Table 10.—Research and Development Intensity of Nonbank U.S. Affiliates and of All U.S. Businesses, by Industry, 1992
| Privately funded R&D performed by nonbank U.S. affiliates, in millions of dollars | R&D employment of nonbank U.S. affiliates, in thousands | Measures of R&D intensity/1/ | ||||||
| Privately funded R&D as a percentage of sales/2/ | R&D employment as a percentage of total employment/3/ | |||||||
| Total | For U.S. affiliates themselves | For others | R&D-performing nonbank U.S. affiliates, 1992 | All R&D-performing U.S. companies, 1991/4/ | R&D-performing nonbank U.S. affiliates, 1992 | All R&D-performing U.S. companies, 1991/4/ | ||
 All industries |
13,524 | 12,956 | 568 | 103.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| Petroleum | 584 | 559 | 25 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 2.4 |
| Manufacturing | 11,155 | 10,822 | 333 | 86.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 | n.a. |
| Food and kindred products |
257 | 257 | 0 | 2.1 | .8 | .4 | 1.2 | .6 |
| Chemicals and allied products |
6,069 | 5,867 | 202 | 37.6 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Industrial chemicals |
2,388 | 2,261 | 127 | 14.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| Drugs |
3,189 | 3,169 | 20 | 18.3 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 11.3 |
| Other/5/ |
492 | 437 | 55 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| Primary metal industries |
175 | 166 | 9 | 1.7 | .8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | /(S)/ |
| Ferrous |
53 | 45 | 8 | .6 | .5 | .6 | 1.1 | /(S)/ |
| Nonferrous |
123 | 122 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.6 | /(S)/ |
| Fabricated metal products |
141 | 141 | (*) | 1.3 | .9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | /(S)/ |
| Machinery, except electrical |
1,105 | 1,055 | 50 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 8.4 |
| Computer and office equipment |
795 | 755 | 40 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 16.1 | 12.2 | 15.4 |
| Other |
310 | 300 | 10 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| Electric and electronic equipment |
2,002 | 1,955 | 47 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
| Audio, video, and communications equipment |
1,150 | 1,119 | 31 | 12.7 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 14.9 | /(S)/ |
| Electronic components |
278 | 275 | 3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 6.4 | /(S)/ |
| Other |
573 | 561 | 12 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.4 | /(S)/ |
| Textile products and apparel |
41 | 41 | 0 | .5 | 1.1 | .4 | 1.5 | /(S)/ |
| Lumber and furniture |
9 | 7 | 2 | .2 | .5 | .7 | 1.6 | /(S)/ |
| Paper and allied products |
63 | 62 | 1 | .6 | .8 | .8 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Printing and publishing |
48 | 39 | 9 | .9 | .9 | .6 | 2.5 | .8 |
| Rubber and plastics products |
247 | 247 | (*) | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | /(S)/ |
| Stone, clay, and glass products |
118 | 118 | (*) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.0 |
| Transportation equipment |
217 | 215 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
| Motor vehicles and equipment |
84 | 83 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
| Other |
133 | 132 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 9.5 |
| Instruments and related products |
596 | 586 | 10 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 5.6 | /(S)/ |
| Other |
64 | 64 | 0 | .6 | 1.0 | n.a. | 2.1 | n.a. |
| Wholesale trade | 1,029 | 863 | 166 | 7.7 | .9 | n.a. | 3.9 | n.a. |
| Of which: |
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| Motor vehicles and equipment |
287 | 259 | 28 | 1.9 | .7 | n.a. | 4.3 | n.a. |
| Professional and commercial equipment |
186 | 138 | 48 | 1.5 | 1.8 | n.a. | 4.9 | n.a. |
| Electrical goods |
252 | 211 | 41 | 2.0 | 1.1 | n.a. | 4.0 | n.a. |
| Services | 597 | 554 | 43 | 4.9 | 6.9 | n.a. | 7.8 | n.a. |
| Of which: |
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| Computer and data processing services |
375 | 355 | 20 | 3.5 | 13.1 | n.a. | 19.9 | n.a. |
| Engineering and architectural services |
20 | 20 | (*) | .3 | .6 | n.a. | 1.7 | n.a. |
| Accounting, research, and management services |
174 | 152 | 22 | .9 | 34.7 | n.a. | 18.0 | n.a. |
| Other/6/ | 159 | 158 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | n.a. | 2.4 | n.a. |
S Data withheld by National Science Foundation because of imputation of more than 50 percent.
n.a. Not available.
* Less than $500,000.
- Comparisons between the research-intensity measures for R&D-performing U.S. affiliates and all R&D-performing U.S. companies should be viewed as approximate; see footnote 11 in text.
- Sales used to calculate shares exclude sales by companies with no R&D.;
- Employment used to calculate shares excludes employment of companies with no R&D.;
- These shares are calculated from data in National Science Foundation, Selected Data on Research and Development in Industry: 1991, NSF 93-322, (Arlington, VA, 1993). The data cover all R&D-performing U.S. companies, including banks. Data for 1992 are not yet available.
- Includes soap, cleaners, and toilet goods.
- Consists of retail trade; finance, except banking; insurance; real estate; and other industries.
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