Figure 3b. Gross job gains, by level of aggregation, 50 to 249 employees, 1992–2012 (in thousands)
Year and quarter Enterprise level Firm level Establishment level

1992

 

3

1,136 1,190 1,805

4

1,132 1,183 1,719

1993

 

1

1,124 1,172 1,788

2

1,080 1,142 1,774

3

1,189 1,248 1,877

4

1,187 1,244 1,856

1994

 

1

1,170 1,219 1,887

2

1,142 1,210 1,889

3

1,241 1,306 2,003

4

1,203 1,268 1,911

1995

 

1

1,229 1,286 1,990

2

1,120 1,193 1,885

3

1,241 1,309 2,003

4

1,237 1,311 1,963

1996

 

1

1,224 1,287 2,032

2

1,147 1,221 1,974

3

1,236 1,317 2,040

4

1,261 1,342 2,053

1997

 

1

1,255 1,323 2,122

2

1,151 1,233 1,982

3

1,287 1,372 2,145

4

1,296 1,379 2,148

1998

 

1

1,306 1,394 2,278

2

1,206 1,300 2,122

3

1,238 1,325 2,131

4

1,256 1,349 2,142

1999

 

1

1,255 1,344 2,203

2

1,207 1,303 2,121

3

1,261 1,360 2,138

4

1,305 1,406 2,223

2000

 

1

1,327 1,427 2,278

2

1,209 1,309 2,109

3

1,243 1,348 2,145

4

1,210 1,309 2,126

2001

 

1

1,188 1,286 2,138

2

1,113 1,212 1,958

3

1,053 1,141 1,856

4

1,051 1,146 1,867

2002

 

1

1,098 1,202 2,009

2

1,085 1,180 1,934

3

1,047 1,145 1,865

4

1,018 1,113 1,830

2003

 

1

1,033 1,134 1,798

2

1,029 1,123 1,787

3

1,026 1,126 1,793

4

1,034 1,137 1,835

2004

 

1

1,093 1,203 1,906

2

1,077 1,185 1,905

3

1,069 1,175 1,871

4

1,063 1,180 1,892

2005

 

1

1,053 1,169 1,858

2

1,073 1,186 1,877

3

1,071 1,196 1,938

4

1,031 1,148 1,880

2006

 

1

1,092 1,211 1,897

2

1,070 1,186 1,895

3

1,015 1,128 1,809

4

1,035 1,154 1,897

2007

 

1

1,035 1,154 1,843

2

1,063 1,177 1,888

3

969 1,076 1,728

4

1,029 1,140 1,851

2008

 

1

964 1,073 1,731

2

991 1,096 1,749

3

920 1,015 1,637

4

850 949 1,526

2009

 

1

719 806 1,285

2

868 954 1,508

3

836 928 1,506

4

864 962 1,556

2010

 

1

819 910 1,449

2

972 1,077 1,689

3

992 994 1,588

4

1,036 1,034 1,656

2011

 

1

862 964 1,522

2

962 1,070 1,676

3

1,059 1,061 1,687

4

887 986 1,629

2012

 

1

950 1,046 1,641

2

986 1,078 1,712

3

903 999 1,609
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.