Figure 3e. Other separations levels of firm-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2017
Month and year	Size class 1 (1–49 employees)	Size class 2 (49–449 employees)	Size class 3 (500+ employees)
Dec 2000	61,777	97,962	113,997
Jan 2001	149,839	65,322	122,019
Feb 2001	81,614	83,717	137,245
Mar 2001	100,675	90,217	149,574
Apr 2001	84,732	88,182	187,680
May 2001	87,204	79,306	140,762
Jun 2001	84,063	83,384	132,038
Jul 2001	126,027	68,855	147,133
Aug 2001	103,596	79,349	178,635
Sep 2001	77,539	83,428	163,468
Oct 2001	88,996	59,679	169,196
Nov 2001	68,856	68,436	149,999
Dec 2001	84,262	77,646	148,497
Jan 2002	58,476	83,408	218,175
Feb 2002	92,425	60,508	169,102
Mar 2002	74,439	74,290	165,142
Apr 2002	104,791	84,817	159,646
May 2002	68,301	79,899	144,062
Jun 2002	75,924	91,095	152,918
Jul 2002	78,649	79,662	200,840
Aug 2002	79,070	66,368	158,619
Sep 2002	81,671	78,575	158,057
Oct 2002	76,754	83,238	137,091
Nov 2002	79,163	77,097	190,042
Dec 2002	87,387	72,429	156,663
Jan 2003	125,305	93,164	185,493
Feb 2003	66,460	85,585	160,082
Mar 2003	70,368	75,375	167,955
Apr 2003	99,311	52,872	146,625
May 2003	55,385	68,822	161,072
Jun 2003	66,738	73,811	162,299
Jul 2003	61,364	69,302	159,442
Aug 2003	57,714	73,316	151,144
Sep 2003	75,893	76,638	145,582
Oct 2003	93,804	56,358	161,655
Nov 2003	78,524	66,118	139,413
Dec 2003	53,490	70,788	149,056
Jan 2004	101,212	68,402	138,662
Feb 2004	63,532	69,699	132,604
Mar 2004	62,840	73,871	136,166
Apr 2004	33,084	84,827	146,082
May 2004	72,899	81,294	152,371
Jun 2004	76,514	82,680	151,665
Jul 2004	100,641	65,564	139,413
Aug 2004	75,196	75,347	153,740
Sep 2004	92,849	70,374	155,347
Oct 2004	66,234	90,947	131,121
Nov 2004	64,845	94,373	135,147
Dec 2004	58,261	59,490	143,883
Jan 2005	63,402	93,512	142,254
Feb 2005	68,530	91,760	162,093
Mar 2005	59,945	57,079	130,717
Apr 2005	51,809	60,552	149,216
May 2005	62,863	76,646	169,360
Jun 2005	61,640	63,652	121,307
Jul 2005	35,699	69,550	135,366
Aug 2005	60,376	82,526	177,064
Sep 2005	58,281	75,542	146,901
Oct 2005	50,576	75,287	149,320
Nov 2005	80,809	59,410	158,153
Dec 2005	62,261	79,777	207,285
Jan 2006	67,965	76,503	215,498
Feb 2006	58,579	81,550	164,526
Mar 2006	80,459	91,389	161,497
Apr 2006	104,495	89,469	176,224
May 2006	114,582	89,587	204,359
Jun 2006	61,569	79,202	234,198
Jul 2006	129,173	101,203	159,489
Aug 2006	71,444	73,753	157,434
Sep 2006	57,735	80,619	173,210
Oct 2006	87,414	75,111	184,159
Nov 2006	64,533	62,478	184,041
Dec 2006	57,648	66,442	143,487
Jan 2007	116,047	68,879	129,364
Feb 2007	63,004	63,714	159,257
Mar 2007	64,705	72,949	169,155
Apr 2007	62,196	63,008	153,487
May 2007	57,640	57,307	156,648
Jun 2007	74,061	64,531	162,519
Jul 2007	57,531	91,781	193,802
Aug 2007	51,388	67,459	146,178
Sep 2007	51,457	58,272	136,785
Oct 2007	73,247	61,702	148,482
Nov 2007	68,640	67,695	162,362
Dec 2007	74,032	71,317	148,042
Jan 2008	76,449	61,187	130,357
Feb 2008	62,841	57,373	170,792
Mar 2008	86,232	61,781	166,449
Apr 2008	88,891	65,347	204,286
May 2008	55,767	63,772	128,028
Jun 2008	55,793	53,654	126,403
Jul 2008	44,150	56,268	116,511
Aug 2008	55,842	70,471	149,942
Sep 2008	73,807	50,684	154,391
Oct 2008	60,965	81,802	140,633
Nov 2008	86,718	80,633	156,046
Dec 2008	64,423	42,365	163,233
Jan 2009	29,589	91,349	148,713
Feb 2009	55,108	75,384	110,608
Mar 2009	102,356	56,721	118,621
