Table I.B.1

Table I.B.1(2003) Number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003

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	110,876,535	14,383,824	9,769,509		15,099,829		20,699,645		50,923,728		31,382,001		79,494,534

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	1,284,967	397,562	151,369		284,327		274,254	*	177,454	*	663,440		621,527
Mining and manufacturing	14,236,255	634,285	793,575		1,814,002		3,351,428		7,642,965		2,269,406		11,966,849
Construction	5,976,416	1,788,178	1,121,868		1,726,782		806,199		533,389		3,701,565		2,274,851
Utilities and transp.	4,799,088	343,876	301,687		509,203		624,250		3,020,073		868,664		3,930,424
Wholesale trade	5,611,599	724,906	653,851		894,238		1,077,188		2,261,417		1,826,084		3,785,516
Fin. svs. and real estate	11,602,465	1,277,457	465,070		865,747		1,833,698		7,160,493		2,098,317		9,504,148
Retail trade	14,543,963	2,008,127	1,161,985		1,488,635		1,615,963		8,269,253		3,955,814		10,588,148
Professional services	27,351,234	3,402,272	2,151,827		3,159,006		5,953,893		12,684,234		7,028,366		20,322,868
Other services	25,470,550	3,807,162	2,968,277		4,357,889		5,162,772		9,174,450		8,970,346		16,500,204

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	81,206,850	8,695,449	7,336,119		11,375,334		13,893,195		39,906,752		21,449,894		59,756,955
For profit, unincorporated	12,212,377	3,731,423	1,370,173		1,786,671		1,974,617		3,349,494		6,028,225		6,184,152
Nonprofit	13,148,896	804,073	607,233		1,386,292		4,147,639		6,203,658		1,990,416		11,158,480
Unknown	4,308,412	1,152,878	455,984		551,532		684,194		1,463,825		1,913,466		2,394,947

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	5,790,480	2,323,813	907,724		1,043,935		968,873		546,135		3,804,050		1,986,430
5-9 years	8,995,608	2,675,367	1,379,490		2,056,616		1,647,617		1,236,519		5,013,974		3,981,634
10-19 years	15,600,198	3,803,234	2,760,081		3,335,320		3,598,174		2,103,390		8,290,673		7,309,525
20 or more years	56,510,039	5,570,490	4,713,073		8,566,037		13,828,554		23,831,885		14,236,026		42,274,014
Unknown	23,980,209	10,921	9,142	*	97,921	*	656,427		23,205,799		37,279	*	23,942,931

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	66,176,572	229,005	698,113		3,522,994		12,385,109		49,341,352		2,149,486		64,027,086
1 location only	44,699,963	14,154,819	9,071,396		11,576,836		8,314,536		1,582,377		29,232,515		15,467,448

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	9,252,007	1,979,873	1,142,046		1,358,201		1,708,272		3,063,614		3,866,014		5,385,993
25-49 %	9,176,076	1,219,400	999,587		1,258,653		1,624,936		4,073,499		2,956,170		6,219,906
50-74 %	14,904,053	2,438,746	1,348,374		1,862,272		2,633,462		6,621,198		4,692,038		10,212,015
75% or more	77,544,400	8,745,805	6,279,501		10,620,703		14,732,975		37,165,416		19,867,780		57,676,620

Union presence
No union employees	81,884,028	13,683,153	9,072,092		13,727,128		17,782,238		27,619,417		29,518,270		52,365,758
Has union employees	16,219,335	371,790	441,734		1,042,410		2,396,468		11,966,933		1,157,884		15,061,451
Unknown	12,773,173	328,881	255,683		330,291		520,939		11,337,379		705,847		12,067,325

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	21,238,559	4,270,860	2,877,044		4,327,355		5,124,625		4,638,675		9,422,271		11,816,288
Less than 50% low wage	54,524,253	9,104,219	6,368,519		9,901,383		13,702,264		15,447,868		20,169,083		34,355,170
Unknown	35,113,723	1,008,745	523,946		871,091		1,872,756		30,837,185		1,790,647		33,323,075

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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(2003) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003

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	1,560,672	161,650	222,680		383,182		436,624		1,571,654		346,280		1,601,534

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	144,847	31,422	21,289		55,785		89,224	*	60,608	*	50,591		123,564
Mining and manufacturing	366,039	40,275	63,873		92,454		145,849		358,222		107,382		392,866
Construction	199,098	56,375	76,130		146,779		79,504		111,275		130,751		131,564
Utilities and transp.	348,229	25,464	46,234		71,676		74,582		350,494		52,834		372,678
Wholesale trade	282,974	32,150	29,682		80,181		138,275		185,681		58,701		256,629
Fin. svs. and real estate	356,020	94,457	74,018		161,496		173,059		307,334		113,852		293,885
Retail trade	1,165,728	52,938	46,577		129,161		148,110		1,068,568		126,828		1,199,763
Professional services	652,221	140,787	122,020		192,699		330,310		576,150		280,970		506,184
Other services	552,754	116,805	131,841		143,532		382,517		847,440		211,324		533,731

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	1,661,542	106,893	144,967		349,300		505,865		1,713,143		349,522		1,808,414
For profit, unincorporated	383,576	104,911	61,504		141,574		107,328		296,186		147,914		372,656
Nonprofit	351,121	43,196	60,039		141,395		123,247		361,796		73,975		330,031
Unknown	338,596	47,403	45,880		67,070		87,363		250,674		108,124		275,401

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	165,109	54,655	74,109		95,123		145,727		104,750		116,461		196,935
5-9 years	547,217	81,929	84,267		160,688		343,167		211,237		136,191		520,436
10-19 years	637,286	77,391	110,949		184,200		319,592		303,693		174,112		579,336
20 or more years	1,284,958	140,645	171,027		421,641		271,207		1,110,619		299,594		1,284,979
Unknown	1,077,542	3,128	5,448	*	40,217	*	63,680		1,080,979		13,748	*	1,071,565

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,572,162	41,873	71,263		154,988		400,432		1,534,928		147,137		1,634,750
1 location only	498,159	178,123	257,652		325,875		257,318		231,916		419,984		385,256

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	854,921	66,609	51,890		123,026		176,808		840,064		114,113		845,571
25-49 %	333,394	70,387	74,018		125,461		190,750		367,594		95,559		316,096
50-74 %	803,048	110,632	112,820		115,260		295,898		607,256		132,974		814,127
75% or more	1,304,535	181,585	148,697		290,724		503,973		763,023		269,538		1,262,413

Union presence
No union employees	1,232,980	169,477	182,879		329,874		346,582		1,261,520		360,629		1,289,581
Has union employees	608,658	35,755	56,914		114,614		120,654		565,847		111,288		625,566
Unknown	1,335,210	16,402	64,685		83,004		45,025		1,302,280		68,983		1,340,006

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	700,050	116,966	94,579		118,214		352,643		354,484		265,920		696,882
Less than 50% low wage	903,356	211,492	235,042		422,671		303,788		637,944		430,318		738,942
Unknown	1,666,160	38,933	83,060		157,962		149,254		1,719,334		83,332		1,713,347

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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.