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Employment change by firm size, second quarter of 2012
February 07, 2013
From March 2012 to June 2012, gross job losses increased among firms with 1–49 employees, 50–249 employees, and 250 employees or more. Additionally, gross job gains in the smallest size class decreased by 115,000. Firms with 250 employees or more accounted for 44 percent of the total net gain in employment for the second quarter of 2012.
3-month private sector net employment change by firm size, seasonally adjusted, March 2002–June 2012
3 months ended
Total
1 to 49 employees
50 to 249 employees
250 employees or more
Mar 2002
70,000
54,000
-52,000
68,000
Jun 2002
-61,000
69,000
-7,000
-123,000
Sep 2002
-176,000
20,000
-46,000
-150,000
Dec 2002
-247,000
-3,000
-73,000
-171,000
Mar 2003
-326,000
-135,000
-56,000
-135,000
Jun 2003
-137,000
112,000
-26,000
-223,000
Sep 2003
193,000
120,000
21,000
52,000
Dec 2003
310,000
146,000
32,000
132,000
Mar 2004
430,000
153,000
137,000
140,000
Jun 2004
621,000
169,000
141,000
311,000
Sep 2004
197,000
88,000
88,000
21,000
Dec 2004
759,000
274,000
101,000
384,000
Mar 2005
368,000
66,000
97,000
205,000
Jun 2005
570,000
243,000
146,000
181,000
Sep 2005
701,000
218,000
85,000
398,000
Dec 2005
506,000
169,000
45,000
292,000
Mar 2006
788,000
334,000
222,000
232,000
Jun 2006
375,000
117,000
110,000
148,000
Sep 2006
43,000
-14,000
27,000
30,000
Dec 2006
447,000
117,000
74,000
256,000
Mar 2007
466,000
189,000
99,000
178,000
Jun 2007
174,000
-31,000
108,000
97,000
Sep 2007
-269,000
-132,000
-53,000
-84,000
Dec 2007
298,000
8,000
63,000
227,000
Mar 2008
-277,000
-138,000
-11,000
-128,000
Jun 2008
-547,000
-287,000
-37,000
-223,000
Sep 2008
-1,035,000
-359,000
-160,000
-516,000
Dec 2008
-1,850,000
-693,000
-370,000
-787,000
Mar 2009
-2,643,000
-967,000
-611,000
-1,065,000
Jun 2009
-1,766,000
-475,000
-275,000
-1,016,000
Sep 2009
-979,000
-388,000
-127,000
-464,000
Dec 2009
-277,000
-161,000
-42,000
-74,000
Mar 2010
-231,000
-185,000
-1,000
-45,000
Jun 2010
689,000
233,000
211,000
245,000
Sep 2010
157,000
11,000
71,000
75,000
Dec 2010
534,000
86,000
99,000
349,000
Mar 2011
329,000
108,000
122,000
99,000
Jun 2011
550,000
195,000
178,000
177,000
Sep 2011
793,000
247,000
152,000
394,000
Dec 2011
332,000
39,000
46,000
247,000
Mar 2012
830,000
362,000
216,000
252,000
Jun 2012
572,000
158,000
161,000
253,000
Note: The net employment change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.
Although the number of gross job gains declined among the smallest firms in the second quarter, the number increased among firms with 50–249 employees and firms with 250 employees or more.
Firms in all three size classes had a net employment gain in every quarter from the second quarter of 2010 to the second quarter of 2012. Over that period, firms with 1–49 employees gained 1.4 million jobs, while firms with 50–249 employees gained about 1.3 million jobs and firms with 250 employees or more gained 2.1 million jobs.
These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics (BED) program. The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of gross gains and gross losses in employment that occur at all businesses in the economy. To learn more, see "Business Employment Dynamics — Second Quarter 2012" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑13‑0140.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment change by firm size, second quarter of 2012 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20130207.htm (visited May 19, 2024).
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