Table I.B.4 Number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2019
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 30,115,435    4,567,491    3,469,406    4,835,924    5,445,403    11,797,210    10,758,462    19,356,973   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 188,911    88,700    24,786 * 35,604 * 34,856 * --    128,534    60,377 *
Mining and manufacturing 474,631    123,628    77,039    91,354    79,083    103,527 * 249,812    224,819   
Construction 440,157    236,152    59,356    76,425    40,600 * 27,623 * 352,996    87,160   
Utilities and transp. 530,214    98,394    45,462    72,584    81,580 * 232,194    182,545    347,670   
Wholesale trade 397,926    97,102    54,972    77,322    63,418    105,113    194,209    203,717   
Fin. svs. and real estate 997,504    257,720    59,373    76,138    209,543    394,730    350,802    646,702   
Retail trade 5,628,896    909,171    445,686    491,535    539,176    3,243,328    1,616,607    4,012,289   
Professional services 7,489,169    981,783    706,654    956,526    1,933,911    2,910,294    2,180,574    5,308,595   
Other services 13,968,027    1,774,841    1,996,077    2,958,437    2,463,236    4,775,436    5,502,382    8,465,645   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 18,811,637    2,537,662    2,086,284    2,854,871    3,041,150    8,291,669    6,300,055    12,511,582   
For profit, unincorporated 6,054,946    1,445,224    930,385    1,239,688    1,071,783    1,367,868    3,003,830    3,051,116   
Nonprofit 5,248,851    584,605    452,737    741,365    1,332,471    2,137,673    1,454,577    3,794,274   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2,720,034    1,136,080    594,379    612,316    353,211    --    2,088,883    631,151   
5-9 years 2,848,385    721,484    634,790    739,638    556,114    196,359    1,748,339    1,100,046   
10-19 years 4,224,134    1,022,809    753,199    1,078,774    850,597    518,754    2,419,277    1,804,857   
20 or more years 20,322,882    1,687,118    1,487,038    2,405,197    3,685,481    11,058,048    4,501,963    15,820,919   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 15,114,707    41,328 * 173,736    884,499    2,850,743    11,164,401    607,883    14,506,824   
1 location only 15,000,728    4,526,163    3,295,670    3,951,425    2,594,661    632,809    10,150,579    4,850,149   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 10,817,534    2,276,547    1,684,879    1,878,083    1,825,698    3,152,328    5,195,961    5,621,573   
25-49 % 8,885,651    950,043    776,606    1,472,906    1,637,960    4,048,136    2,463,105    6,422,546   
50-74 % 6,156,062    1,029,255    630,388    912,128    1,195,527    2,388,765    2,095,378    4,060,685   
75% or more 4,256,188    311,646    377,534    572,807    786,219    2,207,982    1,004,018    3,252,170   
Union presence
No union employees 26,862,688    4,482,513    3,404,833    4,733,979    4,932,091    9,309,271    10,565,116    16,297,572   
Has union employees 3,252,747    84,978    64,573 * 101,945    513,312    2,487,939    193,346    3,059,401   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 14,050,896    1,811,780    1,483,093    2,449,307    2,719,804    5,586,911    4,745,047    9,305,849   
Less than 50% low-wage 16,064,539    2,755,711    1,986,313    2,386,617    2,725,599    6,210,300    6,013,415    10,051,124   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 2,968,133    1,039,008    420,525    598,430    390,270    519,901    1,808,265    1,159,868   
25-49 % 6,230,801    596,274    635,464    986,742    992,868    3,019,453    1,747,360    4,483,440   
50-74 % 11,865,392    1,177,774    1,071,905    1,830,121    2,233,563    5,552,029    3,331,848    8,533,544   
75% or more 9,051,109    1,754,435    1,341,512    1,420,631    1,828,703    2,705,828    3,870,989    5,180,120   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 16,316,318    2,147,151    2,207,112    3,243,452    2,888,603    5,830,000    6,291,185    10,025,133   
25-49 % 9,455,324    881,455    698,016    1,102,389    1,815,197    4,958,267    2,077,975    7,377,349   
50-74 % 3,082,832    808,232    417,930    374,142    617,238    865,290    1,425,814    1,657,018   
75% or more 1,260,961    730,654    146,347    115,941    124,366    143,653 * 963,488    297,473   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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, 2019
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 498,666    113,788    121,433    160,303    219,693    400,000    195,144    463,416   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 27,274    12,259    10,390 * 13,409 * 17,359 * --    17,365    21,058 *
Mining and manufacturing 47,355    16,453    15,778    18,033    13,678    34,838 * 25,741    39,768   
Construction 40,696    30,542    10,049    12,682    15,276 * 15,162 * 34,126    22,180   
Utilities and transp. 70,507    18,876    11,235    20,108    29,791 * 56,594    24,754    66,025   
Wholesale trade 37,719    13,720    10,270    15,068    17,242    24,618    20,190    31,867   
Fin. svs. and real estate 63,067    24,312    9,959    14,366    33,553    44,274    27,375    56,823   
Retail trade 238,498    61,518    46,470    52,165    70,946    208,234    82,367    223,922   
Professional services 229,892    52,622    50,839    63,862    148,365    148,529    83,626    214,534   
Other services 407,112    86,351    104,482    145,281    157,134    324,408    172,299    370,803   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 429,071    89,634    98,986    129,945    177,060    351,285    162,820    398,923   
For profit, unincorporated 210,910    74,532    64,942    88,673    93,096    136,830    112,667    179,176   
Nonprofit 224,671    43,066    47,427    66,212    119,105    167,400    80,291    210,046   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 135,553    71,147    59,871    68,435    71,574    --    100,966    90,898   
5-9 years 149,150    49,184    59,004    69,107    98,465    45,033    87,860    121,041   
10-19 years 180,002    57,060    55,072    74,220    97,162    107,110    95,604    153,142   
20 or more years 450,693    74,726    81,569    122,607    172,717    388,540    144,869    427,839   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 400,216    13,587 * 21,919    78,931    116,728    377,464    71,815    393,897   
1 location only 316,372    113,414    120,492    143,443    193,417    140,573    185,616    261,886   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 345,156    98,841    106,700    130,965    163,463    236,855    177,540    296,879   
25-49 % 342,771    58,824    56,709    94,080    137,528    290,810    98,732    328,885   
50-74 % 211,595    48,157    40,268    59,473    91,871    171,098    70,408    199,976   
75% or more 118,731    19,488    19,402    26,932    40,411    105,530    33,061    114,304   
Union presence
No union employees 473,451    113,511    120,313    159,567    201,676    377,192    194,500    436,262   
Has union employees 191,176    14,883    20,049 * 21,942    95,171    162,966    27,491    189,194   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 374,926    83,084    86,343    137,249    176,187    280,910    159,209    340,955   
Less than 50% low-wage 370,500    89,972    92,797    99,225    144,775    307,211    138,410    345,476   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 135,716    57,789    36,056    55,447    54,470    88,789    79,887    109,961   
25-49 % 299,599    42,880    58,548    99,544    92,574    257,676    104,461    281,096   
50-74 % 356,159    60,694    73,795    105,272    152,176    291,700    122,263    335,394   
75% or more 244,539    85,685    81,032    78,434    141,857    143,915    125,884    210,507   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 367,492    89,018    102,425    142,650    165,851    269,481    172,423    327,289   
25-49 % 335,032    53,368    54,684    80,639    140,938    284,251    87,324    323,755   
50-74 % 170,918    57,824    48,352    39,243    76,607    131,915    78,480    151,971   
75% or more 85,318    44,319    22,851    19,573    36,262    55,796 * 52,845    67,020   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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.