Month and year | Size class 1 (1–49 employees) | Size class 2 (50–449 employees) | Size class 3 (500+ employees) |
---|---|---|---|
Dec 2000 |
2,019,958 | 2,262,382 | 697,547 |
Jan 2001 |
2,089,767 | 2,347,152 | 787,599 |
Feb 2001 |
2,025,017 | 2,389,887 | 659,588 |
Mar 2001 |
2,167,658 | 2,282,015 | 769,889 |
Apr 2001 |
2,144,275 | 2,130,487 | 788,054 |
May 2001 |
2,135,326 | 2,135,790 | 670,040 |
Jun 2001 |
1,985,365 | 2,168,206 | 598,939 |
Jul 2001 |
1,775,555 | 2,304,667 | 716,037 |
Aug 2001 |
1,936,844 | 2,071,132 | 625,538 |
Sep 2001 |
1,879,207 | 2,065,255 | 735,512 |
Oct 2001 |
2,112,826 | 2,097,961 | 473,226 |
Nov 2001 |
1,906,625 | 1,985,702 | 609,363 |
Dec 2001 |
1,930,274 | 1,948,735 | 618,256 |
Jan 2002 |
1,887,719 | 2,082,133 | 579,024 |
Feb 2002 |
1,910,618 | 2,077,741 | 598,094 |
Mar 2002 |
1,713,015 | 1,978,616 | 603,099 |
Apr 2002 |
1,867,454 | 2,103,733 | 564,478 |
May 2002 |
1,823,209 | 2,086,242 | 628,298 |
Jun 2002 |
1,949,744 | 1,960,002 | 574,741 |
Jul 2002 |
2,106,463 | 1,949,071 | 584,050 |
Aug 2002 |
1,951,994 | 1,960,180 | 581,007 |
Sep 2002 |
1,945,202 | 1,975,433 | 572,631 |
Oct 2002 |
1,859,662 | 1,987,379 | 625,632 |
Nov 2002 |
1,879,126 | 1,968,695 | 606,384 |
Dec 2002 |
2,022,612 | 1,996,433 | 612,288 |
Jan 2003 |
2,057,227 | 1,876,557 | 579,976 |
Feb 2003 |
1,950,815 | 1,915,935 | 551,180 |
Mar 2003 |
1,837,177 | 1,785,248 | 497,137 |
Apr 2003 |
1,921,669 | 1,844,569 | 505,451 |
May 2003 |
1,906,637 | 1,783,381 | 565,405 |
Jun 2003 |
1,942,603 | 1,910,417 | 576,315 |
Jul 2003 |
1,974,597 | 1,820,491 | 570,880 |
Aug 2003 |
1,922,602 | 1,892,151 | 546,772 |
Sep 2003 |
2,023,590 | 1,928,565 | 579,760 |
Oct 2003 |
1,949,205 | 1,959,172 | 677,389 |
Nov 2003 |
1,964,394 | 1,878,896 | 562,321 |
Dec 2003 |
2,081,614 | 1,951,595 | 616,899 |
Jan 2004 |
2,032,599 | 1,926,269 | 511,707 |
Feb 2004 |
2,023,871 | 1,864,459 | 547,149 |
Mar 2004 |
2,175,906 | 1,993,629 | 614,730 |
Apr 2004 |
2,094,792 | 2,057,049 | 614,970 |
May 2004 |
2,035,088 | 1,962,183 | 555,635 |
Jun 2004 |
2,102,027 | 1,921,566 | 616,657 |
Jul 2004 |
2,022,946 | 1,996,454 | 577,123 |
Aug 2004 |
2,054,753 | 2,087,131 | 567,503 |
Sep 2004 |
2,040,875 | 2,007,441 | 543,349 |
Oct 2004 |
2,179,446 | 1,991,083 | 605,193 |
Nov 2004 |
2,158,032 | 1,983,126 | 562,174 |
Dec 2004 |
2,150,226 | 2,087,118 | 620,228 |
Jan 2005 |
2,151,717 | 2,113,042 | 602,798 |
Feb 2005 |
2,237,503 | 2,042,830 | 651,893 |
Mar 2005 |
2,163,098 | 2,056,795 | 613,818 |
Apr 2005 |
2,178,316 | 2,090,522 | 613,830 |
May 2005 |
2,245,244 | 2,111,944 | 574,739 |
Jun 2005 |
2,239,568 | 2,248,564 | 600,136 |
Jul 2005 |
2,086,125 | 2,155,525 | 622,927 |
Aug 2005 |
2,264,697 | 2,125,691 | 672,480 |
Sep 2005 |
2,197,248 | 2,205,436 | 632,398 |
Oct 2005 |
2,048,485 | 2,037,598 | 587,118 |
Nov 2005 |
2,188,474 | 2,056,078 | 596,469 |
Dec 2005 |
2,057,469 | 2,108,942 | 548,811 |
Jan 2006 |
2,049,821 | 2,158,799 | 610,646 |
Feb 2006 |
2,207,278 | 2,176,921 | 541,675 |
