Table I.B.4 Number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2016
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 27,642,935    4,635,529    3,213,387    4,617,786    5,217,264    9,958,968    10,267,408    17,375,526   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 363,885    142,525    34,820 * 42,727 * --    --    199,234    164,651 *
Mining and manufacturing 402,433    105,912    83,640    79,398    67,481    66,003    233,665    168,768   
Construction 396,071    237,592    79,099    58,478    18,489    --    336,702    59,368   
Utilities and transp. 406,188    65,786    65,484    66,747    64,455    143,715    163,695    242,493   
Wholesale trade 359,387    99,835    52,546    73,603    58,668    74,735    191,953    167,435   
Fin. svs. and real estate 964,706    268,641    88,900    72,691    119,004    415,470    396,247    568,459   
Retail trade 5,107,368    725,675    381,361    368,208    402,550    3,229,574    1,331,195    3,776,174   
Professional services 6,733,068    1,033,390    638,723    958,189    1,790,999    2,311,767    2,070,586    4,662,481   
Other services 12,909,829    1,956,173    1,788,815    2,897,745    2,643,239    3,623,858    5,344,132    7,565,698   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 16,623,639    2,406,439    1,859,703    2,728,629    2,634,512    6,994,356    5,759,384    10,864,255   
For profit, unincorporated 6,144,141    1,697,167    895,343    1,140,280    1,189,088    1,222,263    3,199,690    2,944,452   
Nonprofit 4,875,155    531,923    458,341    748,877    1,393,664    1,742,350    1,308,335    3,566,820   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2,676,953    1,057,384    583,112    618,192    346,773    71,491 * 1,998,405    678,548   
5-9 years 3,020,188    888,538    623,210    807,485    480,648    220,306 * 1,981,842    1,038,346   
10-19 years 4,933,313    1,226,656    895,241    1,221,449    1,134,828    455,139    2,723,044    2,210,269   
20 or more years 17,012,481    1,462,951    1,111,824    1,970,660    3,255,015    9,212,032    3,564,118    13,448,363   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 12,918,436    11,895    109,756    629,137    2,777,702    9,389,946    324,028    12,594,408   
1 location only 14,724,499    4,623,634    3,103,632    3,988,649    2,439,561    569,022    9,943,381    4,781,118   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 10,201,674    2,423,837    1,489,331    1,878,769    2,013,264    2,396,472    4,925,446    5,276,227   
25-49 % 7,236,198    843,296    742,719    1,354,883    1,255,580    3,039,720    2,298,159    4,938,039   
50-74 % 6,616,191    1,066,422    620,129    832,740    1,195,317    2,901,582    2,094,180    4,522,012   
75% or more 3,588,872    301,973    361,208    551,393    753,102    1,621,195    949,623    2,639,249   
Union presence
No union employees 24,401,138    4,576,607    3,148,257    4,500,502    4,880,730    7,295,042    10,094,736    14,306,402   
Has union employees 3,241,797    58,923    65,130    117,284    336,533    2,663,927    172,673    3,069,125   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 14,421,600    2,200,432    1,675,350    2,627,387    2,961,633    4,956,797    5,269,358    9,152,242   
Less than 50% low-wage 13,221,335    2,435,097    1,538,038    1,990,399    2,255,630    5,002,171    4,998,050    8,223,285   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table I.B.4 Standard errors for number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2016
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 405,403    102,685    101,605    145,270    241,330    267,991    162,526    376,849   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 92,061    22,554    11,041 * 16,128 * --    --    26,573    88,148 *
Mining and manufacturing 32,240    13,212    13,535    12,474    17,874    14,440    21,182    24,326   
Construction 26,727    19,693    11,483    13,347    4,099    --    22,983    13,657   
Utilities and transp. 43,632    11,471    17,390    16,141    14,726    31,509    22,521    37,381   
Wholesale trade 32,743    13,446    11,661    14,868    10,772    20,494    20,239    25,753   
Fin. svs. and real estate 60,334    22,356    19,012    12,072    15,498    48,970    30,812    51,879   
Retail trade 185,721    47,710    35,131    36,851    42,017    167,195    65,209    173,976   
Professional services 207,473    46,242    41,667    66,677    141,678    123,286    68,695    196,294   
Other services 316,554    83,472    86,496    131,764    200,606    174,418    144,468    284,320   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 329,653    79,909    76,869    118,691    166,552    238,905    132,418    304,300   
For profit, unincorporated 221,566    71,171    58,555    81,387    156,367    100,581    102,041    197,236   
Nonprofit 176,757    34,445    46,625    62,321    107,143    112,946    65,899    164,389   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 137,387    54,724    50,100    62,077    89,026    41,934 * 85,214    108,149   
5-9 years 155,696    53,171    49,957    68,438    83,912    85,784 * 85,874    130,459   
10-19 years 180,463    57,539    59,410    86,399    126,251    52,296    93,534    155,415   
20 or more years 331,227    64,782    57,978    96,526    180,207    250,407    104,219    315,359   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 284,775    3,188    11,807    55,467    137,738    245,625    29,206    283,403   
1 location only 302,522    102,673    101,649    136,253    204,813    117,707    161,990    261,698   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 320,449    89,655    85,223    119,571    206,686    178,107    142,527    288,446   
25-49 % 234,449    51,471    52,728    87,530    111,602    173,028    90,578    217,045   
50-74 % 184,066    44,489    38,015    52,410    90,533    140,867    65,295    172,394   
75% or more 83,414    15,451    16,865    26,041    38,826    66,312    27,295    79,132   
Union presence
No union employees 381,027    102,637    100,464    144,108    236,884    232,952    161,487    350,635   
Has union employees 171,751    10,444    17,409    25,863    55,141    159,558    26,430    169,726   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 344,399    84,374    83,446    125,884    208,932    217,998    140,789    316,356   
Less than 50% low-wage 261,028    72,520    66,326    89,877    136,783    182,211    108,585    239,171   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.