Table I.A.1

Table I.A.1(2005) Number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2005

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	6,309,490	3,655,561	781,952		535,460	423,308	913,209		4,754,597	1,554,893

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	178,404	149,731	15,090		8,544	2,962	2,076	*	171,014	7,390
Mining and manufacturing	276,872	120,143	52,833		43,128	29,802	30,965		199,688	77,184
Construction	604,232	457,360	88,073		41,810	9,666	7,322		574,052	30,180
Utilities and transp.	168,696	85,424	19,077		12,905	12,320	38,969		113,087	55,609
Wholesale trade	372,480	196,481	50,755		46,804	33,020	45,420		273,868	98,612
Fin. svs. and real estate	724,223	357,100	41,625		44,469	64,849	216,180		421,624	302,599
Retail trade	1,007,040	484,606	121,955		66,084	65,138	269,257		639,665	367,375
Professional services	1,393,273	867,821	161,428		113,209	109,136	141,679		1,093,882	299,391
Other services	1,584,272	936,894	231,117		158,505	96,415	161,341		1,267,717	316,555

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	4,240,139	2,189,623	577,917		400,445	290,767	781,386		3,007,139	1,233,000
For profit, unincorporated	1,572,078	1,218,538	138,340		67,166	49,308	98,726		1,398,033	174,045
Nonprofit	497,274	247,400	65,695		67,848	83,233	33,097		349,425	147,849

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	772,342	639,641	81,784		32,494	11,960	6,464		742,745	29,597
5-9 years	887,077	679,365	114,110		59,551	23,631	10,419		834,328	52,749
10-19 years	1,403,044	992,779	210,135		113,743	63,009	23,377		1,270,559	132,485
20 or more years	2,734,244	1,334,248	371,865		321,074	284,249	422,808		1,889,941	844,303
Unknown	512,783	9,528	4,059	*	8,597	40,458	450,141		17,024	495,759

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,587,968	30,137	76,512		207,004	365,751	908,563		192,629	1,395,339
1 location only	4,721,523	3,625,425	705,440		328,455	57,557	4,646		4,561,968	159,555

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	775,810	574,379	78,027		52,291	30,292	40,821		686,677	89,133
25-49 %	459,255	236,547	73,587		40,623	34,239	74,258		332,860	126,394
50-74 %	941,376	566,460	128,429		64,296	55,513	126,679		733,876	207,500
75% or more	4,133,049	2,278,175	501,910		378,249	303,264	671,451		3,001,184	1,131,865

Union presence
No union employees	5,616,813	3,433,826	727,398		491,197	378,678	585,714		4,454,268	1,162,545
Has union employees	385,584	113,676	34,052		31,446	30,839	175,572		164,214	221,370
Unknown	307,093	108,059	20,503		12,817	13,791	151,923		136,116	170,977

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	1,930,809	1,092,276	251,076		169,890	142,215	275,351		1,444,111	486,698
Less than 50% low wage	4,378,682	2,563,285	530,876		365,570	281,093	637,858		3,310,486	1,068,196

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.A.1(2005) Standard error for number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2005

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	28,252	19,030	14,573		10,364	14,954	12,524		20,110	13,919

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	9,364	8,937	1,317		2,176	703	986	*	9,642	1,435
Mining and manufacturing	6,988	4,793	2,682		2,334	1,643	2,425		4,135	3,678
Construction	12,144	11,085	5,809		4,578	790	1,595		12,110	2,456
Utilities and transp.	7,831	5,636	3,603		2,287	1,511	2,966		6,582	3,910
Wholesale trade	6,388	7,530	5,730		3,636	3,875	3,243		8,582	4,047
Fin. svs. and real estate	9,860	7,362	5,288		2,544	3,825	5,559		8,917	5,137
Retail trade	10,342	9,466	6,247		3,854	6,660	8,266		9,392	9,671
Professional services	10,695	8,616	6,358		3,861	3,650	6,030		9,218	7,568
Other services	23,266	18,706	6,727		9,304	6,886	4,993		23,383	3,985

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	32,299	24,557	14,438		8,424	11,508	14,454		26,935	10,884
For profit, unincorporated	25,282	16,034	6,227		4,617	2,711	6,698		18,172	8,392
Nonprofit	13,418	11,285	6,592		5,039	4,243	3,206		11,271	6,059

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	21,522	16,455	9,204		3,257	3,195	1,296		18,999	3,282
5-9 years	19,843	17,846	3,264		4,155	2,533	1,848		17,137	4,055
10-19 years	21,842	21,493	5,896		5,937	5,790	2,910		22,794	3,768
20 or more years	25,155	17,874	10,740		8,170	9,324	13,938		19,524	19,118
Unknown	10,913	2,436	1,248	*	997	3,712	9,269		2,547	11,189

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	13,149	1,910	4,867		8,460	13,676	11,873		8,317	11,325
1 location only	24,144	18,855	13,385		13,073	1,834	1,026		25,256	5,044

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	20,039	18,667	4,794		5,933	4,181	7,435		21,524	5,967
25-49 %	14,615	13,245	4,949		2,408	2,837	5,625		13,528	7,677
50-74 %	20,086	20,095	5,004		6,561	4,235	8,252		19,154	8,405
75% or more	25,030	22,473	13,775		7,116	10,774	10,053		24,344	11,944

Union presence
No union employees	26,572	19,159	15,252		9,901	15,711	12,044		21,153	12,481
Has union employees	8,465	9,853	4,736		2,373	3,398	5,524		9,402	5,417
Unknown	12,026	5,849	3,028		2,118	1,653	9,325		6,909	8,806

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	17,822	18,953	9,947		8,605	7,153	7,854		19,905	9,339
Less than 50% low wage	32,404	24,183	12,355		5,564	9,865	8,534		26,495	13,071

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.