Table I.B.1

Table I.B.1(2004) Number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2004

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	112,087,067	14,819,275		9,897,229		15,467,080	19,818,755		52,084,728		32,663,694	79,423,372

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	1,389,955	394,645		177,736		131,748	392,540	*	293,286	*	633,158	756,797
Mining and manufacturing	14,311,212	615,056		796,131		1,968,698	3,126,857		7,804,471		2,329,868	11,981,344
Construction	6,270,137	1,806,434		1,256,554		1,622,230	944,810		640,109		4,005,366	2,264,771
Utilities and transp.	4,826,003	344,128		226,374		486,897	735,154		3,033,450		847,394	3,978,609
Wholesale trade	5,701,047	723,467		685,896		1,163,448	1,098,877		2,029,358		2,018,031	3,683,016
Fin. svs. and real estate	11,341,828	1,141,400		397,382		942,718	1,502,705		7,357,622		1,984,179	9,357,649
Retail trade	15,254,809	2,078,770		1,246,854		1,770,479	1,820,404		8,338,303		4,221,686	11,033,123
Professional services	27,838,632	3,538,943		2,197,352		3,168,884	5,818,048		13,115,405		7,191,193	20,647,439
Other services	25,153,442	4,176,431		2,912,949		4,211,977	4,379,361		9,472,724		9,432,819	15,720,623

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	81,912,156	9,505,773		7,307,702		11,603,806	13,270,755		40,224,120		22,890,031	59,022,125
For profit, unincorporated	15,291,161	4,208,670		1,612,558		2,159,417	2,352,982		4,957,535		6,899,312	8,391,850
Nonprofit	14,883,749	1,104,832		976,968		1,703,857	4,195,019		6,903,074		2,874,352	12,009,397

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	5,793,927	2,520,307		1,041,521		1,163,242	795,003		273,854		4,226,781	1,567,146
5-9 years	8,499,216	2,551,653		1,454,092		1,695,714	1,375,840		1,421,917		4,944,872	3,554,344
10-19 years	15,197,213	3,751,811		2,601,494		3,626,171	3,160,412		2,057,325		8,254,324	6,942,889
20 or more years	59,969,383	5,984,374		4,787,928		8,836,668	13,868,393		26,492,019		15,117,535	44,851,847
Unknown	22,627,328	11,128	*	12,194	*	145,285	619,107		21,839,614		120,183	22,507,145

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	68,038,128	203,715		760,669		3,831,198	12,807,648		50,434,897		2,524,770	65,513,359
1 location only	44,048,938	14,615,559		9,136,559		11,635,881	7,011,107		1,649,831		30,138,925	13,910,013

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	8,372,070	2,027,096		1,209,627		1,474,169	1,673,065		1,988,114		4,099,493	4,272,577
25-49 %	9,083,983	1,269,766		969,140		1,560,637	1,679,698		3,604,741		3,016,605	6,067,377
50-74 %	15,553,108	2,636,399		1,485,086		1,858,052	2,419,618		7,153,953		5,020,977	10,532,131
75% or more	79,077,906	8,886,014		6,233,376		10,574,222	14,046,374		39,337,920		20,526,619	58,551,287

Union presence
No union employees	81,493,067	13,939,193		9,166,234		14,017,132	16,725,779		27,644,729		30,367,804	51,125,263
Has union employees	18,008,602	350,844		501,552		1,165,218	2,379,671		13,611,316		1,374,466	16,634,136
Unknown	12,585,397	529,237		229,442		284,730	713,306		10,828,682		921,424	11,663,973

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	33,604,444	5,091,487		3,276,534		5,112,020	6,462,641		13,661,763		10,963,594	22,640,850
Less than 50% low wage	78,482,623	9,727,788		6,620,695		10,355,060	13,356,114		38,422,966		21,700,100	56,782,522

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

Table I.B.1(2004) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2004

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	796,961	283,993		249,618		470,606	396,711		649,820		456,586	819,003

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	163,556	33,812		23,895		32,965	131,288	*	103,019	*	38,957	153,601
Mining and manufacturing	300,022	28,070		48,900		113,285	141,912		287,293		112,039	270,488
Construction	244,510	42,758		107,347		157,035	87,127		78,601		195,274	161,692
Utilities and transp.	321,443	29,619		31,134		85,974	130,425		320,502		65,588	342,909
Wholesale trade	225,906	52,810		51,907		88,346	90,698		237,799		78,508	210,570
Fin. svs. and real estate	391,691	83,946		47,568		102,423	147,749		304,723		89,576	400,036
Retail trade	598,210	66,820		75,133		99,771	258,372		520,172		127,847	616,894
Professional services	675,676	191,824		122,959		191,687	252,043		408,015		207,469	586,033
Other services	447,879	121,907		174,325		255,822	294,818		304,150		318,059	433,462

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	871,007	268,002		196,020		306,036	406,127		715,185		409,567	890,869
For profit, unincorporated	479,448	126,074		106,718		179,499	219,296		319,949		202,755	423,376
Nonprofit	420,715	60,154		87,673		134,393	220,719		286,659		124,913	369,348

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	308,959	128,388		86,788		157,857	146,971		75,573		206,786	152,474
5-9 years	377,792	79,827		116,000		138,854	213,323		278,692		140,305	363,490
10-19 years	390,395	163,451		144,351		157,724	246,551		239,438		210,005	354,498
20 or more years	678,604	250,836		104,746		301,993	597,705		542,285		326,619	742,759
Unknown	282,404	4,268	*	5,870	*	37,200	60,813		280,166		32,710	277,699

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	646,623	52,541		65,637		261,646	531,250		522,055		140,930	703,779
1 location only	558,945	286,273		262,035		278,748	285,909		248,255		359,688	524,601

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	419,080	112,034		100,755		152,206	244,566		313,938		179,067	413,739
25-49 %	469,503	87,264		60,111		129,099	251,071		379,698		155,288	498,506
50-74 %	145,268	98,838		76,098		146,694	196,166		316,498		108,773	181,891
75% or more	566,007	216,716		207,120		444,633	434,603		586,443		353,499	622,836

Union presence
No union employees	1,225,551	287,877		217,472		463,365	544,585		757,194		443,695	1,231,407
Has union employees	603,963	60,176		74,365		159,214	275,941		573,685		131,848	524,436
Unknown	632,459	45,929		32,369		49,030	110,189		553,376		77,076	579,171

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	857,426	129,502		127,247		332,692	333,751		701,707		344,992	892,911
Less than 50% low wage	641,414	187,663		232,360		299,837	319,392		544,159		339,310	678,848

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.