Table I.B.1.a(1996) Percent of number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1996

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	103,482,267	13.7%	9.4%	15.1%	20.1%	41.8%	30.5%	69.5%
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	1,659,440	39.6%	16.0%	14.0%	11.2% *	19.2% *	64.5% *	35.5%
Mining	629,059	9.8%	5.2% *	8.3% *	26.7%	50.0%	17.5%	82.5%
Construction	5,129,922	29.5%	19.3%	24.2%	16.3%	10.7%	62.5%	37.5%
Manufacturing	18,658,426	3.8%	5.8%	12.4%	25.6%	52.3%	16.2%	83.8%
Transp., commu., util.	6,110,778	6.9%	8.4%	9.6%	17.9%	57.3%	19.3%	80.7%
Wholesale trade	7,438,793	12.9%	9.0%	18.7%	21.2%	38.2%	30.3%	69.7%
Retail Trade	21,405,271	13.6%	10.5%	15.5%	12.4%	48.0%	32.7%	67.3%
Fin., ins., real est.	7,954,939	12.7%	5.6%	10.1%	19.4%	52.2%	22.4%	77.6%
Services	34,380,465	16.9%	10.0%	16.5%	23.1%	33.5%	34.4%	65.6%
Unknown	115,174	93.6%	6.4% *	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
Ownership
For profit, incorporated	76,681,948	10.7%	9.8%	15.6%	18.5%	45.3%	28.5%	71.5%
For profit, unincorporated	9,152,925	43.7%	12.7%	12.9%	17.7%	13.0%	62.9%	37.1%
Nonprofit	13,465,709	9.1%	6.2%	16.3%	31.0%	37.4%	21.9%	78.1%
Unknown	4,181,685	17.2%	3.9%	5.3%	19.0%	54.6%	23.6%	76.4%
Age of firm
Less than 5 years	9,460,639	43.9%	19.5%	23.8%	7.9%	4.9%	76.8%	23.2%
5-9 years	9,225,338	33.6%	19.8%	22.9%	16.7%	6.9%	66.9%	33.1%
10-19 years	13,674,296	24.3%	18.9%	23.9%	21.4%	11.5%	56.0%	44.0%
20 or more years	32,638,893	9.9%	9.3%	18.8%	28.3%	33.7%	27.7%	72.3%
Unknown	38,483,100	0.9%	1.0%	4.8%	16.5%	76.9%	3.7%	96.3%
Multi/single status
2 or more locations	59,748,702	0.5%	1.3%	6.9%	21.3%	70.0%	4.0%	96.0%
1 location only	43,733,564	31.8%	20.3%	26.3%	18.3%	3.3%	66.7%	33.3%
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	7,010,589	28.9%	14.2%	16.0%	12.8%	28.1%	52.6%	47.4%
25-49 %	6,922,691	14.8%	12.5%	17.6%	15.2%	40.0%	36.6%	63.4%
50-74 %	12,290,482	17.5%	9.8%	14.7%	21.7%	36.3%	34.2%	65.8%
75% or more	77,258,504	11.6%	8.6%	14.8%	20.9%	44.1%	27.4%	72.6%
Union presence
No union employees	66,373,892	18.8%	12.6%	19.6%	23.1%	26.0%	41.3%	58.7%
Has union employees	10,341,205	3.9%	4.2%	9.8%	27.5%	54.6%	13.2%	86.8%
Unknown	26,767,169	4.9%	3.4%	5.8%	9.8%	76.1%	10.6%	89.4%
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	12,996,072	20.5%	14.0%	21.8%	24.1%	19.7%	47.0%	53.0%
Less than 50% low wage	57,351,359	17.7%	12.0%	18.7%	23.3%	28.4%	38.8%	61.2%
Unknown	33,134,835	4.2%	3.0%	6.2%	13.0%	73.6%	9.7%	90.3%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1996 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.
** 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.
Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

 

Table I.B.1.a(1996) Standard error for percent of number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1996

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	1,736,347	0.27%	0.20%	0.54%	0.73%	0.99%	0.53%	0.53%
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	211,573	3.96%	2.44%	3.50%	4.21% *	4.97% *	5.01% *	5.01%
Mining	98,511	1.91%	1.71% *	2.99% *	7.75%	6.85%	4.46%	4.46%
Construction	211,465	0.95%	1.42%	2.00%	2.59%	2.07%	3.17%	3.17%
Manufacturing	802,406	0.32%	0.39%	0.73%	2.13%	2.35%	1.07%	1.07%
Transp., commu., util.	556,323	1.19%	1.09%	1.42%	1.87%	3.47%	2.43%	2.43%
Wholesale trade	451,253	0.93%	0.77%	1.76%	1.99%	2.00%	1.78%	1.78%
Retail Trade	526,871	0.63%	0.38%	0.41%	0.94%	1.27%	0.60%	0.60%
Fin., ins., real est.	656,160	1.12%	0.55%	1.11%	2.16%	2.92%	1.80%	1.80%
Services	818,083	0.66%	0.40%	1.48%	1.10%	1.96%	0.95%	0.95%
Unknown	20,113	1.95%	1.95% *	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Ownership
For profit, incorporated	1,502,940	0.35%	0.32%	0.55%	0.82%	1.01%	0.61%	0.61%
For profit, unincorporated	263,185	1.20%	0.75%	1.12%	1.47%	1.89%	1.43%	1.43%
Nonprofit	582,808	0.34%	0.59%	1.86%	2.47%	2.75%	1.66%	1.66%
Unknown	349,816	1.55%	0.76%	1.50%	2.58%	3.43%	2.94%	2.94%
Age of firm
Less than 5 years	379,553	1.99%	1.23%	2.24%	0.84%	1.23%	2.01%	2.01%
5-9 years	465,071	2.07%	0.71%	1.53%	2.08%	1.40%	2.38%	2.38%
10-19 years	327,994	0.85%	1.05%	1.05%	1.39%	1.93%	1.30%	1.30%
20 or more years	1,165,155	0.44%	0.27%	1.03%	1.29%	1.87%	0.90%	0.90%
Unknown	971,467	0.09%	0.12%	0.16%	1.00%	1.06%	0.19%	0.19%
Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,550,422	0.05%	0.10%	0.29%	1.04%	1.14%	0.13%	0.13%
1 location only	640,062	0.75%	0.35%	0.99%	0.76%	0.80%	1.13%	1.13%
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	552,621	1.75%	1.17%	1.87%	1.19%	3.25%	3.46%	3.46%
25-49 %	509,290	1.13%	1.05%	1.31%	1.77%	2.84%	2.48%	2.48%
50-74 %	740,987	1.02%	0.91%	1.50%	2.49%	3.67%	2.24%	2.24%
75% or more	1,385,932	0.23%	0.19%	0.58%	0.79%	0.90%	0.47%	0.47%
Union presence
No union employees	1,112,355	0.46%	0.32%	0.64%	0.79%	1.59%	0.91%	0.91%
Has union employees	749,073	0.76%	0.85%	0.81%	3.36%	3.19%	1.42%	1.42%
Unknown	985,901	0.28%	0.28%	0.77%	0.83%	1.09%	0.56%	0.56%
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	229,948	0.88%	0.38%	1.17%	1.76%	1.64%	0.88%	0.88%
Less than 50% low wage	878,320	0.55%	0.35%	0.72%	0.90%	1.62%	1.00%	1.00%
Unknown	1,496,511	0.25%	0.29%	0.68%	0.69%	0.94%	0.60%	0.60%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1996 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.
** 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.
Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.