Mar 2006 |
2,142,508 | 2,152,155 | 584,338 |
Apr 2006 |
2,105,929 | 2,146,758 | 576,349 |
May 2006 |
2,194,944 | 2,270,654 | 622,923 |
Jun 2006 |
2,139,241 | 2,169,103 | 588,310 |
Jul 2006 |
2,182,001 | 2,130,536 | 622,411 |
Aug 2006 |
2,091,643 | 2,119,361 | 600,184 |
Sep 2006 |
2,035,629 | 2,022,182 | 601,521 |
Oct 2006 |
2,067,006 | 2,183,813 | 617,686 |
Nov 2006 |
2,145,395 | 2,226,746 | 592,361 |
Dec 2006 |
2,117,618 | 2,144,364 | 584,312 |
Jan 2007 |
2,092,326 | 2,018,731 | 623,135 |
Feb 2007 |
2,060,068 | 2,105,853 | 634,962 |
Mar 2007 |
2,106,426 | 2,191,073 | 583,649 |
Apr 2007 |
1,976,309 | 2,158,974 | 562,912 |
May 2007 |
2,139,666 | 2,161,510 | 608,704 |
Jun 2007 |
2,053,388 | 2,105,760 | 591,469 |
Jul 2007 |
2,007,099 | 2,113,495 | 559,577 |
Aug 2007 |
2,016,302 | 2,084,323 | 579,506 |
Sep 2007 |
2,114,964 | 2,009,614 | 596,778 |
Oct 2007 |
2,053,789 | 2,157,058 | 590,885 |
Nov 2007 |
2,011,510 | 2,099,701 | 572,449 |
Dec 2007 |
2,027,449 | 2,018,549 | 534,551 |
Jan 2008 |
1,939,581 | 2,001,344 | 494,260 |
Feb 2008 |
1,948,168 | 2,010,573 | 552,146 |
Mar 2008 |
1,905,162 | 1,920,897 | 521,450 |
Apr 2008 |
1,931,434 | 1,943,446 | 623,396 |
May 2008 |
1,871,460 | 1,833,613 | 545,057 |
Jun 2008 |
1,992,297 | 1,854,226 | 547,519 |
Jul 2008 |
1,821,702 | 1,814,313 | 492,082 |
Aug 2008 |
1,887,143 | 1,767,234 | 529,457 |
Sep 2008 |
1,692,694 | 1,766,555 | 479,875 |
Oct 2008 |
1,861,247 | 1,718,513 | 469,657 |
Nov 2008 |
1,700,259 | 1,449,220 | 454,770 |
Dec 2008 |
1,807,740 | 1,595,002 | 478,103 |
Jan 2009 |
1,880,695 | 1,463,078 | 424,412 |
Feb 2009 |
1,810,074 | 1,475,510 | 425,560 |
Mar 2009 |
1,706,939 | 1,324,978 | 396,499 |
Apr 2009 |
1,788,312 | 1,249,967 | 362,922 |
May 2009 |
1,697,699 | 1,359,260 | 374,187 |
Jun 2009 |
1,636,467 | 1,250,167 | 382,572 |
Jul 2009 |
1,836,813 | 1,264,410 | 382,640 |
Aug 2009 |
1,655,595 | 1,407,246 | 343,413 |
Sep 2009 |
1,733,961 | 1,419,034 | 405,848 |
Oct 2009 |
1,775,674 | 1,305,119 | 328,695 |
Nov 2009 |
1,642,386 | 1,518,608 | 409,116 |
Dec 2009 |
1,724,863 | 1,441,010 | 411,178 |
Jan 2010 |
1,734,277 | 1,458,517 | 352,714 |
Feb 2010 |
1,712,777 | 1,360,875 | 381,919 |
Mar 2010 |
1,733,718 | 1,576,085 | 433,887 |
Apr 2010 |
1,782,304 | 1,495,732 | 411,879 |
May 2010 |
1,627,339 | 1,518,015 | 412,391 |
Jun 2010 |
1,670,869 | 1,560,250 | 430,981 |
Jul 2010 |
1,759,109 | 1,629,755 | 439,367 |
Aug 2010 |
1,658,489 | 1,541,403 | 415,795 |
Sep 2010 |
1,665,895 | 1,534,082 | 472,614 |
Oct 2010 |
1,689,481 | 1,527,906 | 458,895 |
Nov 2010 |
1,685,912 | 1,611,197 | 457,098 |
Dec 2010 |
1,732,813 | 1,564,888 | 476,444 |
Jan 2011 |
1,637,808 | 1,600,522 | 489,215 |
Feb 2011 |
1,791,669 | 1,612,850 | 484,214 |
Mar 2011 |
1,780,064 | 1,702,802 | 517,022 |
Apr 2011 |
1,662,744 | 1,721,148 | 509,224 |
May 2011 |
1,755,841 | 1,572,914 | 511,841 |
Jun 2011 |
1,822,003 | 1,652,941 | 498,411 |
Jul 2011 |
1,755,744 | 1,580,838 | 522,174 |
Aug 2011 |
