Month and year | Size class 1 (1–49 employees) | Size class 2 (50–449 employees) | Size class 3 (500+ employees) |
---|---|---|---|
Dec 2000 |
1,145,743 | 1,414,604 | 408,546 |
Jan 2001 |
1,177,159 | 1,554,500 | 399,924 |
Feb 2001 |
1,148,882 | 1,479,232 | 395,417 |
Mar 2001 |
1,170,449 | 1,423,184 | 421,410 |
Apr 2001 |
1,211,913 | 1,448,611 | 469,692 |
May 2001 |
1,116,849 | 1,391,403 | 449,970 |
Jun 2001 |
1,126,738 | 1,311,610 | 396,590 |
Jul 2001 |
1,203,340 | 1,239,258 | 321,885 |
Aug 2001 |
1,050,841 | 1,244,815 | 469,218 |
Sep 2001 |
1,053,386 | 1,220,020 | 326,356 |
Oct 2001 |
941,420 | 1,291,464 | 449,406 |
Nov 2001 |
970,290 | 1,100,375 | 372,489 |
Dec 2001 |
1,003,507 | 1,037,776 | 367,148 |
Jan 2002 |
982,648 | 1,248,038 | 459,557 |
Feb 2002 |
981,410 | 1,178,880 | 357,670 |
Mar 2002 |
965,264 | 1,097,400 | 365,368 |
Apr 2002 |
998,485 | 1,119,782 | 374,493 |
May 2002 |
1,021,865 | 1,143,953 | 379,975 |
Jun 2002 |
1,008,278 | 1,129,613 | 332,928 |
Jul 2002 |
1,039,239 | 1,117,567 | 360,541 |
Aug 2002 |
1,041,088 | 1,074,493 | 328,892 |
Sep 2002 |
1,049,694 | 1,047,316 | 323,325 |
Oct 2002 |
1,033,844 | 1,057,737 | 308,343 |
Nov 2002 |
977,338 | 1,051,897 | 298,365 |
Dec 2002 |
1,039,230 | 1,051,081 | 321,818 |
Jan 2003 |
1,026,062 | 1,014,561 | 299,398 |
Feb 2003 |
1,091,787 | 971,663 | 313,103 |
Mar 2003 |
946,524 | 1,041,260 | 304,955 |
Apr 2003 |
955,331 | 932,757 | 292,182 |
May 2003 |
936,271 | 953,326 | 301,948 |
Jun 2003 |
965,223 | 952,857 | 316,073 |
Jul 2003 |
876,018 | 984,649 | 312,287 |
Aug 2003 |
912,439 | 988,386 | 300,596 |
Sep 2003 |
976,324 | 994,187 | 302,003 |
Oct 2003 |
1,034,611 | 1,002,935 | 305,705 |
Nov 2003 |
1,052,243 | 975,296 | 324,655 |
Dec 2003 |
1,065,857 | 977,565 | 330,730 |
Jan 2004 |
995,429 | 975,343 | 307,088 |
Feb 2004 |
1,043,010 | 968,467 | 302,950 |
Mar 2004 |
1,120,551 | 1,009,634 | 323,165 |
Apr 2004 |
1,147,624 | 1,027,550 | 270,034 |
May 2004 |
1,055,246 | 963,627 | 292,595 |
Jun 2004 |
1,123,576 | 1,064,749 | 310,453 |
Jul 2004 |
1,157,663 | 1,032,841 | 306,791 |
Aug 2004 |
1,096,413 | 1,118,450 | 317,434 |
Sep 2004 |
1,021,669 | 1,071,209 | 312,112 |
Oct 2004 |
1,166,289 | 1,052,499 | 297,765 |
Nov 2004 |
1,171,548 | 1,100,307 | 310,728 |
Dec 2004 |
1,133,516 | 1,116,678 | 310,727 |
Jan 2005 |
1,258,737 | 1,092,184 | 354,557 |
Feb 2005 |
1,118,240 | 1,078,618 | 354,249 |
Mar 2005 |
1,175,477 | 1,181,414 | 326,801 |
Apr 2005 |
1,169,771 | 1,126,099 | 317,455 |
May 2005 |
1,218,353 | 1,190,908 | 316,080 |
Jun 2005 |
1,149,305 | 1,149,840 | 308,362 |
Jul 2005 |
1,163,776 | 1,167,571 | 308,236 |
Aug 2005 |
1,309,551 | 1,113,723 | 305,563 |
Sep 2005 |
1,314,835 | 1,222,205 | 332,750 |
Oct 2005 |
1,185,534 | 1,200,691 | 317,213 |
Nov 2005 |
1,176,491 | 1,192,088 | 302,143 |
Dec 2005 |
1,133,145 | 1,160,581 | 323,159 |
Jan 2006 |
