Figure 3. Number of establishments in the longitudinal Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) data observed in each panel, by the number of times they appear in the longitudinal OES data
Sample date Number of times responded Total
Two times Three times Four times Five times

Fall 1999

59,131 43,981 31,852 14,074 149,089

Fall 2000

64,512 45,245 31,025 9,916 150,742

Fall 2001

65,355 47,238 30,018 6,338 148,974

Nov 2002

35,030 24,610 15,580 4,574 79,801

May 2003

34,828 24,519 16,546 5,458 81,373

Nov 2003

39,927 29,623 18,217 5,390 93,175

May 2004

40,302 29,145 18,997 6,421 94,885

Nov 2004

43,818 31,478 19,510 4,380 99,203

May 2005

38,392 27,436 15,378 4,071 85,285

Nov 2005

39,121 30,660 15,692 3,397 88,874

May 2006

37,761 29,085 16,396 4,238 87,498

Nov 2006

28,461 19,235 10,757 4,155 62,626

May 2007

39,525 32,348 18,526 6,552 96,967

Nov 2007

39,992 33,946 20,340 6,511 100,806

May 2008

36,285 29,288 17,289 5,426 88,299

Nov 2008

42,528 32,521 18,365 2,495 95,916

May 2009

44,161 31,765 17,717 3,341 97,000

Nov 2009

42,249 27,364 14,765 4,318 88,713

May 2010

41,001 31,690 18,600 6,125 97,435

Nov 2010

37,143 28,532 18,219 7,271 91,184

May 2011

38,533 28,521 17,805 6,742 91,613

Nov 2011

36,537 27,791 17,140 1,932 83,405

May 2012

36,835 27,869 16,093 2,654 83,462

Nov 2012

36,293 25,055 15,701 4,027 81,091

May 2013

32,695 26,207 17,190 5,454 81,560

Nov 2013

29,628 23,654 16,888 8,085 78,278

May 2014

32,191 25,529 19,102 8,105 84,941

Total

1,092,234 814,335 503,708 151,450 2,562,195

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.