EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EST, APRIL 8, 1998 (WEDNESDAY) Public Information Office CB98-55 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Dave Lassman 301-457-2826 Receipts for Computer-Services Businesses Up 18 Percent, Census Bureau Reports Receipts for computer-services firms increased 18 percent in 1996 to $184 billion, according to data on the nation's services sector released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. After the release time, go to http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/sas.html. Computer services include computer programming, data processing and related services. In 1995, receipts for computer services firms totaled $156 billion. Other findings include: - Receipts for taxable and tax-exempt firms that provide health services totaled $800 billion, up 5 percent from 1995. - Engineering, accounting, research and management services reported receipts of $292 billion in 1996, an increase of 11 percent. - Receipts for automotive repair, automotive services and parking increased 8 percent to $107 billion. - Total receipts for hotels, rooming houses, and other lodging places increased 6 percent to $89 billion. The tables cover a variety of services including personal, business, automotive, amusement and recreation, social, health and other professional services. The tables include operating receipts for taxable firms and total revenue and expenses for firms and organizations exempt from federal income taxes. The estimates from the 1996 Service Annual Survey are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. Sources of nonsampling error include errors of response, nonreporting and coverage. Measures of sampling variability, presented as relative standard errors, are shown in the tables.-X-The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
