Table I.B.4 Number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2015
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 28,156,119    4,625,935    3,298,090    4,512,205    4,781,660    10,938,229    10,267,200    17,888,920   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 300,129    167,673    39,216    33,665 * --    --    228,109    72,020 *
Mining and manufacturing 403,484    100,931    72,073    88,674    57,173    84,634    221,502    181,982   
Construction 465,574    282,435    100,445    59,353    18,845 * 4,496 * 428,911    36,663   
Utilities and transp. 697,259    73,820    65,650    97,283 * 128,429    332,076    181,428    515,831   
Wholesale trade 421,347    104,413    66,754    72,758    66,692    110,730    212,707    208,640   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1,109,006    277,363    57,757    95,114    115,405    563,367    370,416    738,590   
Retail trade 5,723,150    668,115    367,067    348,077    410,140    3,929,751    1,214,802    4,508,348   
Professional services 6,686,971    1,030,888    663,506    1,006,963    1,738,126    2,247,488    2,112,159    4,574,812   
Other services 12,349,199    1,920,296    1,865,623    2,710,317    2,191,412    3,661,551    5,297,166    7,052,033   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 17,966,853    2,508,344    2,076,073    2,708,709    2,521,577    8,152,149    6,027,151    11,939,702   
For profit, unincorporated 5,618,669    1,582,077    858,450    1,227,408    914,694    1,036,040    3,095,609    2,523,060   
Nonprofit 4,570,598    535,514    363,566    576,088    1,345,389    1,750,041    1,144,440    3,426,158   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2,904,867    1,079,853    637,937    761,347    268,024    --    2,085,246    819,621   
5-9 years 2,813,551    955,622    567,407    801,535    426,606    62,382    1,974,932    838,619   
10-19 years 4,573,977    1,192,116    912,451    1,065,799    989,159    414,453    2,699,738    1,874,239   
20 or more years 17,863,724    1,398,343    1,180,295    1,883,525    3,097,872    10,303,689    3,507,284    14,356,440   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 13,789,303    14,448    145,610    612,978    2,436,127    10,580,140    397,416    13,391,887   
1 location only 14,366,816    4,611,486    3,152,480    3,899,227    2,345,534    358,089 * 9,869,784    4,497,032   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 9,814,818    2,407,945    1,639,402    1,855,424    1,538,042    2,374,005    5,028,246    4,786,572   
25-49 % 7,910,415    882,862    716,248    1,247,300    1,486,244    3,577,760    2,230,124    5,680,291   
50-74 % 6,664,029    1,021,370    595,050    831,128    987,575    3,228,906    2,063,590    4,600,439   
75% or more 3,766,858    313,758    347,389    578,353    769,800    1,757,558    945,240    2,821,618   
Union presence
No union employees 24,654,270    4,542,852    3,270,246    4,448,151    4,509,901    7,883,119    10,129,371    14,524,899   
Has union employees 3,501,849    83,083    27,843    64,054    271,759    3,055,110    137,828    3,364,021   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 15,324,880    2,262,478    1,902,521    2,593,264    2,740,451    5,826,165    5,524,867    9,800,013   
Less than 50% low-wage 12,831,239    2,363,456    1,395,569    1,918,941    2,041,209    5,112,064    4,742,333    8,088,906   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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 Standard errors for number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2015
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 404,448    88,915    107,369    152,189    192,843    304,961    162,111    375,400   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 44,500    29,285    11,074    13,627 * --    --    33,402    29,404 *
Mining and manufacturing 27,926    12,725    11,512    14,122    10,424    13,427    20,235    19,257   
Construction 34,994    19,358    24,643    14,096    6,699 * 1,365 * 33,934    8,551   
Utilities and transp. 80,394    13,877    15,108    29,464 * 35,491    62,701    25,366    76,300   
Wholesale trade 39,533    11,455    15,084    14,804    19,067    24,960    22,701    32,368   
Fin. svs. and real estate 76,846    19,417    11,461    17,088    12,969    70,304    23,950    73,028   
Retail trade 204,929    38,412    35,194    37,880    48,463    189,108    57,557    196,722   
Professional services 193,640    40,342    41,014    72,255    124,040    118,578    68,145    181,671   
Other services 317,798    70,603    92,260    135,813    147,835    223,154    144,968    285,123   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 350,570    70,276    85,430    121,395    146,885    279,638    130,449    327,488   
For profit, unincorporated 187,656    59,789    63,156    95,113    94,187    101,069    108,015    154,403   
Nonprofit 173,332    32,862    37,147    53,393    109,002    114,002    57,906    163,555   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 170,747    50,317    55,740    77,154    63,349    --    87,917    146,680   
5-9 years 120,687    49,208    44,464    77,632    63,020    18,306    85,302    86,161   
10-19 years 162,904    51,037    63,948    73,772    104,870    61,853    95,958    132,735   
20 or more years 338,431    50,969    62,323    101,339    150,891    279,712    99,250    324,577   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 301,372    4,238    17,913    42,038    107,163    282,214    28,624    300,091   
1 location only 282,714    88,946    106,740    149,018    166,928    124,033 * 161,900    237,855   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 280,030    80,100    95,965    124,486    132,440    176,370    148,084    239,091   
25-49 % 284,740    46,498    47,764    87,255    136,294    226,326    86,096    271,849   
50-74 % 187,923    32,751    34,354    61,975    73,832    155,415    58,527    178,925   
75% or more 81,615    14,255    16,364    28,410    39,757    63,065    28,540    76,824   
Union presence
No union employees 365,862    88,529    107,341    151,898    189,859    252,017    162,098    333,329   
Has union employees 203,477    13,792    6,699    17,873    44,932    197,198    17,695    202,710   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 345,319    69,129    91,529    126,014    162,767    258,855    140,335    317,527   
Less than 50% low-wage 263,292    67,965    65,085    101,807    121,153    193,030    108,837    241,185   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.