Table I.B.1(1999) Number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

111,072,185

15,074,539

10,222,394

15,865,865

20,120,327

49,789,060

33,318,366

77,753,819

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

2,254,324

914,789

311,818

381,327

404,350

242,039

1,371,496

882,828

Mining

512,824

28,056

*

30,901

*

58,347

*

104,929

*

290,591

74,092

438,731

Construction

5,657,778

1,784,511

1,254,395

1,536,155

790,348

292,371

3,951,031

1,706,748

Manufacturing

18,717,945

655,468

951,252

2,333,808

4,607,633

10,169,783

2,677,188

16,040,757

Transp., commu., util.

6,893,854

510,481

316,242

643,900

1,018,359

4,404,872

1,107,575

5,786,279

Wholesale trade

7,054,973

823,349

838,270

1,236,135

1,181,994

2,975,225

2,304,768

4,750,205

Retail trade

22,457,262

2,604,538

2,209,205

3,306,680

2,890,638

11,446,201

6,612,689

15,844,573

Fin., ins., real est.

8,323,432

1,195,932

444,943

890,018

1,121,812

4,670,727

2,130,181

6,193,251

Services

39,192,680

6,552,191

3,863,933

5,479,495

7,999,810

15,297,252

13,082,687

26,109,993

Unknown

7,113

5,225

1,434

*

*****

455

*

*****

6,659

455

*

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

81,597,501

8,617,969

7,614,355

12,316,864

13,924,088

39,124,224

22,705,821

58,891,680

For profit, unincorporated

10,404,330

4,435,390

1,481,185

1,393,939

1,761,287

1,332,529

6,540,740

3,863,590

Nonprofit

14,808,837

1,806,215

1,102,513

2,124,020

4,103,811

5,672,277

3,824,547

10,984,291

Unknown

4,261,517

214,965

24,341

*

31,041

*

331,141

3,660,030

247,259

4,014,258

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

8,017,854

3,174,252

1,322,590

1,534,966

1,045,338

940,708

5,304,495

2,713,358

5-9 years

8,610,386

2,716,705

1,690,906

1,986,245

1,409,330

807,200

5,508,854

3,101,532

10-19 years

17,011,827

4,142,669

2,939,335

4,317,935

3,305,878

2,306,009

9,383,235

7,628,591

20 or more years

47,860,051

4,992,409

4,196,328

7,840,543

12,633,932

18,196,839

12,955,659

34,904,392

Unknown

29,572,069

48,504

73,234

186,176

1,725,850

27,538,305

166,123

29,405,946

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

66,853,414

388,830

888,704

3,878,341

13,022,778

48,674,762

2,731,200

64,122,214

1 location only

44,218,771

14,685,709

9,333,690

11,987,524

7,097,550

1,114,299

30,587,166

13,631,605

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

5,741,803

1,738,698

833,224

916,390

1,156,580

1,096,911

3,116,459

2,625,344

25-49%

8,941,271

1,096,322

851,120

1,281,581

1,417,008

4,295,240

2,624,102

6,317,169

50-74%

13,924,733

2,451,966

1,396,263

1,903,294

2,451,236

5,721,973

4,755,861

9,168,872

75% or more

82,464,379

9,787,553

7,141,787

11,764,600

15,095,503

38,674,936

22,821,945

59,642,434

Union presence

No union employees

85,046,494

14,175,047

9,601,759

14,109,070

16,343,068

30,817,551

31,003,430

54,043,065

Has union employees

16,089,864

456,736

409,888

1,332,730

2,852,389

11,038,121

1,479,962

14,609,902

Unknown

9,935,827

442,756

210,747

424,065

924,870

7,933,389

834,975

9,100,852

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

7,449,290

1,816,428

1,129,075

1,484,328

1,653,893

1,365,565

3,705,498

3,743,792

Less than 50% low wage

69,170,207

12,582,588

8,727,382

13,691,447

16,248,949

17,919,840

28,238,033

40,932,174

Unknown

34,452,689

675,523

365,936

690,090

2,217,484

30,503,655

1,374,836

33,077,853

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

Table I.B.1(1999) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

1,592,602

223,499

342,554

449,844

501,683

1,497,364

393,922

1,566,390

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

164,957

59,335

59,667

84,530

141,312

44,940

113,312

132,910

Mining

88,758

9,076

*

16,293

*

19,994

*

36,975

*

76,721

29,305

76,727

Construction

138,546

83,386

86,886

101,210

63,970

61,717

102,859

114,722

Manufacturing

222,850

62,267

67,434

118,470

219,223

236,022

91,568

198,588

Transp., commu., util.

706,186

44,366

35,794

66,134

100,304

751,193

116,865

692,579

Wholesale trade

444,241

69,976

177,719

134,775

98,585

332,031

210,513

400,507

Retail trade

377,959

97,145

137,635

162,150

127,636

464,346

182,972

438,954

Fin., ins., real est.

441,370

138,320

76,273

160,367

88,956

400,231

172,123

389,094

Services

767,994

88,031

262,346

223,215

406,527

675,985

244,222

731,475

Unknown

2,013

1,782

1,434

*

*****

455

*

*****

1,889

455

*

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

1,329,086

240,573

256,325

344,291

383,865

1,377,657

393,728

1,280,064

For profit, unincorporated

265,687

119,583

148,134

142,583

216,217

185,456

151,426

223,280

Nonprofit

589,249

88,951

64,518

94,007

250,976

522,605

134,827

539,450

Unknown

299,155

15,309

8,810

*

8,231

*

42,481

289,551

15,475

300,835

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

387,239

171,085

103,779

152,358

238,846

177,887

197,453

307,782

5-9 years

147,351

66,943

117,452

95,083

81,274

117,802

108,197

105,842

10-19 years

411,631

110,492

140,130

233,357

223,286

213,878

257,164

335,308

20 or more years

1,173,882

99,742

168,077

324,766

482,838

738,486

304,799

984,092

Unknown

1,016,547

13,645

19,210

19,123

116,260

1,016,382

22,891

1,014,342

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,506,824

87,304

53,842

184,815

379,992

1,460,713

130,544

1,531,422

1 location only

480,702

204,158

326,387

322,354

263,472

142,624

341,037

291,005

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

181,486

78,693

74,965

66,945

122,847

129,153

83,977

190,982

25-49%

353,384

55,802

70,221

122,236

102,310

273,646

99,540

309,404

50-74%

504,542

70,301

83,166

113,275

148,901

422,636

133,718

446,489

75% or more

1,359,578

206,195

345,920

375,086

440,307

1,188,182

379,132

1,279,109

Union presence

No union employees

1,208,042

234,441

351,014

490,473

422,772

1,044,609

426,711

1,233,794

Has union employees

811,693

74,086

48,682

222,614

198,109

852,156

180,431

886,736

Unknown

602,311

51,469

33,959

74,797

132,856

650,240

39,490

611,601

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

255,830

52,647

43,379

119,735

214,540

110,253

113,753

290,438

Less than 50% low wage

1,265,984

196,465

365,126

380,460

448,047

918,526

373,057

1,160,582

Unknown

1,003,781

31,776

29,265

87,702

143,752

1,053,127

90,124

994,912

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.