Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Washington Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 70,933 80,555 85,755 94,568 101,639 97,308 1 year _ 68,835 78,641 87,833 94,448 99,319 2 years _ _ 67,281 82,001 84,669 93,949 3 years _ _ _ 69,664 82,100 83,967 4 years _ _ _ _ 66,838 82,859 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 66,054 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,732,728 1,711,148 1,647,820 1,648,077 1,636,275 1,593,452 Total 1,803,661 1,860,538 1,879,497 1,982,143 2,065,969 2,116,908 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 99,089 86,858 80,032 77,360 69,485 62,325 1 year 96,128 91,985 74,648 75,722 71,030 65,946 2 years 99,737 90,554 89,267 71,934 74,969 69,827 3 years 93,653 95,192 79,519 84,963 71,190 75,989 4 years 80,932 84,719 85,288 77,311 82,957 72,440 5 years 83,427 76,485 75,252 82,499 76,031 83,776 6 years 64,938 77,160 70,564 71,785 79,452 75,707 7 years _ 63,241 68,366 67,800 71,142 79,156 8 years _ _ 56,962 65,343 66,909 71,490 9 years _ _ _ 55,108 64,946 67,636 10 years _ _ _ _ 54,049 65,007 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 54,789 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,556,274 1,518,176 1,407,069 1,364,217 1,342,539 1,342,752 Total 2,174,178 2,184,370 2,086,967 2,094,042 2,124,699 2,186,840 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 66,847 68,811 68,354 57,287 56,482 54,358 1 year 61,479 66,328 65,669 59,136 54,204 52,926 2 years 65,828 61,896 64,518 58,146 54,849 53,427 3 years 70,028 67,761 59,671 57,973 54,029 55,019 4 years 75,126 69,664 66,308 53,309 54,237 53,318 5 years 73,593 75,820 67,558 60,368 50,596 53,678 6 years 84,121 73,845 75,606 60,701 56,399 50,569 7 years 74,985 85,335 69,976 70,373 57,729 55,106 8 years 79,996 76,287 83,707 62,452 64,696 57,851 9 years 71,967 81,604 74,421 78,583 58,642 63,702 10 years 68,251 71,282 81,292 66,313 75,285 58,819 11 years 65,936 67,549 69,599 75,673 62,596 75,767 12 years 54,794 65,177 66,359 62,710 70,933 61,583 13 years _ 54,965 64,459 60,432 60,469 70,804 14 years _ _ 53,632 60,166 58,210 59,262 15 years _ _ _ 49,792 57,437 58,397 16 years _ _ _ _ 46,768 55,739 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 44,994 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,354,592 1,365,666 1,367,482 1,282,241 1,222,756 1,217,389 Total 2,267,543 2,351,990 2,398,611 2,275,655 2,216,317 2,252,708 Age Class March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 March 2015 March 2016 Less than one year 53,135 54,317 57,408 56,960 67,518 1 year 51,999 51,304 56,826 59,194 60,114 2 years 51,693 50,537 51,990 54,782 61,426 3 years 52,725 50,752 53,129 52,303 55,745 4 years 55,351 52,938 52,894 52,251 54,004 5 years 53,582 55,010 53,300 51,144 52,189 6 years 53,789 53,242 55,507 53,302 50,649 7 years 50,212 53,341 53,795 55,914 54,157 8 years 55,067 49,799 54,120 54,392 56,839 9 years 56,950 55,193 50,037 54,454 55,348 10 years 63,531 56,053 55,833 50,009 53,907 11 years 58,333 62,784 56,444 56,046 50,420 12 years 77,292 57,391 62,198 56,507 57,698 13 years 62,077 81,326 56,239 63,655 55,881 14 years 70,968 61,401 87,545 56,249 63,614 15 years 58,863 71,535 62,533 91,890 56,543 16 years 59,038 59,536 71,088 62,986 96,735 17 years 54,235 59,761 59,568 72,509 63,425 18 years 44,356 54,948 60,090 59,523 73,755 19 years _ 45,299 54,258 61,232 59,143 20 years _ _ 44,943 54,572 59,681 21 years _ _ _ 45,446 54,791 22 years _ _ _ _ 45,680 Born before March 1993 1,220,753 1,225,577 1,224,022 1,230,993 1,234,908 Total 2,303,949 2,362,044 2,433,767 2,506,313 2,594,170 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.