Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 4,127,123 4,370,563 4,369,698 1 year _ _ _ _ 4,135,330 4,314,900 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 4,006,528 3 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 87,399,103 87,079,288 88,600,953 87,215,922 86,150,482 83,922,011 Total 87,399,103 87,079,288 88,600,953 91,343,045 94,656,375 96,613,137 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 4,651,121 4,714,021 4,730,629 4,664,457 4,309,449 4,195,695 1 year 4,322,252 4,696,376 4,704,833 4,756,096 4,640,259 3,996,217 2 years 4,265,506 4,241,331 4,601,538 4,698,230 4,569,111 4,237,474 3 years 3,943,372 4,173,715 4,164,133 4,550,711 4,492,200 4,206,831 4 years _ 3,858,652 4,072,795 4,105,301 4,325,053 4,120,960 5 years _ _ 3,716,558 3,999,774 3,930,283 3,951,899 6 years _ _ _ 3,651,825 3,831,335 3,624,698 7 years _ _ _ _ 3,503,445 3,535,354 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,274,362 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 82,314,912 80,640,609 78,820,524 77,369,408 75,055,220 70,808,992 Total 99,497,163 102,324,704 104,811,010 107,795,802 108,656,355 105,952,482 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 3,884,047 3,629,624 3,617,914 3,602,505 3,502,303 3,329,731 1 year 3,972,654 3,794,959 3,586,023 3,652,412 3,547,086 3,376,777 2 years 3,812,242 3,864,351 3,739,052 3,582,321 3,568,137 3,368,897 3 years 4,045,865 3,746,283 3,820,211 3,702,748 3,489,188 3,406,626 4 years 3,971,255 3,930,418 3,691,947 3,811,985 3,625,732 3,324,798 5 years 3,883,645 3,851,233 3,845,549 3,656,681 3,712,937 3,471,622 6 years 3,702,076 3,776,685 3,766,376 3,836,918 3,558,499 3,546,753 7 years 3,446,270 3,597,813 3,714,271 3,739,013 3,765,625 3,403,848 8 years 3,355,729 3,354,372 3,529,038 3,684,896 3,657,317 3,629,185 9 years 3,115,044 3,269,424 3,307,501 3,492,816 3,617,160 3,534,684 10 years _ 3,024,138 3,194,815 3,272,843 3,418,419 3,487,755 11 years _ _ 2,962,277 3,159,212 3,202,131 3,302,838 12 years _ _ _ 2,913,403 3,084,364 3,098,481 13 years _ _ _ _ 2,855,611 2,991,699 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,771,148 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 68,067,771 66,314,540 65,382,076 64,650,793 63,668,587 62,339,200 Total 105,256,598 106,153,840 108,157,050 110,758,546 112,273,096 112,384,042 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 2,797,462 2,509,568 2,567,418 2,789,241 2,797,809 2,877,712 1 year 2,986,911 2,591,166 2,477,067 2,578,283 2,763,396 2,825,593 2 years 3,040,921 2,796,912 2,584,980 2,482,355 2,561,570 2,770,349 3 years 3,018,673 2,866,523 2,776,624 2,589,590 2,465,662 2,553,415 4 years 3,059,416 2,832,230 2,836,674 2,795,639 2,561,003 2,455,371 5 years 3,017,937 2,887,866 2,809,350 2,823,904 2,770,292 2,541,785 6 years 3,158,823 2,843,800 2,867,266 2,807,765 2,794,392 2,751,461 7 years 3,250,452 2,979,194 2,817,627 2,860,520 2,777,618 2,788,093 8 years 3,098,728 3,062,822 2,943,045 2,802,082 2,832,256 2,766,817 9 years 3,324,018 2,942,562 3,035,720 2,930,317 2,786,146 2,816,489 10 years 3,237,472 3,166,752 2,912,480 3,008,224 2,899,806 2,772,128 11 years 3,208,753 3,070,274 3,140,139 2,889,545 2,970,915 2,882,306 12 years 2,996,802 3,051,221 3,049,907 3,122,982 2,855,809 2,932,428 13 years 2,822,679 2,842,206 3,030,220 3,048,372 3,101,664 2,830,998 14 years 2,737,978 2,705,129 2,818,394 3,025,028 3,022,925 3,095,453 15 years 2,536,302 2,611,264 2,679,990 2,811,183 3,009,139 3,008,153 16 years _ 2,422,416 2,596,979 2,669,390 2,797,229 2,981,169 17 years _ _ 2,405,238 2,578,472 2,653,180 2,778,058 18 years _ _ _ 2,400,879 2,562,059 2,624,023 19 years _ _ _ _ 