Table I.B.4 Number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2020
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 25,115,092    3,412,052    2,781,793    4,037,955    4,199,848    10,683,444    8,167,404    16,947,688   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 337,434    109,992    65,958 * 55,696 * 78,851 * --    218,122    119,312 *
Mining and manufacturing 469,447    106,253    73,144    119,007 * 69,221    101,821    235,407    234,040   
Construction 416,659    145,433    97,099    77,642    85,900 * 10,585    287,173    129,485   
Utilities and transp. 593,132    67,370    45,542    52,384 * 61,523    366,312 * 138,301    454,830 *
Wholesale trade 341,851    56,257    69,694    54,855    51,510    109,535    159,075    182,776   
Fin. svs. and real estate 768,931    180,074    46,725    57,400    91,970    392,762    251,107    517,824   
Retail trade 4,733,620    569,498    376,589    402,459    407,937    2,977,138    1,121,095    3,612,525   
Professional services 6,570,023    769,422    558,063    844,112    1,399,228    2,999,198    1,729,322    4,840,701   
Other services 10,883,996    1,407,753    1,448,980    2,374,399    1,953,709    3,699,156    4,027,801    6,856,195   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 15,949,011    1,923,659    1,752,382    2,407,170    2,339,102    7,526,698    4,926,158    11,022,853   
For profit, unincorporated 4,763,651    1,019,458    687,153    975,772    761,504    1,319,764    2,170,443    2,593,208   
Nonprofit 4,402,430    468,935    342,258    655,013    1,099,242    1,836,982    1,070,802    3,331,627   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1,969,796    798,220    453,783    525,381    177,907    --    1,550,569    419,227   
5-9 years 2,284,605    607,576    534,953    647,113    396,036    98,928    1,439,752    844,854   
10-19 years 3,845,732    780,505    623,802    982,913    864,759    593,752    1,940,878    1,904,854   
20 or more years 17,014,958    1,225,750    1,169,256    1,882,547    2,761,146    9,976,260    3,236,205    13,778,753   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 13,491,304    --    129,577    766,191    2,271,551    10,302,400    400,244    13,091,060   
1 location only 11,623,788    3,390,466    2,652,217    3,271,764    1,928,297    381,044    7,767,159    3,856,628   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 8,109,147    1,727,483    1,322,303    1,517,657    1,191,780    2,349,925    3,850,620    4,258,528   
25-49 % 6,832,566    655,889    604,941    1,244,742    1,273,922    3,053,073    1,807,509    5,025,058   
50-74 % 6,271,887    773,227    514,905    726,276    970,713    3,286,766    1,630,397    4,641,490   
75% or more 3,901,491    255,453    339,645    549,280    763,433    1,993,681    878,878    3,022,613   
Union presence
No union employees 22,177,480    3,369,515    2,742,500    3,949,015    3,924,260    8,192,191    8,061,074    14,116,406   
Has union employees 2,937,612    42,537    39,294    88,940    275,588    2,491,253    106,329    2,831,282   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 9,763,498    1,341,238    1,189,079    1,705,979    1,741,777    3,785,426    3,336,812    6,426,687   
Less than 50% low-wage 15,351,594    2,070,813    1,592,714    2,331,976    2,458,072    6,898,018    4,830,592    10,521,002   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 2,624,993    775,316    507,182    590,898    330,208    421,389    1,590,129    1,034,864   
25-49 % 5,515,079    452,521    458,536    719,178    762,326    3,122,518    1,245,642    4,269,437   
50-74 % 9,495,751    993,549    853,621    1,571,945    1,675,014    4,401,622    2,526,309    6,969,442   
75% or more 7,479,269    1,190,665    962,455    1,155,934    1,432,301    2,737,914    2,805,323    4,673,945   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 13,445,270    1,758,782    1,770,216    2,825,504    2,196,482    4,894,287    4,907,503    8,537,768   
25-49 % 8,336,708    652,752    604,191    758,838    1,418,489    4,902,437    1,631,875    6,704,834   
50-74 % 2,403,134    557,480    302,341    342,304    438,641    762,368    1,004,345    1,398,789   
75% or more 929,979    443,038    105,044    111,308    146,237 * 124,352    623,681    306,298   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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, 2020
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 433,021    94,697    100,850    155,565    167,908    350,281    154,920    408,591   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 64,920    18,592    33,118 * 19,812 * 42,440 * --    42,290    49,282 *
Mining and manufacturing 50,364    15,919    12,033    37,625 * 13,269    23,469    22,259    45,213   
Construction 43,924    16,140    20,659    15,669    31,570 * 2,797    27,727    34,088   
Utilities and transp. 139,401    11,976    12,275    16,269 * 17,137    136,317 * 21,375    137,753 *
Wholesale trade 36,323    10,372    15,369    10,397    11,614    27,096    20,376    30,074   
Fin. svs. and real estate 76,299    19,376    9,561    10,001    12,326    71,451    22,253    72,986   
Retail trade 205,472    44,797    37,129    53,906    54,877    181,737    61,607    196,091   
Professional services 228,043    43,885    43,510    58,676    97,799    188,797    71,823    216,748   
Other services 297,843    76,599    77,445    135,210    130,209    207,707    129,792    270,404   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 385,450    77,522    82,409    119,673    136,836    324,771    128,719    365,007   
For profit, unincorporated 180,582    56,998    54,749    93,864    72,827    112,108    91,592    156,260   
Nonprofit 173,350    38,027    36,811    64,312    91,955    121,636    62,647    161,958   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 101,707    56,279    43,627    63,596    35,835    --    80,596    62,538   
5-9 years 120,824    43,321    51,137    67,966    69,764    28,289    75,737    94,531   
10-19 years 170,078    51,098    48,599    80,791    95,174    92,705    87,170    146,741   
20 or more years 389,983    59,976    67,952    111,403    130,655    341,179    103,565    377,033   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 366,004    --    16,951    59,466    109,027    345,896    36,645    364,283   
1 location only 247,321    94,405    100,228    147,121    136,086    72,806    153,123    200,410   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 302,640    84,615    88,577    116,943    125,244    219,491    138,737    269,909   
25-49 % 274,761    46,980    46,752    104,883    104,271    223,224    82,112    262,902   
50-74 % 207,246    36,717    33,560    50,309    74,079    181,172    57,649    199,358   
75% or more 108,784    15,952    17,757    25,242    38,029    96,553    28,368    105,318   
Union presence
No union employees 408,736    94,735    100,566    154,736    163,530    321,401    154,637    382,728   
Has union employees 175,422    9,025    11,448    21,538    47,862    166,860    17,497    174,551   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 283,916    72,170    69,285    105,640    119,524    215,409    112,299    262,162   
Less than 50% low-wage 353,350    72,181    78,625    121,934    128,653    291,266    123,706    333,174   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 116,309    45,916    44,975    58,650    42,344    65,541    74,043    90,054   
25-49 % 264,405    41,131    54,977    88,461    84,125    225,081    78,846    252,689   
50-74 % 273,286    58,183    55,271    106,331    108,162    214,762    96,229    256,756   
75% or more 251,731    63,427    58,719    72,862    112,897    195,775    98,131    232,385   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 356,892    80,493    83,182    140,017    119,456    287,124    136,132    332,545   
25-49 % 250,703    44,653    46,262    61,357    110,685    207,939    72,454    240,193   
50-74 % 137,607    38,774    42,631    51,401    58,891    97,820    61,254    123,363   
75% or more 69,230    30,100    17,681    23,392    45,242 * 31,427    39,887    56,592   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.