Figure 1. Net employment change at three levels of aggregation, by share of size class, March 2010–March 2011 (in percent)
Size of firm (number of employees) Establishment level Firm level Enterprise level

Total

100.0 100.0 100.0

   1 to 4

43.7 30.4 30.0

   5 to 9

9.6 5.2 4.8

   10 to 19

8.0 4.5 4.1

   20 to 49

11.5 8.3 7.0

   50 to 99

8.3 7.2 5.6

   100 to 249

11.8 11.0 9.3

   250 to 499

3.2 7.4 7.2

   500 to 999

.6 5.4 5.3

   1,000 or more

3.4 20.6 26.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.