construction:

• Single-family houses, detached. Includes all residential buildings constructed for one family use.

• Single-family houses, attached, including townhouses

and townhouse-type condominiums. Includes all residential buildings with two or more living quarters side by

side, completely independent of one another, and separated by an unbroken party or lot line wall from ground to

roof.

• Apartment buildings with two or more units, including rentals, apartment-type condominiums, and cooperatives. Includes high-rise, low-rise, or any structures

containing two or more housing units other than attached

single-family houses.

• Hotels, motels, and tourist cabins. Includes hotels,

motels, bed and breakfast inns, and tourist cabins

intended for transient accommodations. Also included

are hotel and motel conference centers.

• Other residential buildings. Includes dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and other nonhousekeeping

residential structures.

• Office buildings. Includes all buildings which are used

primarily for office space or for government administrative offices. Also included are banks or financial buildings which are three stories or more. Medical office

buildings are reported under hospitals and institutional

buildings.

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• Other commercial buildings, such as stores, restaurants, and automobile service stations. Includes all

buildings which are intended for use primarily in the retail

and service trades. For example, shopping centers,

department stores, drug stores, restaurants, public garages,

auto service stations, and one or two story bank or

financial institutions.

• Industrial buildings. Includes all industrial buildings

and plants which are used to house production and

assembly activities. Note that industrial parks should be

classified under its primary usage such as warehouses,

office space, commercial or industrial type buildings.

Heavy industrial facilities such as blast furnaces, petroleum refineries, and chemical complexes are not included

in this category but are reported under nonbuilding

construction.

• Warehouses. Includes commercial warehouses, cold

storage plants, grain elevators, mini-warehouses, and

other such storage buildings.

• Religious buildings. Includes all buildings which are

intended for religious services or functions such as

churches, synagogues, convents, monasteries, and seminaries.

• Educational buildings. Includes all buildings which are

used directly in administrative and instructional activities

such as colleges, universities, elementary and secondary schools, correspondence, commercial, and trade

schools. Libraries, museums, and art galleries, as well as

laboratories which are not a part of a manufacturing or

commercial establishment, are also included.

• Hospitals and institutional buildings. Includes medical office buildings and all other buildings which are

intended to provide hospital and institutional care such

as clinics, infirmaries, sanitariums, nursing homes, homes

for the aged, and orphanages.

• Farm buildings, nonresidential. Includes nonresidential farm buildings such as barns, poultry houses, implement sheds, and farm silos.

• Amusement, social, and recreational buildings. Includes buildings which are used primarily for entertainment, social, and recreational activities such as sports

arenas, convention centers, theaters, music halls, golf

and country club buildings, skating rinks, fitness centers,

bowling alleys, and indoor swimming pools.

• Other nonresidential buildings. Includes nonresidential buildings which are not classified elsewhere such as

fire stations, post offices, bus and air passenger terminals and hangars, and prisons.

Nonbuilding construction:

• Highways, streets, and related work such as installation of guardrails, highway signs, and lighting. Includes streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, culverts, right-of-way drainage, erosion control, and

lighting. Also includes earthwork protective structures

when used in connection with road improvements.

• Outdoor swimming pools. Includes wading pools and

reflecting pools.

• Airport runways and related work. Includes runways,

taxiways, aprons, and related work.

• Private driveways and parking areas. Includes all

nonstructural parking areas and private driveways of all

surface types.

• Fencing. Includes all types of fencing.

• Recreationalfacilities. Includes athletic fields,golf courses,

outdoor tennis courts, trails, and camps.

• Tunnels. Includes highway, pedestrian, railroad, and

water distribution tunnels.

• Bridges and elevated highways. Includes viaducts

and overpasses, roads, highways, railroads, and causeways built on structural supports.

• Dam and reservoir construction. Includes hydroelectric, water supply, and flood control dams and reservoirs.

• Marine construction. Includes dredging, underwater

rock removal, breakwaters, navigational channels, and

locks.

• Harbor and port facilities. Includes docks, piers, and

wharves.