2,386,345 2,519,797 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,373,765 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 58,269,721 55,696,907 55,438,572 55,443,218 55,208,659 54,906,890 Total 106,563,048 103,878,812 105,787,690 108,456,989 110,577,874 112,852,253 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 3,011,469 3,130,736 3,111,021 3,090,584 3,116,850 3,063,425 1 year 2,914,006 3,073,279 3,177,809 3,150,467 3,147,244 3,104,642 2 years 2,860,090 2,932,296 3,081,916 3,180,663 3,149,427 3,104,226 3 years 2,772,860 2,846,957 2,914,250 3,075,769 3,156,393 3,092,079 4 years 2,549,382 2,754,622 2,812,357 2,892,389 3,043,285 3,083,361 5 years 2,433,499 2,523,118 2,720,087 2,793,442 2,865,296 2,985,597 6 years 2,534,193 2,411,125 2,488,416 2,688,848 2,755,781 2,779,982 7 years 2,743,783 2,506,401 2,382,270 2,461,083 2,641,159 2,691,854 8 years 2,776,715 2,725,749 2,482,610 2,352,311 2,426,381 2,565,860 9 years 2,759,058 2,757,412 2,687,746 2,454,960 2,315,405 2,354,639 10 years 2,802,371 2,741,722 2,720,779 2,656,349 2,402,254 2,241,255 11 years 2,755,548 2,783,396 2,708,341 2,691,219 2,611,598 2,335,034 12 years 2,864,521 2,725,902 2,747,345 2,683,700 2,645,850 2,524,179 13 years 2,919,808 2,843,867 2,696,779 2,730,515 2,640,733 2,579,469 14 years 2,808,553 2,875,361 2,809,599 2,671,741 2,680,741 2,578,693 15 years 3,093,553 2,783,020 2,823,639 2,768,994 2,640,678 2,594,312 16 years 2,991,683 3,072,165 2,743,485 2,784,509 2,726,095 2,565,548 17 years 2,968,664 2,964,350 3,053,459 2,696,120 2,737,063 2,653,057 18 years 2,753,782 2,945,472 2,936,338 3,020,530 2,648,576 2,641,908 19 years 2,615,522 2,729,049 2,911,188 2,889,394 2,967,252 2,564,951 20 years 2,499,985 2,597,041 2,686,108 2,868,149 2,834,130 2,897,503 21 years 2,357,225 2,477,587 2,554,437 2,642,236 2,827,030 2,751,736 22 years _ 2,339,513 2,438,316 2,520,921 2,593,617 2,732,222 23 years _ _ 2,322,735 2,410,462 2,484,677 2,525,084 24 years _ _ _ 2,296,103 2,376,360 2,426,340 25 years _ _ _ _ 2,249,737 2,304,986 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,187,053 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 54,783,949 54,541,668 54,103,443 53,811,248 53,443,912 52,565,499 Total 115,570,219 118,081,808 120,114,473 122,282,706 124,127,524 124,494,494 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 Less than one year 2,985,309 3,697,739 3,710,694 1 year 3,000,715 3,255,404 3,717,341 2 years 3,004,262 3,286,496 3,233,401 3 years 2,990,398 3,240,520 3,259,994 4 years 2,940,977 3,177,683 3,197,541 5 years 2,906,079 3,101,371 3,129,749 6 years 2,803,570 3,061,396 3,063,264 7 years 2,585,622 3,003,504 3,004,913 8 years 2,520,907 2,699,360 2,932,294 9 years 2,386,369 2,654,855 2,657,764 10 years 2,175,879 2,459,654 2,598,121 11 years 2,067,114 2,249,850 2,421,344 12 years 2,156,190 2,134,600 2,216,396 13 years 2,337,530 2,218,644 2,105,204 14 years 2,412,527 2,402,585 2,179,173 15 years 2,403,460 2,463,771 2,378,345 16 years 2,413,339 2,460,100 2,442,600 17 years 2,382,304 2,466,857 2,427,410 18 years 2,460,881 2,436,857 2,435,606 19 years 2,425,162 2,507,651 2,415,004 20 years 2,356,571 2,468,684 2,468,983 21 years 2,677,927 2,384,553 2,456,951 22 years 2,544,246 2,736,750 2,378,645 23 years 2,521,851 2,559,674 2,705,083 24 years 2,304,463 2,553,719 2,548,201 25 years 2,212,525 2,335,709 2,531,240 26 years 2,128,444 2,250,161 2,317,048 27 years 1,999,673 2,122,385 2,240,033 28 years _ 2,039,518 2,111,079 29 years _ _ 2,041,329 Born before March 1993 48,911,512 49,514,959 49,903,043 Total 119,015,806 125,945,009 129,227,793 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.