Table I.B.4(2014) Number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2014
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 28,455,437    4,500,496    3,188,882    4,750,601    4,730,814    11,284,644    10,179,862    18,275,575   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 306,009    144,627    60,319 * 59,038 * --    --    211,621    94,388   
Mining and manufacturing 423,627    112,803    66,034    107,707    55,185    81,897    235,304    188,323   
Construction 463,495    277,896    72,759    54,268    54,419 * --    389,703    73,792 *
Utilities and transp. 793,322    103,520    37,890    105,348    88,112    458,452    206,064    587,258   
Wholesale trade 346,727    116,606    50,288    84,048    44,698    51,087 * 220,588    126,139   
Fin. svs. and real estate 992,256    273,886    60,353    112,332    135,498    410,187    376,930    615,326   
Retail trade 5,981,814    725,249    393,743    383,070    350,305    4,129,447    1,312,226    4,669,587   
Professional services 7,093,562    1,011,066    705,564    1,057,697    1,762,318    2,556,919    2,200,659    4,892,903   
Other services 12,054,626    1,734,843    1,741,933    2,787,093    2,217,774    3,572,983    5,026,768    7,027,859   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 18,465,329    2,503,314    1,968,222    2,877,535    2,402,688    8,713,571    5,995,560    12,469,769   
For profit, unincorporated 5,156,971    1,462,125    863,761    1,137,486    871,257    822,342    2,941,504    2,215,467   
Nonprofit 4,833,136    535,057    356,899    735,580    1,456,870    1,748,730    1,242,798    3,590,339   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2,720,155    1,005,976    672,016    797,526    207,778    --    2,160,475    559,680   
5-9 years 2,795,326    872,903    590,088    808,247    378,805    145,282 * 1,937,008    858,318   
10-19 years 4,597,463    1,154,279    807,426    1,204,106    1,018,089    413,563    2,519,692    2,077,771   
20 or more years 18,342,493    1,467,338    1,119,351    1,940,721    3,126,143    10,688,940    3,562,687    14,779,805   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 14,522,199    22,637    95,907    808,860    2,682,161    10,912,633    391,402    14,130,797   
1 location only 13,933,238    4,477,859    3,092,975    3,941,741    2,048,653    372,011    9,788,460    4,144,778   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 10,128,529    2,377,085    1,481,423    1,938,141    1,806,714    2,525,166    5,012,195    5,116,334   
25-49 % 7,206,232    824,759    744,804    1,381,450    1,156,553    3,098,666    2,251,767    4,954,464   
50-74 % 7,633,730    984,141    627,481    927,611    1,034,976    4,059,521    2,020,630    5,613,099   
75% or more 3,486,947    314,511    335,175    503,400    732,572    1,601,290    895,270    2,591,677   
Union presence
No union employees 22,065,175    4,319,991    3,112,515    4,599,219    4,184,610    5,848,841    9,863,517    12,201,659   
Has union employees 3,519,761    66,424    35,156 * 114,740    480,188    2,823,254    128,702    3,391,059   
Unknown 2,870,501    114,081    41,212    36,641 * 66,017    2,612,549    187,643    2,682,857   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 16,248,288    2,303,079    1,872,246    2,697,730    2,701,846    6,673,387    5,551,554    10,696,734   
Less than 50% low-wage 12,207,149    2,197,416    1,316,636    2,052,871    2,028,968    4,611,257    4,628,308    7,578,841   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** 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.4(2014) Standard error for number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2014
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 397,512    78,396    101,309    162,959    191,874    296,215    157,652    369,749   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 36,807    15,027    22,955 * 18,015 * --    --    27,561    24,399   
Mining and manufacturing 30,222    11,690    12,739    19,008    7,751    14,044    21,209    21,572   
Construction 37,988    21,647    10,727    11,473    26,987 * --    26,202    27,538 *
Utilities and transp. 83,028    15,596    10,240    27,973    25,501    71,601    29,650    77,556   
Wholesale trade 31,970    12,251    9,476    15,496    7,891    21,948 * 19,634    25,254   
Fin. svs. and real estate 71,017    19,584    12,115    19,084    15,286    62,608    24,654    66,620   
Retail trade 212,115    38,436    32,527    40,036    35,383    199,314    56,174    204,606   
Professional services 212,988    36,789    43,963    86,136    133,750    131,692    71,783    200,914   
Other services 292,770    61,061    85,829    138,067    141,168    194,794    139,777    259,565   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 348,198    61,338    81,268    131,618    135,405    280,545    129,921    325,348   
For profit, unincorporated 167,042    53,497    59,068    93,416    85,839    76,829    97,764    136,182   
Nonprofit 175,991    31,111    33,739    60,056    122,441    102,809    61,155    165,212   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 108,582    45,579    51,053    73,693    40,782    --    87,156    65,671   
5-9 years 118,990    39,051    42,752    81,326    48,167    45,364 * 83,260    85,699   
10-19 years 174,115    44,401    56,431    100,038    108,669    60,858    87,018    151,459   
20 or more years 346,877    50,348    63,631    93,643    156,117    290,045    100,834    332,793   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 318,302    6,237    10,871    62,005    128,029    289,741    31,011    316,970   
1 location only 251,614    78,279    101,254    154,241    150,405    70,558    157,132    202,384   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 294,474    71,925    89,271    132,048    149,637    187,929    144,301    257,866   
25-49 % 236,459    39,977    45,071    96,547    109,064    178,282    82,923    222,124   
50-74 % 216,604    29,742    36,100    60,840    77,044    188,156    57,404    209,186   
75% or more 79,546    13,910    15,457    21,271    38,227    64,071    24,549    75,905   
Union presence
No union employees 348,859    76,757    100,312    161,765    178,356    234,230    156,494    317,014   
Has union employees 175,441    14,425    12,094 * 26,509    77,741    154,401    20,487    174,268   
Unknown 161,204    16,057    11,589    11,988 * 16,068    158,840    22,892    159,573   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 344,852    66,233    85,571    141,515    168,277    249,115    135,600    319,012   
Less than 50% low-wage 250,310    55,384    62,251    97,287    107,471    190,991    106,424    227,877   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** 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.