Table I.B.1

Table I.B.1(2005) Number of private-sector employees 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	112,239,187	12,820,847	10,316,455		16,008,713		21,647,074		51,446,099		31,274,563	80,964,624

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	1,749,809	429,065	185,717		359,889	*	674,892	*	100,246	*	865,079	884,730	*
Mining and manufacturing	13,818,864	520,977	830,657		1,720,410		3,399,936		7,346,884		2,164,786	11,654,079
Construction	6,513,801	1,558,319	1,305,764		1,490,222		1,292,624		866,873	*	3,648,555	2,865,246
Utilities and transp.	4,726,763	291,925	319,614		417,820		583,567		3,113,837		887,181	3,839,582
Wholesale trade	5,695,874	690,029	641,402		1,184,547		1,102,299		2,077,597		1,947,427	3,748,448
Fin. svs. and real estate	11,360,171	1,060,592	457,007		946,294		1,541,975		7,354,302		1,940,133	9,420,037
Retail trade	14,785,846	1,676,528	1,411,675		1,505,331		1,870,251		8,322,060		3,788,255	10,997,591
Professional services	27,200,283	3,037,844	2,055,755		3,448,141		6,102,888		12,555,655		6,714,460	20,485,823
Other services	26,387,776	3,555,568	3,108,864		4,936,059		5,078,641		9,708,644		9,318,688	17,069,088

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	80,861,369	7,840,652	7,688,559		11,863,522		13,615,182		39,853,455		21,653,338	59,208,031
For profit, unincorporated	16,275,567	3,994,278	1,793,378		2,068,490		3,572,340		4,847,081		6,810,824	9,464,743
Nonprofit	15,102,251	985,916	834,518		2,076,701		4,459,552		6,745,562		2,810,401	12,291,849

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	5,585,576	2,124,451	985,054		961,597		1,172,240	*	342,234		3,596,507	1,989,069
5-9 years	7,735,140	2,272,651	1,517,007		1,792,621		1,527,179		625,682		4,850,748	2,884,392
10-19 years	15,105,190	3,337,500	2,800,562		3,524,994		3,532,564		1,909,569		7,810,259	7,294,931
20 or more years	58,768,958	5,062,317	4,962,322		9,585,698		14,573,925		24,584,695		14,882,344	43,886,613
Unknown	25,044,323	23,926	51,510	*	143,803		841,165		23,983,918		134,705	24,909,618

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	66,668,279	116,516	586,961		3,541,617		12,423,246		49,999,939		1,902,896	64,765,383
1 location only	45,570,908	12,704,330	9,729,494		12,467,096		9,223,828		1,446,160		29,371,668	16,199,240

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	7,770,600	1,771,676	930,774		1,641,804		1,954,098	*	1,472,248		3,631,474	4,139,126
25-49 %	8,741,109	1,179,315	985,207		1,434,989		1,553,492		3,588,106		2,813,946	5,927,164
50-74 %	15,486,352	2,234,539	1,579,198		1,883,938		2,757,619		7,031,058		4,797,852	10,688,500
75% or more	80,241,126	7,635,317	6,821,276		11,047,982		15,381,864		39,354,687		20,031,292	60,209,834

Union presence
No union employees	82,890,023	12,032,603	9,482,777		14,553,223		18,125,186		28,696,234		29,043,930	53,846,093
Has union employees	18,296,812	437,471	554,339		1,099,793		2,613,510		13,591,700		1,391,607	16,905,206
Unknown	11,052,351	350,773	279,339		355,697		908,378	*	9,158,165		839,026	10,213,325

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	29,639,492	3,778,067	3,220,227		5,014,679		5,970,488		11,656,032		9,610,063	20,029,429
Less than 50% low wage	82,599,695	9,042,780	7,096,228		10,994,034		15,676,586		39,790,067		21,664,500	60,935,194

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.B.1(2005) Standard error for number of private-sector employees 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	945,182	114,472	267,656		469,221		515,684		1,011,730		464,894	977,224

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	236,144	36,426	37,793		110,816	*	281,017	*	31,112	*	100,003	276,029	*
Mining and manufacturing	406,325	24,525	60,503		90,448		245,033		321,906		72,030	393,037
Construction	449,439	34,944	112,101		164,764		166,597		267,459	*	92,244	403,605
Utilities and transp.	364,920	23,580	81,907		75,879		123,008		304,056		98,830	359,708
Wholesale trade	257,629	46,744	71,264		123,812		170,378		184,205		96,061	196,364
Fin. svs. and real estate	297,543	42,601	60,960		80,484		87,358		210,274		99,945	225,287
Retail trade	487,032	28,585	87,666		109,245		152,201		485,239		130,714	466,814
Professional services	635,990	50,854	89,936		128,896		276,500		460,383		94,830	607,502
Other services	554,569	111,359	81,607		300,609		534,962		617,714		302,635	573,894

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	723,700	116,909	270,155		347,951		468,968		952,505		326,587	750,621
For profit, unincorporated	666,483	96,397	92,920		139,596		664,655		363,179		218,506	600,562
Nonprofit	452,714	37,163	80,020		170,451		216,892		354,730		117,179	449,488

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	487,804	88,152	131,847		102,283		447,908	*	34,830		183,506	475,395
5-9 years	330,718	75,487	47,258		158,430		324,614		77,880		133,452	291,581
10-19 years	548,380	78,826	91,806		186,611		417,575		311,779		189,270	502,264
20 or more years	1,071,485	64,350	202,466		354,239		476,030		530,878		315,615	939,451
Unknown	687,474	5,152	20,513	*	38,434		100,964		646,684		24,910	668,607

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	978,762	12,916	37,475		190,420		363,496		992,122		121,090	931,963
1 location only	615,962	121,876	253,821		497,469		464,009		177,963		519,587	580,137

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	549,015	89,971	71,583		186,660		608,036	*	287,640		239,479	514,402
25-49 %	377,995	71,905	66,328		77,037		248,697		328,196		112,527	385,547
50-74 %	563,468	69,332	69,720		231,694		274,334		544,904		166,685	565,702
75% or more	728,339	91,264	275,474		298,276		294,735		776,033		244,351	775,366

Union presence
No union employees	830,519	103,297	251,362		424,688		427,659		519,125		436,481	622,882
Has union employees	806,767	38,371	107,755		104,923		204,753		666,727		98,103	772,092
Unknown	534,762	29,784	52,856		76,992		356,349	*	550,415		66,094	556,818

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	902,395	66,265	157,022		273,633		654,723		641,771		355,337	874,279
Less than 50% low wage	1,293,264	122,518	286,998		346,102		373,251		930,225		392,813	1,060,114

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.