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78 percent of 1st quarter 2016 employment increase occurred at firms with fewer than 50 employees
November 23, 2016
During the first three months of 2016, firms in the private sector with fewer than 50 employees had a net employment gain of 175,000. This increase represented 78 percent of the total net employment increase of 224,000 jobs over the quarter.
Gross job gains and losses by firm size, first quarter 2016, seasonally adjusted
Firm Size
Gains
Losses
Net employment change
1-49 employees
3,020,000
-2,845,000
175,000
1-4 employees
873,000
-850,000
23,000
5-9 employees
654,000
-611,000
43,000
10-19 employees
684,000
-633,000
51,000
20-49 employees
809,000
-751,000
58,000
50-249 employees
1,002,000
-945,000
57,000
50-99 employees
487,000
-460,000
27,000
100-249 employees
515,000
-485,000
30,000
250+ employees
1,602,000
-1,610,000
-8,000
250-499 employees
311,000
-296,000
15,000
500-999 employees
254,000
-249,000
5,000
1000+ employees
1,037,000
-1,065,000
-28,000
Total
5,624,000
-5,400,000
224,000
While the smallest firms experienced a net employment gain during the quarter, the largest ones underwent a net employment loss. Firms with more than 250 employees lost 8,000 jobs during the quarter; a net decrease of 28,000 jobs among firms with more than 1,000 employees offset a net increase of 20,000 jobs at firms with 250–999 employees.
United States Department of Labor