1,179,896 | 1,243,043 | 291,460 |
Feb 2006 |
1,221,280 | 1,257,318 | 332,852 |
Mar 2006 |
1,254,757 | 1,240,041 | 344,152 |
Apr 2006 |
1,123,248 | 1,134,776 | 334,247 |
May 2006 |
1,267,226 | 1,186,400 | 366,840 |
Jun 2006 |
1,237,577 | 1,223,192 | 328,783 |
Jul 2006 |
1,235,594 | 1,216,904 | 313,722 |
Aug 2006 |
1,215,156 | 1,216,250 | 353,711 |
Sep 2006 |
1,167,794 | 1,220,934 | 370,893 |
Oct 2006 |
1,157,416 | 1,155,739 | 365,619 |
Nov 2006 |
1,187,184 | 1,272,739 | 370,644 |
Dec 2006 |
1,179,823 | 1,285,182 | 335,061 |
Jan 2007 |
1,167,868 | 1,182,289 | 363,868 |
Feb 2007 |
1,211,435 | 1,268,167 | 359,237 |
Mar 2007 |
1,207,975 | 1,236,582 | 357,684 |
Apr 2007 |
1,081,141 | 1,240,755 | 345,319 |
May 2007 |
1,228,094 | 1,211,146 | 354,663 |
Jun 2007 |
1,110,527 | 1,179,957 | 332,460 |
Jul 2007 |
1,171,998 | 1,213,872 | 352,736 |
Aug 2007 |
1,150,410 | 1,238,248 | 355,752 |
Sep 2007 |
1,009,775 | 1,118,373 | 345,932 |
Oct 2007 |
1,125,492 | 1,212,078 | 331,999 |
Nov 2007 |
1,016,017 | 1,186,911 | 352,205 |
Dec 2007 |
1,103,281 | 1,161,395 | 313,320 |
Jan 2008 |
1,087,686 | 1,161,559 | 334,933 |
Feb 2008 |
1,075,824 | 1,181,440 | 306,153 |
Mar 2008 |
1,017,994 | 1,089,189 | 306,058 |
Apr 2008 |
1,223,846 | 1,147,070 | 313,767 |
May 2008 |
1,025,418 | 1,104,186 | 310,392 |
Jun 2008 |
1,041,466 | 1,100,076 | 311,824 |
Jul 2008 |
1,000,058 | 1,047,601 | 286,361 |
Aug 2008 |
891,534 | 1,020,485 | 299,813 |
Sep 2008 |
943,000 | 1,029,069 | 275,134 |
Oct 2008 |
1,010,807 | 938,249 | 269,852 |
Nov 2008 |
911,948 | 879,308 | 237,714 |
Dec 2008 |
863,988 | 862,251 | 243,813 |
Jan 2009 |
862,597 | 796,431 | 245,534 |
Feb 2009 |
823,670 | 747,302 | 251,111 |
Mar 2009 |
750,381 | 669,922 | 216,209 |
Apr 2009 |
687,342 | 653,826 | 230,473 |
May 2009 |
753,696 | 659,595 | 213,079 |
Jun 2009 |
745,997 | 633,898 | 213,411 |
Jul 2009 |
647,874 | 659,744 | 231,827 |
Aug 2009 |
674,153 | 634,275 | 178,151 |
Sep 2009 |
710,780 | 595,971 | 177,445 |
Oct 2009 |
665,110 | 652,450 | 236,337 |
Nov 2009 |
809,977 | 705,030 | 206,435 |
Dec 2009 |
740,537 | 675,145 | 205,608 |
Jan 2010 |
734,520 | 618,638 | 212,350 |
Feb 2010 |
749,079 | 665,736 | 188,943 |
Mar 2010 |
714,258 | 742,810 | 193,103 |
Apr 2010 |
795,690 | 737,137 | 226,688 |
May 2010 |
707,648 | 753,071 | 218,572 |
Jun 2010 |
793,566 | 766,390 | 210,513 |
Jul 2010 |
744,018 | 718,921 | 205,078 |
Aug 2010 |
770,211 | 715,788 | 219,865 |
Sep 2010 |
803,646 | 732,132 | 231,633 |
Oct 2010 |
764,516 | 753,927 | 234,028 |
Nov 2010 |
750,410 | 732,315 | 212,531 |
Dec 2010 |
837,883 | 759,671 | 243,258 |
Jan 2011 |
723,884 | 757,436 | 228,494 |
Feb 2011 |
759,048 | 789,111 | 241,039 |
Mar 2011 |
795,835 | 785,633 | 257,365 |
Apr 2011 |
821,807 | 794,207 | 221,682 |
May 2011 |
859,635 | 786,276 | 231,909 |
Jun 2011 |
809,092 | 770,458 | 224,561 |
Jul 2011 |
833,819 | 787,011 | 233,171 |