Apr 2009	72,767	79,052	148,620
May 2009	47,334	55,592	159,519
Jun 2009	63,721	58,208	126,014
Jul 2009	53,723	45,057	126,915
Aug 2009	61,168	46,117	160,304
Sep 2009	56,591	40,342	168,858
Oct 2009	51,297	53,747	141,059
Nov 2009	50,885	47,837	125,267
Dec 2009	59,950	61,575	124,632
Jan 2010	79,620	73,537	118,948
Feb 2010	49,386	93,094	121,383
Mar 2010	75,889	71,125	128,292
Apr 2010	45,730	64,222	113,449
May 2010	57,080	65,372	136,193
Jun 2010	55,975	57,439	146,694
Jul 2010	60,358	62,552	137,827
Aug 2010	53,060	66,707	174,776
Sep 2010	70,302	78,456	114,184
Oct 2010	52,698	67,879	123,672
Nov 2010	78,024	61,240	143,507
Dec 2010	59,668	82,574	116,603
Jan 2011	95,012	59,178	152,096
Feb 2011	81,915	49,486	138,052
Mar 2011	81,330	51,036	138,757
Apr 2011	74,583	62,352	128,510
May 2011	61,477	58,099	129,663
Jun 2011	64,083	63,676	121,753
Jul 2011	70,040	55,249	153,478
Aug 2011	69,140	47,180	142,911
Sep 2011	45,263	58,877	147,306
Oct 2011	80,034	76,417	152,294
Nov 2011	54,527	62,221	135,373
Dec 2011	60,854	49,173	129,198
Jan 2012	66,010	44,329	156,846
Feb 2012	72,598	51,134	136,966
Mar 2012	54,029	68,838	141,425
Apr 2012	66,688	40,802	151,986
May 2012	64,040	51,867	146,199
Jun 2012	67,910	67,609	162,140
Jul 2012	79,204	60,167	147,870
Aug 2012	64,962	80,706	128,382
Sep 2012	58,154	61,229	159,638
Oct 2012	64,315	56,343	182,218
Nov 2012	58,219	76,939	143,868
Dec 2012	57,550	59,779	170,707
Jan 2013	86,715	90,916	143,137
Feb 2013	42,289	51,283	162,918
Mar 2013	60,583	54,591	168,533
Apr 2013	68,643	51,148	169,664
May 2013	89,936	74,636	158,037
Jun 2013	63,436	56,684	189,138
Jul 2013	55,035	66,547	164,012
Aug 2013	83,734	63,513	177,810
Sep 2013	76,108	48,631	159,663
Oct 2013	48,281	45,793	177,700
Nov 2013	67,255	50,540	208,417
Dec 2013	49,546	53,359	193,763
Jan 2014	53,635	49,554	195,677
Feb 2014	62,143	61,435	195,900
Mar 2014	48,859	75,294	197,902
Apr 2014	49,829	64,386	195,468
May 2014	55,505	63,379	196,482
Jun 2014	72,664	53,831	175,951
Jul 2014	70,463	47,715	194,004
Aug 2014	59,433	76,542	197,683
Sep 2014	70,775	59,980	206,557
Oct 2014	82,848	63,051	182,063
Nov 2014	62,214	68,743	171,729
Dec 2014	53,007	69,893	248,475
Jan 2015	47,581	48,959	200,532
Feb 2015	77,001	54,243	170,693
Mar 2015	91,526	50,669	171,650
Apr 2015	76,020	75,363	171,823
May 2015	76,010	56,509	200,876
Jun 2015	71,579	70,161	207,150
Jul 2015	82,375	50,676	201,208
Aug 2015	66,075	61,882	218,016
Sep 2015	65,427	55,946	186,640
Oct 2015	77,155	69,300	194,703
Nov 2015	60,434	64,111	240,496
Dec 2015	63,172	52,488	196,948
Jan 2016	99,571	49,494	215,666
Feb 2016	68,570	48,224	205,118
Mar 2016	70,444	76,553	173,896
Apr 2016	61,626	60,733	209,664
May 2016	44,553	53,480	192,702
Jun 2016	50,365	50,152	168,211
Jul 2016	56,357	65,132	185,388
Aug 2016	63,903	51,616	173,027
Sep 2016	57,383	55,226	179,654
Oct 2016	66,034	56,671	183,533
Nov 2016	63,825	63,491	174,758
Dec 2016	93,236	53,473	165,604
Jan 2017	79,620	50,637	182,193
Feb 2017	38,633	88,418	169,102
Mar 2017	59,809	55,061	192,564
Apr 2017	58,642	54,105	174,977
May 2017	70,832	56,295	166,050
Jun 2017	58,723	56,462	172,454
Jul 2017	40,301	47,430	206,083
Aug 2017	48,275	59,651	201,877
Sep 2017	53,924	44,898	171,892
Oct 2017	46,538	45,546	189,726
Nov 2017	65,213	48,294	168,375
Dec 2017	54,048	55,616	140,853
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.