1,758,569 | 1,629,368 | 485,226 |
Sep 2011 |
1,810,861 | 1,680,623 | 498,438 |
Oct 2011 |
1,731,421 | 1,701,384 | 523,742 |
Nov 2011 |
1,796,612 | 1,624,026 | 535,799 |
Dec 2011 |
1,759,025 | 1,618,976 | 521,485 |
Jan 2012 |
1,823,742 | 1,729,690 | 502,624 |
Feb 2012 |
1,824,255 | 1,716,663 | 593,371 |
Mar 2012 |
1,793,619 | 1,740,639 | 553,202 |
Apr 2012 |
1,766,018 | 1,638,393 | 541,225 |
May 2012 |
1,813,879 | 1,761,802 | 556,584 |
Jun 2012 |
1,806,614 | 1,710,606 | 581,398 |
Jul 2012 |
1,796,176 | 1,638,463 | 553,075 |
Aug 2012 |
1,836,216 | 1,718,855 | 545,091 |
Sep 2012 |
1,779,924 | 1,692,302 | 511,877 |
Oct 2012 |
1,771,054 | 1,640,317 | 558,645 |
Nov 2012 |
1,861,826 | 1,741,984 | 534,290 |
Dec 2012 |
1,806,765 | 1,687,114 | 530,824 |
Jan 2013 |
1,843,762 | 1,683,481 | 604,386 |
Feb 2013 |
1,927,700 | 1,735,308 | 591,511 |
Mar 2013 |
1,786,162 | 1,635,262 | 536,559 |
Apr 2013 |
1,822,669 | 1,732,088 | 603,868 |
May 2013 |
1,891,126 | 1,727,029 | 571,883 |
Jun 2013 |
1,819,590 | 1,658,014 | 645,187 |
Jul 2013 |
1,769,285 | 1,701,165 | 675,980 |
Aug 2013 |
1,889,429 | 1,876,116 | 648,030 |
Sep 2013 |
1,971,723 | 1,731,128 | 659,470 |
Oct 2013 |
1,730,961 | 1,731,990 | 628,021 |
Nov 2013 |
1,780,485 | 1,822,468 | 647,509 |
Dec 2013 |
1,822,606 | 1,780,609 | 570,907 |
Jan 2014 |
1,752,799 | 1,921,202 | 630,793 |
Feb 2014 |
1,737,133 | 1,914,375 | 622,731 |
Mar 2014 |
1,817,690 | 1,894,990 | 662,150 |
Apr 2014 |
1,810,775 | 1,956,694 | 628,083 |
May 2014 |
1,792,082 | 1,996,547 | 636,410 |
Jun 2014 |
1,791,980 | 2,055,139 | 615,009 |
Jul 2014 |
1,917,151 | 2,110,931 | 607,037 |
Aug 2014 |
1,896,665 | 1,975,390 | 656,108 |
Sep 2014 |
1,950,686 | 2,073,677 | 665,639 |
Oct 2014 |
1,964,184 | 2,139,670 | 670,147 |
Nov 2014 |
2,042,771 | 2,052,964 | 637,728 |
Dec 2014 |
2,026,412 | 2,054,202 | 665,623 |
Jan 2015 |
2,015,035 | 2,090,718 | 644,104 |
Feb 2015 |
1,977,897 | 2,039,588 | 606,300 |
Mar 2015 |
2,012,173 | 2,062,328 | 644,957 |
Apr 2015 |
2,005,897 | 2,082,720 | 677,084 |
May 2015 |
2,020,007 | 2,067,706 | 643,105 |
Jun 2015 |
2,061,378 | 2,039,186 | 655,632 |
Jul 2015 |
2,019,912 | 2,089,116 | 623,567 |
Aug 2015 |
2,082,924 | 2,057,227 | 642,103 |
Sep 2015 |
2,059,721 | 2,063,939 | 654,699 |
Oct 2015 |
2,157,905 | 2,065,851 | 724,621 |
Nov 2015 |
2,168,405 | 2,042,819 | 722,570 |
Dec 2015 |
2,212,873 | 2,138,561 | 725,791 |
Jan 2016 |
2,089,668 | 2,002,760 | 703,492 |
Feb 2016 |
2,189,332 | 2,155,879 | 716,039 |
Mar 2016 |
2,070,162 | 2,089,864 | 720,698 |
Apr 2016 |
2,105,740 | 2,065,897 | 694,781 |
May 2016 |
2,075,311 | 2,044,572 | 737,250 |
Jun 2016 |
2,086,440 | 2,058,001 | 739,749 |
Jul 2016 |
2,142,027 | 2,009,165 | 725,494 |
Aug 2016 |
2,038,726 | 2,109,399 | 736,072 |
Sep 2016 |
1,955,213 | 2,061,278 | 735,318 |
Oct 2016 |
2,072,297 | 2,055,614 | 739,312 |
Nov 2016 |
2,046,353 | 2,076,925 | 691,448 |
Dec 2016 |
2,088,738 | 2,053,017 | 701,271 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |