Table I.B.1.a(2002) Percent of number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2002
 
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

111,437,203

12.2%

8.5%

14.1%

18.6%

46.5%

27.7%

72.3%

 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

1,555,157

35.7%

9.7%

20.7%

18.5%

15.3%

*

54.8%

45.2%

Mining and manufacturing

15,119,401

3.9%

5.3%

15.4%

21.7%

53.7%

15.7%

84.3%

Construction

5,860,839

27.5%

19.7%

28.3%

15.8%

8.6%

62.4%

37.6%

Utilities and transp.

4,569,174

6.7%

5.5%

9.6%

13.8%

64.4%

16.4%

83.6%

Wholesale trade

5,825,237

12.9%

11.9%

14.8%

26.3%

34.1%

32.1%

67.9%

Fin. svs. and real estate

12,014,544

8.9%

4.5%

6.8%

13.5%

66.3%

16.6%

83.4%

Retail trade

14,792,311

12.7%

8.8%

12.0%

14.1%

52.5%

27.3%

72.7%

Professional services

25,485,974

12.5%

6.7%

10.9%

20.4%

49.5%

24.5%

75.5%

Other services

26,214,567

14.1%

11.0%

18.0%

19.7%

37.2%

34.6%

65.4%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

79,875,268

10.2%

8.9%

14.6%

16.9%

49.3%

26.4%

73.6%

For profit, unincorporated

10,895,116

37.3%

12.5%

15.0%

20.9%

14.3%

56.9%

43.1%

Nonprofit

15,212,804

9.3%

6.4%

15.5%

29.0%

39.8%

22.9%

77.1%

Unknown

5,454,015

0.4%

*

0.2%

*

0.8%

*

9.5%

89.2%

1.1%

*

98.9%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

5,499,436

41.0%

16.7%

21.9%

13.7%

6.7%

68.3%

31.7%

5-9 years

8,841,889

30.6%

17.9%

21.5%

14.5%

15.5%

59.1%

40.9%

10-19 years

15,533,383

22.7%

16.3%

24.5%

24.3%

12.2%

52.5%

47.5%

20 or more years

57,089,201

9.0%

7.8%

15.3%

23.3%

44.6%

23.9%

76.1%

Unknown

24,473,294

0.1%

0.0%

*

0.3%

6.6%

93.0%

0.2%

99.8%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

67,941,547

0.3%

0.9%

5.2%

19.4%

74.3%

3.2%

96.8%

1 location only

43,495,656

30.9%

20.5%

28.0%

17.4%

3.2%

65.8%

34.2%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

8,290,888

22.7%

11.8%

18.3%

14.3%

32.9%

44.2%

55.8%

25-49 %

9,371,290

12.6%

11.0%

15.3%

17.3%

43.9%

30.9%

69.1%

50-74 %

14,733,971

16.6%

8.7%

16.2%

19.3%

39.2%

33.4%

66.6%

75% or more

79,041,054

10.3%

7.8%

13.1%

19.1%

49.7%

24.5%

75.5%

 
Union presence
No union employees

84,550,547

15.4%

10.5%

16.6%

20.1%

37.4%

34.0%

66.0%

Has union employees

16,989,028

1.8%

2.2%

8.1%

14.9%

73.0%

7.9%

92.1%

Unknown

9,897,628

3.4%

2.3%

3.1%

11.8%

79.3%

7.5%

92.5%

 
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage

22,856,932

19.5%

13.2%

22.5%

24.1%

20.8%

43.4%

56.6%

Less than 50% low wage

52,856,329

15.9%

11.6%

18.9%

23.6%

30.0%

36.9%

63.1%

Unknown

35,723,942

2.1%

1.1%

1.6%

7.7%

87.5%

4.0%

96.0%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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(2002) Standard error for percent of number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2002
 
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

1,110,022

0.25%

0.19%

0.34%

0.52%

0.80%

0.41%

0.41%

 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

171,052

3.80%

2.27%

4.12%

4.51%

5.34%

*

6.05%

6.05%

Mining and manufacturing

440,899

0.30%

0.48%

0.94%

1.97%

2.48%

0.92%

0.92%

Construction

207,487

1.64%

1.06%

1.28%

1.59%

1.68%

2.69%

2.69%

Utilities and transp.

392,261

0.94%

0.74%

0.59%

2.24%

3.05%

1.60%

1.60%

Wholesale trade

309,712

1.36%

0.90%

1.16%

3.23%

2.17%

2.13%

2.13%

Fin. svs. and real estate

500,277

0.42%

0.55%

0.43%

1.22%

1.97%

0.89%

0.89%

Retail trade

453,514

0.47%

0.46%

0.57%

1.22%

1.65%

0.80%

0.80%

Professional services

541,640

0.38%

0.35%

0.96%

1.24%

1.75%

0.88%

0.88%

Other services

630,176

0.42%

0.54%

0.69%

0.73%

1.28%

0.83%

0.83%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

1,182,519

0.26%

0.26%

0.34%

0.56%

0.78%

0.53%

0.53%

For profit, unincorporated

186,114

1.19%

1.13%

1.56%

1.74%

1.32%

1.61%

1.61%

Nonprofit

551,199

0.38%

0.49%

1.42%

1.10%

2.16%

1.46%

1.46%

Unknown

402,369

0.21%

*

0.09%

*

0.55%

*

1.47%

1.62%

0.70%

*

0.70%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

204,546

1.96%

0.93%

1.42%

1.07%

0.65%

2.39%

2.39%

5-9 years

387,762

1.24%

1.23%

1.05%

1.84%

2.02%

1.31%

1.31%

10-19 years

483,877

0.83%

0.71%

1.10%

1.53%

0.93%

1.11%

1.11%

20 or more years

844,342

0.38%

0.26%

0.40%

0.66%

0.97%

0.62%

0.62%

Unknown

867,325

0.01%

0.02%

*

0.05%

0.94%

0.93%

0.04%

0.04%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1,063,650

0.03%

0.08%

0.46%

0.66%

0.84%

0.42%

0.42%

1 location only

509,604

0.62%

0.47%

0.28%

0.57%

0.48%

0.66%

0.66%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

441,097

1.80%

0.81%

2.18%

1.25%

2.93%

2.17%

2.17%

25-49 %

276,045

0.53%

0.95%

0.66%

1.61%

1.92%

0.94%

0.94%

50-74 %

394,095

0.74%

0.56%

1.68%

1.08%

1.85%

1.00%

1.00%

75% or more

1,124,644

0.22%

0.29%

0.28%

0.76%

0.86%

0.44%

0.44%

 
Union presence
No union employees

1,140,141

0.21%

0.24%

0.39%

0.69%

0.86%

0.33%

0.33%

Has union employees

912,646

0.28%

0.29%

1.64%

1.26%

2.48%

1.61%

1.61%

Unknown

545,014

0.30%

0.47%

0.87%

2.45%

2.62%

1.12%

1.12%

 
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage

570,664

0.83%

0.77%

0.92%

1.28%

1.52%

1.12%

1.12%

Less than 50% low wage

1,028,925

0.55%

0.20%

0.64%

0.79%

0.97%

0.88%

0.88%

Unknown

1,012,090

0.21%

0.11%

0.16%

0.92%

0.85%

0.27%

0.27%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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.