Table I.B.1

Table I.B.1(2002) 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	13,649,176		9,496,559		15,701,257		20,726,284	51,863,927		30,830,688		80,606,515

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	1,555,157	555,016		151,580		322,634		288,283	237,644	*	852,766		702,391
Mining and manufacturing	15,119,401	583,229		806,621		2,327,067		3,281,197	8,121,286		2,373,242		12,746,159
Construction	5,860,839	1,613,236		1,157,367		1,660,832		926,265	503,138		3,657,298		2,203,541
Utilities and transp.	4,569,174	306,481		250,852		439,144		629,907	2,942,790		747,316		3,821,858
Wholesale trade	5,825,237	750,799		692,067		864,251		1,530,325	1,987,796		1,867,866		3,957,371
Fin. svs. and real estate	12,014,544	1,071,964		546,290		818,385		1,616,614	7,961,291		1,988,415		10,026,129
Retail trade	14,792,311	1,873,288		1,295,752		1,780,406		2,083,099	7,759,765		4,037,825		10,754,485
Professional services	25,485,974	3,192,216		1,708,116		2,777,523		5,199,561	12,608,558		6,245,135		19,240,840
Other services	26,214,567	3,702,948		2,887,914		4,711,014		5,171,031	9,741,660		9,060,826		17,153,741

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	79,875,268	8,146,421		7,147,058		11,671,100		13,519,893	39,390,795		21,084,426		58,790,842
For profit, unincorporated	10,895,116	4,064,690		1,365,054		1,632,664		2,273,700	1,559,008		6,203,505		4,691,610
Nonprofit	15,212,804	1,417,453		975,926		2,356,420		4,413,275	6,049,730		3,484,944		11,727,861
Unknown	5,454,015	20,611	*	8,520	*	41,073	*	519,416	4,864,394		57,813	*	5,396,202

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	5,499,436	2,254,281		919,633		1,206,360		751,113	368,051		3,757,362		1,742,074
5-9 years	8,841,889	2,703,522		1,585,870		1,900,514		1,280,147	1,371,836		5,225,627		3,616,262
10-19 years	15,533,383	3,533,510		2,532,750		3,802,852		3,776,190	1,888,081		8,161,495		7,371,888
20 or more years	57,089,201	5,143,415		4,450,460		8,726,905		13,302,589	25,465,832		13,644,758		43,444,443
Unknown	24,473,294	14,449		7,846	*	64,626		1,616,246	22,770,127		41,446		24,431,847

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	67,941,547	193,892		580,597		3,524,890		13,178,231	50,463,936		2,196,494		65,745,052
1 location only	43,495,656	13,455,284		8,915,961		12,176,367		7,548,053	1,399,991		28,634,194		14,861,462

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	8,290,888	1,883,647		980,782		1,513,555		1,184,210	2,728,695		3,668,095		4,622,793
25-49 %	9,371,290	1,180,056		1,027,633		1,433,227		1,619,141	4,111,233		2,897,528		6,473,763
50-74 %	14,733,971	2,446,182		1,286,536		2,389,599		2,839,873	5,771,782		4,918,430		9,815,541
75% or more	79,041,054	8,139,291		6,201,607		10,364,877		15,083,060	39,252,218		19,346,636		59,694,417

Union presence
No union employees	84,550,547	13,005,775		8,902,458		14,011,984		17,018,861	31,611,470		28,743,746		55,806,801
Has union employees	16,989,028	305,424		367,400		1,377,852		2,535,784	12,402,568		1,346,816		15,642,212
Unknown	9,897,628	337,977		226,701		311,421		1,171,639	7,849,889		740,126		9,157,501

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	22,856,932	4,458,963		3,008,630		5,134,380		5,504,818	4,750,141		9,914,373		12,942,559
Less than 50% low wage	52,856,329	8,427,148		6,108,130		9,984,024		12,482,728	15,854,300		19,488,608		33,367,721
Unknown	35,723,942	763,065		379,799		582,853		2,738,739	31,259,486		1,427,707		34,296,235

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.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

Table I.B.1(2002) Standard error for 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	251,029		235,063		289,262		494,856	1,335,958		359,211		1,145,182

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	171,052	33,357		23,817		79,639		81,267	150,781	*	52,274		189,070
Mining and manufacturing	440,899	41,418		66,382		135,506		266,928	576,668		117,726		473,730
Construction	207,487	71,927		57,242		93,578		103,820	111,541		114,585		227,132
Utilities and transp.	392,261	33,851		36,034		36,351		103,687	334,883		54,548		375,662
Wholesale trade	309,712	76,553		68,284		62,492		238,312	187,938		129,791		280,559
Fin. svs. and real estate	500,277	43,356		57,137		47,336		122,930	533,535		72,488		516,953
Retail trade	453,514	53,318		43,350		109,343		175,712	430,410		59,250		438,397
Professional services	541,640	103,584		78,998		244,375		364,429	545,697		249,291		505,816
Other services	630,176	65,303		166,008		129,607		185,875	532,719		138,512		598,476

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	1,182,519	145,979		168,621		225,818		454,231	1,133,484		245,325		1,243,860
For profit, unincorporated	186,114	114,005		113,218		172,089		219,105	153,585		128,392		235,986
Nonprofit	551,199	48,509		58,216		215,857		219,880	470,445		219,719		551,465
Unknown	402,369	10,314	*	3,801	*	20,393	*	119,548	352,439		25,606	*	418,714

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	204,546	47,910		66,848		110,930		75,260	41,097		80,913		183,108
5-9 years	387,762	132,364		148,495		78,081		158,550	238,743		184,382		242,956
10-19 years	483,877	51,360		98,460		255,910		290,560	167,062		234,112		346,165
20 or more years	844,342	177,677		139,072		165,718		400,111	892,963		275,118		927,552
Unknown	867,325	3,351		4,337	*	12,655		252,895	772,154		8,415		867,992

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,063,650	19,537		54,898		284,294		365,002	1,278,262		262,533		1,185,675
1 location only	509,604	257,172		217,217		170,805		265,599	222,063		269,937		412,555

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	441,097	69,663		84,105		157,414		136,886	362,199		106,276		410,120
25-49 %	276,045	47,639		82,774		77,458		174,505	227,690		98,418		236,968
50-74 %	394,095	96,594		74,355		309,357		190,392	283,925		259,608		222,206
75% or more	1,124,644	178,464		207,739		174,309		564,701	1,128,873		297,376		1,078,515

Union presence
No union employees	1,140,141	244,085		237,186		228,943		538,877	1,040,820		278,607		961,721
Has union employees	912,646	38,159		39,060		249,062		185,932	1,056,328		247,488		1,015,326
Unknown	545,014	16,868		44,702		52,299		272,290	529,970		50,840		576,814

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	570,664	156,321		174,410		140,122		383,636	422,763		185,353		523,472
Less than 50% low wage	1,028,925	218,756		125,602		262,237		560,759	722,328		333,271		1,026,148
Unknown	1,012,090	79,623		33,861		51,359		358,659	931,140		91,208		1,017,858

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.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.