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The information sector in Arizona is smaller than the national average on measures of per capita receipts and per capita employment. Each industry group within this sector broadcasting and telecommunications, publishing, information and data processing, and motion picture and sound recording - was smaller in Arizona.
In addition to the information sector. the professional, scientific and technical services and the arts, entertainment and recreation sectors are reviewed in this article. Data are available for Arizona for 10 of 18 sectors from the 1997 Economic Census. The information sector is the third for which national figures have been released.
INFORMATION
The information sector was newly created in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) from pieces of the manufacturing, TCPU (transportation, communications and public utilities), and services divisions of the old Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Compared to the other NAICS sectors for which data have been released, Arizona's information sector is relatively small with 1,731 establishments employing 42,238 and receiving $7.2 billion in receipts in 1997.
Sectoral Detail
Four subsectors comprise the information sector (see Table 1). Broadcasting and telecommunications contributed the largest shares of establishments, receipts and employment in Arizona in 1997. Its average establishment size, receipts per employee and payroll per employee also were the highest of the four subsectors. Telecommunications was the largest of the three industry groups within this subsector in number of establishments, employment and receipts. Receipts per employee were especially high in the telecommunications industry group. The cable networks and program distribution industry group consisted of three cable networks and 49 establishments performing program distribution. The radio and television broadcasting group consisted of 12 radio networks, 101 radio stations and 29 television broadcasting establishments.
Publishing, the second largest of the four subsectors, consists of two industry groups: newspaper, periodical, book and database publishers, and software publishers. Software publishers was the smaller of the industry groups, but paid considerably higher wages and realized somewhat higher receipts per employee.
The information and data processing subsector was considerably smaller. While its average wage was only a little lower, its receipts per employee were much lower than in the publishing and broadcasting and telecommunications subsectors. The size of the data processing services industry group substantially exceeded the information services group. The latter consists of...