January 3, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Job creation among small and large businesses

Percentage of net employment change and average share of employment, by cumulative firm size and establishment size, U.S. total private sector, September 1992–December 2009
Size of firm or establishment (Number of employees)	Firm		Establishment
Size of firm or establishment (Number of employees)	Percentage of net employment change	Average employment share	Percentage of net employment change	Average employment share
1 to 1,000 or more	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1 to 999	71.3	63.1	89.0	88.7
1 to 499	64.9	56.3	82.6	81.7
1 to 249	56.7	49.1	72.6	72.1
1 to 99	43.6	38.5	56.0	55.6
1 to 49	33.9	30.2	42.7	42.4
1 to 19	21.8	19.1	27.0	25.5
1 to 9	14.3	11.4	17.7	14.5
1 to 4	8.9	5.2	11.4	6.3

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