• Conservation and development construction. Includes

land reclamation, irrigation projects, drainage canals,

levees, jetties, breakwaters, and flood control projects.

• Power and communication transmission lines, towers, and related facilities. Includes electric power lines,

telephone and telegraph lines, fiber optic cables, cable

television lines, television and radio towers, and electric

light and power facilities.

• Sewers, sewerlines, septic tanks, and related facilities. Includes sanitary and storm sewers, pumping stations, septic systems, and related facilities.

• Water mains and related facilities. Includes water

supply systems, pumping stations, and related facilities.

• Pipeline construction other than sewer or

waterlines. Includes pipelines for the transmission of

gas, petroleum products, and liquefied gases.

• Urban mass transit. Includes subways, trollies, street

cars, and light rail systems.

• Railroad construction. Includes the construction of

railroad beds, tracks, freight yards, and signal towers for

systems other than urban mass transit.

• Blast furnaces, petroleum refineries, chemical complexes, etc. Includes coke ovens and mining appurtenances such as tipples and washeries.

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• Power plants, nuclear. Includes atomic energy plants

and nuclear reactors.

• Power plants, and cogeneration plants, except nuclear. Includes electric and steam generating plants and

cogenerating plants.

• Sewage treatment plants. Includes sewage treatment

and waste disposal plants.

• Water treatment plants. Includes water filtration and

water softening plants.

• Ships. Includes special trade contractors working on

ships and boats such as painters, carpenters, joiners,

electricians, etc.

• Other nonbuilding construction. Includes all types of

nonbuilding construction not included elsewhere.

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Appendix B.

Standard Industrial Classification Titles for

Industry Groups and Industries

SIC

code Industry titles

15 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION—GENERAL

CONTRACTORS AND OPERATIVE

BUILDERS

152 General Building Contractors—Residential

Buildings

1521 General Contractors—Single-Family Houses

1522 General Contractors—Residential Buildings,

Other Than Single-Family

153 Operative Builders

1531 Operative Builders

154 General Building Contractors—Nonresidential

Buildings

1541 General Contractors—Industrial Buildings and

Warehouses

1542 General Contractors—Nonresidential Buildings,

Other Than Industrial Buildings and Warehouses

16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OTHER THAN

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION—

CONTRACTORS

161 Highway and Street Construction, Except

Elevated Highways

1611 Highway and Street Construction Contractors,

Except Elevated Highways

162 Heavy Construction, Except Highway and

Street Construction

1622 Bridge, Tunnel, and Elevated Highway

Construction Contractors

1623 Water, Sewer, Pipeline, and Communications

and Power Line Construction Contractors

1629 Heavy Construction Contractors, Not Elsewhere

Classified

17 CONSTRUCTION—SPECIAL TRADE

CONTRACTORS

171 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning

Special Trade Contractors

1711 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning

Special Trade Contractors

172 Painting and Paper Hanging

Special Trade Contractors

1721 Painting and Paper Hanging

Special Trade Contractors

SIC

code Industry titles

17 CONSTRUCTION—SPECIAL TRADE

CONTRACTORS—Con.

173 Electrical Work Special Trade Contractors

1731 Electrical Work Special Trade Contractors

174 Masonry, Stone Work, Tile Setting, and

Plastering Special Trade Contractors

1741 Masonry, Stone Setting, and Other Stone

Work Special Trade Contractors

1742 Plastering, Drywall, Acoustical, and Insulation

Work Special Trade Contractors

1743 Terrazzo, Tile, Marble, and Mosaic Work

Special Trade Contractors

175 Carpentry and Floor Work Special Trade

Contractors

1751 Carpentry Work Special Trade Contractors

1752 Floor Laying and Other Floor Work Special

Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere

Classified

176 Roofing, Siding, and Sheet Metal Work

Special Trade Contractors

1761 Roofing, Siding, and Sheet Metal Work

Special Trade Contractors

177 Concrete Work Special Trade Contractors

1771 Concrete Work Special Trade Contractors

178 Water Well Drilling Special Trade Contractors

1781 Water Well Drilling Special Trade Contractors

179 Miscellaneous Special Trade Contractors

1791 Structural Steel Erection Special Trade

Contractors

1793 Glass and Glazing Work Special Trade

Contractors

1794 Excavation Work Special Trade Contractors

1795 Wrecking and Demolition Work Special

Trade Contractors

1796 Installation or Erection of Building Equipment,

Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere

Classified

1799 Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere

Classified

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Appendix C.

