Table I.B.4 Number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2017
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 28,099,460    4,542,517    3,385,807    4,760,397    4,926,976    10,483,763    10,330,991    17,768,469   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 278,402    100,922    45,884    14,727 * --    82,412 * 151,327    127,075 *
Mining and manufacturing 403,959    126,382    58,417    61,145    66,465    91,549    221,156    182,802   
Construction 426,423    241,206    75,162    58,309    38,880 * 12,865 * 346,076    80,347   
Utilities and transp. 488,677    96,546    36,918    66,644    65,333    223,237    175,553    313,125   
Wholesale trade 435,529    127,811    40,546    72,271    106,385    88,517    191,450    244,079   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1,045,091    278,510    67,739    86,262    148,058    464,522    395,961    649,130   
Retail trade 5,400,192    747,970    484,094    377,767    428,194    3,362,166    1,449,422    3,950,770   
Professional services 6,978,961    959,025    692,786    1,109,577    1,647,769    2,569,804    2,142,065    4,836,896   
Other services 12,642,226    1,864,145    1,884,261    2,913,693    2,391,436    3,588,691    5,257,980    7,384,246   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 17,056,201    2,406,758    2,039,864    2,812,653    2,591,956    7,204,970    5,911,156    11,145,045   
For profit, unincorporated 5,950,613    1,493,401    902,037    1,135,706    925,148    1,494,321    3,007,697    2,942,916   
Nonprofit 5,092,646    642,358    443,906    812,037    1,409,872    1,784,473    1,412,138    3,680,508   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2,813,225    1,126,337    626,243    776,789    257,674    26,183 * 2,193,688    619,537   
5-9 years 2,815,436    804,396    652,478    734,800    471,715    152,047    1,854,469    960,967   
10-19 years 4,764,872    1,163,247    935,311    1,187,118    764,989    714,207    2,718,520    2,046,351   
20 or more years 17,705,927    1,448,537    1,171,776    2,061,690    3,432,598    9,591,326    3,564,314    14,141,614   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 13,739,415    28,863    169,539    703,656    2,753,077    10,084,280    448,665    13,290,751   
1 location only 14,360,045    4,513,654    3,216,268    4,056,741    2,173,899    399,484    9,882,327    4,477,718   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 10,155,649    2,374,876    1,628,898    1,963,786    1,537,223    2,650,867    5,033,434    5,122,215   
25-49 % 7,402,215    857,560    875,116    1,335,739    1,552,644    2,781,155    2,405,290    4,996,925   
50-74 % 6,585,127    984,434    543,145    915,117    1,077,594    3,064,837    1,954,053    4,631,074   
75% or more 3,956,469    325,647    338,648    545,755    759,514    1,986,904    938,214    3,018,255   
Union presence
No union employees 25,386,981    4,489,398    3,331,169    4,655,548    4,588,956    8,321,909    10,180,851    15,206,130   
Has union employees 2,712,480    53,119    54,638 * 104,849    338,019    2,161,854    150,140    2,562,339   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 13,966,736    1,955,430    1,824,871    2,587,838    2,597,680    5,000,917    5,051,952    8,914,784   
Less than 50% low-wage 14,132,724    2,587,087    1,560,936    2,172,559    2,329,296    5,482,846    5,279,039    8,853,685   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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, 2017
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 398,031    96,523    107,310    152,127    197,588    288,257    161,016    369,693   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 48,214    21,490    12,213    6,098 * --    34,776 * 24,780    41,359 *
Mining and manufacturing 30,976    15,430    11,976    8,435    16,128    15,770    20,798    22,965   
Construction 34,821    22,348    12,724    12,294    17,920 * 9,062 * 26,267    22,876   
Utilities and transp. 55,615    16,051    9,480    15,582    17,206    46,985    22,229    50,994   
Wholesale trade 39,411    17,814    7,561    14,879    25,451    17,629    19,707    34,145   
Fin. svs. and real estate 68,569    24,645    13,366    13,646    21,874    57,052    29,992    61,674   
Retail trade 204,762    46,168    43,587    37,035    48,370    185,250    68,691    192,969   
Professional services 196,440    47,730    45,456    69,963    115,293    128,831    75,954    181,887   
Other services 308,595    72,836    91,122    139,131    162,548    194,816    138,784    278,418   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 332,443    74,209    85,155    122,698    150,678    250,726    129,361    308,547   
For profit, unincorporated 195,376    63,518    60,904    79,301    94,107    125,210    101,232    167,744   
Nonprofit 186,765    43,292    43,174    73,361    112,125    116,046    70,413    173,310   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 125,660    57,622    53,120    82,990    53,835    7,879 * 91,466    86,796   
5-9 years 127,206    45,574    50,464    64,576    81,281    30,638    77,821    101,204   
10-19 years 164,613    55,107    60,638    76,563    83,293    89,125    92,980    136,806   
20 or more years 347,157    59,848    65,182    103,205    164,432    278,237    104,421    332,103   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 316,965    6,977    31,812    52,700    135,323    283,397    42,527    314,220   
1 location only 254,862    96,476    103,650    145,362    152,199    66,464    158,360    207,616   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 282,410    86,642    90,923    113,325    144,718    177,220    140,920    246,136   
25-49 % 248,335    47,603    58,462    102,771    127,817    172,177    93,849    230,796   
50-74 % 203,699    40,392    34,766    58,608    79,630    170,952    61,717    194,499   
75% or more 96,860    15,821    16,643    24,710    38,275    83,034    27,410    93,200   
Union presence
No union employees 379,527    96,381    106,424    150,286    194,505    264,497    159,533    350,011   
Has union employees 151,832    10,629    16,889 * 30,403    52,429    137,893    28,917    149,107   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 319,597    71,823    88,663    130,630    169,559    213,239    131,876    293,269   
Less than 50% low-wage 281,164    76,710    69,957    95,086    120,585    215,103    117,905    257,088   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.