From: Relation of R&D expense to turnover and number of listed companies in all industrial fields
Ranking | US SIC primary code - Text description | Average turnover (CAGR, %) | Median | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum |
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1 | 37 - Transportation equipment | 3,414,020,116 (1.88) | 3,425,822,911 | 339,938,866 | 2,916,833,631 | 3,808,847,394 |
2 | 13 - Oil and gas extraction | 2,816,148,067 (0.52) | 2,612,309,352 | 602,844,769 | 2,082,624,354 | 3,571,103,618 |
3 | 28 - Chemicals and allied products | 2,647,946,798 (4.48) | 2,854,291,561 | 406,439,457 | 2,051,240,171 | 3,083,769,070 |
4 | 49 - Electric, gas and sanitary services | 2,337,933,540 (3.34) | 2,317,151,073 | 343,131,652 | 1,782,134,510 | 2,837,146,655 |
5 | 29 - Petroleum refining and related industries | 2,213,020,301 (−1.82) | 2,381,386,062 | 418,156,592 | 1,609,563,019 | 2,639,850,252 |
6 | 36 - Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, except computer equipment | 2,178,651,683 (2.07) | 2,255,989,804 | 194,836,027 | 1,898,757,985 | 2,405,865,824 |
7 | 48 - Communications | 2,054,883,098 (2.88) | 2,169,861,470 | 195,042,643 | 1,759,189,019 | 2,240,045,754 |
8 | 35 - Industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment | 1,881,408,977 (4.11) | 2,024,095,853 | 276,782,773 | 1,505,594,628 | 2,184,508,210 |
9 | 20 - Food and kindred products | 1,696,477,390 (5.69) | 1,797,364,959 | 283,201,167 | 1,204,070,732 | 2,024,704,606 |
10 | 73 - Business services | 1,439,930,594 (7.44) | 1,375,628,373 | 311,250,947 | 1,074,033,567 | 1,907,609,209 |