Geographic Divisions and States

NEW ENGLAND STATES

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

EAST NORTH CENTRAL STATES

Illinois

Indiana

Michigan

Ohio

Wisconsin

WEST NORTH CENTRAL STATES

Iowa

Kansas

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

North Dakota

South Dakota

SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Maryland

SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES—Con.

North Carolina

South Carolina

Virginia

West Virginia

EAST SOUTH CENTRAL STATES

Alabama

Kentucky

Mississippi

Tennessee

WEST SOUTH CENTRAL STATES

Arkansas

Louisiana

Oklahoma

Texas

MOUNTAIN STATES

Arizona

Colorado

Idaho

Montana

Nevada

New Mexico

Utah

Wyoming

PACIFIC STATES

Alaska

California

Hawaii

Oregon

Washington

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1992 CENSUS OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

The Census of Construction Industries is taken once

every 5 years. The census covers all establishments

engaged in construction, including:

• Building contractors

• Heavy construction contractors

• Special trade contractors (including plumbers, carpenters, painters, electricians)

Data products in the census of construction industries are

issued in four publication series and in three media:

Printed reports [P]

CD-ROM [C]

Highlights online [+ ]

Preliminary Industry Series

(CC92-I-1(P) to -27(P))

(Available July 1994 through January 1995) [P] [C]

Twenty-six separate industry reports and a U.S. summary report, providing national statistics for establishments with payroll. Statistics shown for 1992 include:

• Number of establishments

• Number of employees

• Payroll

• Value of construction work done, by type of structure

• Selected operating costs

Final Industry Series

(CC92-I-1 to -27)

(Available April 1995 through August 1995) [P] [C] [+ ]

Twenty-six separate industry reports and a U.S. summary report, providing statistics for the Nation and individual States on establishments with payroll. These reports

update figures from the preliminary industry series (employment, payroll, value of construction, etc.) and provide

measures of the following:

• Capital expenditures

• Inventories

• Industry profiles

• Assets

• Depreciation

• And much more

Geographic Area Series

(CC92-A-1 to -10)

(Available August 1995 through December 1995) [P] [C] [+ ]

Nine reports on the construction industries, representing each census geographic division, and a U.S. summary

report. Regional reports provide detailed data for States

and metropolitan areas.

Subject Report—Legal Form of Organization

and Type of Operation (CC92-S-1)

(Available August 1995) [P] [C]

One report providing selected national statistics for

each industry by legal form of organization and type of

operation. This report includes data for establishments

with and without payroll. Data in this report include—

• Employment

• Payroll

• Value of construction work done

• Selected operating costs

OTHER ECONOMIC CENSUS REPORTS

The census of construction industries is part of the 1992

Economic Census. The economic census is conducted at

5-year intervals in years ending in 2 and 7 and consists of

eight separate censuses:

• Census of Retail Trade

• Census of Wholesale Trade

• Census of Service Industries

• Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate

Industries

• Census of Transportation, Communications, and

Utilities

• Census of Manufactures

• Census of Mineral Industries

• Census of Construction Industries

...plus several related programs: enterprise statistics; information on minority-owned and women-owned businesses;

and the census of outlying areas, including separate

economic census of Puerto Rico and other outlying areas.

The census of agriculture and census of governments are

conducted separately.

HOW TO ORDER DATA PRODUCTS

Order forms for the specific reports and other data

products may be obtained from Data User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300. If you have any questions, call

Census Customer Services 1-301-457-4100.

Publication Program