Aug 2011 |
830,442 | 814,522 | 237,468 |
Sep 2011 |
872,362 | 795,369 | 234,197 |
Oct 2011 |
846,267 | 790,302 | 216,582 |
Nov 2011 |
826,906 | 795,138 | 260,383 |
Dec 2011 |
840,638 | 781,252 | 228,899 |
Jan 2012 |
777,792 | 822,208 | 212,738 |
Feb 2012 |
834,590 | 825,085 | 249,219 |
Mar 2012 |
929,198 | 858,343 | 259,130 |
Apr 2012 |
872,478 | 836,247 | 262,889 |
May 2012 |
905,776 | 851,111 | 244,751 |
Jun 2012 |
904,064 | 888,946 | 250,976 |
Jul 2012 |
907,688 | 820,782 | 233,012 |
Aug 2012 |
890,734 | 832,028 | 265,099 |
Sep 2012 |
833,802 | 786,845 | 245,865 |
Oct 2012 |
835,672 | 818,567 | 227,848 |
Nov 2012 |
852,209 | 835,885 | 237,933 |
Dec 2012 |
870,084 | 864,849 | 253,789 |
Jan 2013 |
1,016,619 | 870,215 | 249,987 |
Feb 2013 |
1,002,014 | 877,294 | 256,114 |
Mar 2013 |
863,731 | 842,497 | 242,120 |
Apr 2013 |
932,830 | 924,297 | 279,829 |
May 2013 |
886,236 | 889,331 | 277,597 |
Jun 2013 |
848,733 | 924,583 | 353,846 |
Jul 2013 |
918,941 | 910,353 | 353,861 |
Aug 2013 |
990,294 | 932,779 | 291,211 |
Sep 2013 |
949,334 | 946,864 | 322,124 |
Oct 2013 |
963,422 | 972,966 | 316,756 |
Nov 2013 |
958,301 | 976,102 | 302,668 |
Dec 2013 |
878,052 | 961,529 | 302,629 |
Jan 2014 |
922,930 | 977,567 | 263,589 |
Feb 2014 |
947,652 | 1,023,320 | 307,819 |
Mar 2014 |
963,201 | 958,784 | 341,686 |
Apr 2014 |
961,826 | 1,070,310 | 292,190 |
May 2014 |
983,606 | 1,046,003 | 331,046 |
Jun 2014 |
969,724 | 1,057,751 | 294,706 |
Jul 2014 |
1,017,506 | 1,101,891 | 296,281 |
Aug 2014 |
1,004,004 | 1,058,892 | 303,695 |
Sep 2014 |
1,116,405 | 1,097,467 | 327,422 |
Oct 2014 |
1,131,474 | 1,108,725 | 341,110 |
Nov 2014 |
1,100,714 | 1,142,935 | 318,275 |
Dec 2014 |
1,051,865 | 1,062,864 | 312,378 |
Jan 2015 |
1,134,178 | 1,115,352 | 351,614 |
Feb 2015 |
1,099,022 | 1,163,626 | 310,526 |
Mar 2015 |
1,109,612 | 1,132,546 | 301,393 |
Apr 2015 |
1,099,213 | 1,104,425 | 328,326 |
May 2015 |
1,135,305 | 1,137,758 | 326,426 |
Jun 2015 |
1,156,971 | 1,113,254 | 322,472 |
Jul 2015 |
1,200,622 | 1,109,699 | 311,425 |
Aug 2015 |
1,166,064 | 1,190,717 | 330,561 |
Sep 2015 |
1,145,989 | 1,157,676 | 305,661 |
Oct 2015 |
1,150,404 | 1,173,576 | 340,687 |
Nov 2015 |
1,197,761 | 1,211,975 | 359,697 |
Dec 2015 |
1,284,329 | 1,219,193 | 360,670 |
Jan 2016 |
1,150,495 | 1,204,484 | 372,273 |
Feb 2016 |
1,256,327 | 1,185,679 | 370,265 |
Mar 2016 |
1,232,096 | 1,166,539 | 361,083 |
Apr 2016 |
1,250,595 | 1,222,620 | 365,679 |
May 2016 |
1,231,878 | 1,231,341 | 379,297 |
Jun 2016 |
1,289,182 | 1,184,970 | 364,798 |
Jul 2016 |
1,286,970 | 1,254,045 | 405,421 |
Aug 2016 |
1,196,199 | 1,263,000 | 397,587 |
Sep 2016 |
1,250,430 | 1,233,387 | 396,519 |
Oct 2016 |
1,243,135 | 1,262,205 | 437,821 |
Nov 2016 |
1,236,053 | 1,248,855 | 397,859 |
Dec 2016 |
1,219,601 | 1,253,228 | 395,615 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |