Table I.A.1.a(1998) Percent of number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1998

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	6,197,685	60.7%	12.3%	8.4%	6.3%	12.4%	78.1%	21.9%
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	260,716	86.8%	7.3%	3.7%	1.0%	1.1%	96.8%	3.2%
Mining	17,094	36.9%	10.3% *	8.3% *	16.9% *	27.6%	48.7%	51.3%
Construction	588,896	78.0%	13.2%	6.4%	1.7%	0.7%	95.6%	4.4%
Manufacturing	334,432	41.5%	19.2%	16.8%	10.6%	11.9%	70.3%	29.7%
Transp., commu., util.	216,827	47.2%	11.8%	8.9%	6.5%	25.6%	64.9%	35.1%
Wholesale trade	396,816	53.4%	13.8%	12.1%	7.1%	13.6%	75.2%	24.8%
Retail Trade	1,433,036	48.4%	13.3%	9.2%	7.6%	21.5%	67.4%	32.6%
Fin., ins., real est.	572,281	54.0%	6.8%	5.9%	8.0%	25.4%	63.8%	36.2%
Services	2,367,153	67.6%	12.3%	7.7%	5.9%	6.4%	84.5%	15.5%
Unknown	10,433	99.9%	--	--	0.1% *	--	99.9%	0.1% *
Ownership
For profit, incorporated	3,859,827	50.7%	14.8%	10.3%	7.3%	17.0%	71.8%	28.2%
For profit, unincorporated	1,598,467	87.3%	7.3%	2.8%	1.8%	0.8%	96.5%	3.5%
Nonprofit	636,262	61.5%	12.2%	11.8%	10.8%	3.7%	80.4%	19.6%
Unknown	103,128	15.3%	--	2.5%	10.1%	72.1%	15.7%	84.3%
Age of firm
Less than 5 years	1,057,330	81.5%	10.8%	4.9%	1.5%	1.3%	96.0%	4.0%
5-9 years	1,003,144	76.6%	13.1%	6.3%	3.2%	0.8%	93.9%	6.1%
10-19 years	1,487,930	69.5%	14.7%	8.6%	4.9%	2.3%	89.8%	10.2%
20 or more years	2,121,441	51.2%	13.9%	12.3%	10.0%	12.5%	72.1%	27.9%
Unknown	527,839	1.6%	1.0%	3.1%	10.3%	84.0%	3.4%	96.6%
Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,501,112	3.2%	7.3%	15.2%	23.2%	51.0%	17.8%	82.2%
1 location only	4,696,573	79.0%	13.9%	6.2%	0.8%	--	97.4%	2.6%
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	692,879	79.3%	9.7%	5.8%	3.2%	2.1%	92.8%	7.2%
25-49 %	410,562	53.5%	14.6%	8.1%	7.7%	16.1%	73.1%	26.9%
50-74 %	919,869	65.4%	11.9%	6.7%	6.0%	10.1%	81.6%	18.4%
75% or more	4,174,375	57.2%	12.7%	9.2%	6.7%	14.2%	75.4%	24.6%
Union presence
No union employees	5,612,659	63.5%	12.8%	8.5%	6.2%	9.0%	81.5%	18.5%
Has union employees	270,464	25.0%	9.6%	9.5%	8.9%	47.1%	38.9%	61.1%
Unknown	314,562	41.2%	6.0%	5.0%	5.8%	42.0%	50.6%	49.4%
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	934,886	66.9%	13.2%	8.2%	6.5%	5.3%	85.4%	14.6%
Less than 50% low wage	4,462,099	65.5%	13.8%	9.4%	6.1%	5.1%	85.1%	14.9%
Unknown	800,700	26.3%	3.0%	2.9%	6.7%	61.0%	30.9%	69.1%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 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 no 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.
Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

 

Table I.A.1.a(1998) Standard error for percent of number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1998

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	40,508	0.43%	0.18%	0.18%	0.14%	0.27%	0.35%	0.35%
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	9,644	0.88%	0.67%	0.59%	0.24%	0.25%	0.60%	0.60%
Mining	2,785	6.98%	4.16% *	2.63% *	5.79% *	5.15%	8.28%	8.28%
Construction	12,186	0.57%	0.53%	0.34%	0.20%	0.12%	0.30%	0.30%
Manufacturing	8,149	1.24%	1.01%	0.48%	0.77%	0.67%	1.39%	1.39%
Transp., commu., util.	9,891	2.36%	1.38%	1.13%	0.78%	2.15%	2.14%	2.14%
Wholesale trade	13,143	1.67%	0.90%	1.56%	0.75%	1.19%	1.33%	1.33%
Retail Trade	24,659	1.01%	0.31%	0.41%	0.31%	0.70%	0.87%	0.87%
Fin., ins., real est.	17,784	1.03%	0.57%	0.77%	0.76%	0.99%	1.08%	1.08%
Services	17,062	0.55%	0.40%	0.23%	0.26%	0.41%	0.28%	0.28%
Unknown	2,407	10.70%	--	--	1.91% *	--	10.70%	1.91% *
Ownership
For profit, incorporated	42,949	0.57%	0.28%	0.25%	0.17%	0.47%	0.58%	0.58%
For profit, unincorporated	19,296	0.51%	0.24%	0.23%	0.21%	0.12%	0.26%	0.26%
Nonprofit	12,374	0.53%	0.75%	0.49%	0.38%	0.28%	0.30%	0.30%
Unknown	7,324	2.35%	--	0.44%	1.51%	2.97%	2.32%	2.32%
Age of firm
Less than 5 years	28,101	0.81%	0.68%	0.29%	0.18%	0.11%	0.22%	0.22%
5-9 years	14,476	0.92%	0.62%	0.42%	0.47%	0.12%	0.55%	0.55%
10-19 years	16,988	0.76%	0.50%	0.34%	0.30%	0.22%	0.38%	0.38%
20 or more years	33,652	0.78%	0.35%	0.39%	0.31%	0.72%	0.76%	0.76%
Unknown	11,087	0.38%	0.16%	0.38%	0.38%	0.62%	0.51%	0.51%
Multi/single status
2 or more locations	24,835	0.40%	0.43%	0.58%	0.62%	0.63%	0.50%	0.50%
1 location only	35,954	0.31%	0.29%	0.12%	0.04%	--	0.08%	0.08%
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	21,411	0.89%	0.31%	0.45%	0.36%	0.32%	0.65%	0.65%
25-49 %	16,191	2.11%	1.29%	0.56%	0.48%	1.39%	1.52%	1.52%
50-74 %	19,672	0.99%	0.37%	0.36%	0.28%	0.70%	0.70%	0.70%
75% or more	34,906	0.53%	0.23%	0.27%	0.24%	0.26%	0.38%	0.38%
Union presence
No union employees	37,022	0.41%	0.20%	0.19%	0.15%	0.27%	0.31%	0.31%
Has union employees	19,687	1.93%	1.02%	0.60%	1.09%	1.84%	2.33%	2.33%
Unknown	10,170	2.05%	0.68%	0.68%	0.78%	2.34%	2.32%	2.32%
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	23,972	1.06%	0.69%	0.38%	0.46%	0.55%	0.81%	0.81%
Less than 50% low wage	41,301	0.44%	0.28%	0.23%	0.14%	0.27%	0.32%	0.32%
Unknown	14,040	1.05%	0.26%	0.30%	0.32%	1.18%	1.09%	1.09%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 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 no 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.
Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.