Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Massachusetts Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 92,035 92,954 93,607 100,369 98,453 95,647 1 year _ 96,796 93,111 97,998 97,383 103,112 2 years _ _ 93,216 93,431 97,383 99,618 3 years _ _ _ 94,401 90,502 97,086 4 years _ _ _ _ 93,338 88,283 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 88,215 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,300,980 2,275,673 2,225,611 2,205,614 2,163,173 2,116,350 Total 2,393,015 2,465,423 2,505,545 2,591,813 2,640,232 2,688,311 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 98,800 94,137 76,053 74,845 61,482 68,541 1 year 101,983 105,463 90,755 74,508 75,408 62,005 2 years 108,130 107,306 94,822 83,529 73,967 75,382 3 years 100,673 109,340 98,148 86,719 84,293 74,869 4 years 96,983 99,173 97,595 92,317 84,410 81,375 5 years 90,259 94,148 89,914 89,442 91,239 82,162 6 years 86,286 86,742 85,585 82,812 86,141 87,067 7 years _ 83,834 79,980 82,495 79,392 84,056 8 years _ _ 78,080 73,557 80,592 75,626 9 years _ _ _ 71,843 69,899 78,191 10 years _ _ _ _ 70,127 67,145 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 69,351 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,082,111 2,039,139 1,936,854 1,854,653 1,799,000 1,754,575 Total 2,765,225 2,819,282 2,727,786 2,666,720 2,655,950 2,660,345 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 59,199 57,591 60,778 47,170 51,452 45,815 1 year 69,808 59,885 59,652 57,445 46,357 50,497 2 years 62,474 70,516 58,503 54,520 56,179 46,465 3 years 76,262 60,832 68,711 54,403 51,944 56,873 4 years 74,214 75,561 60,714 63,375 52,231 52,215 5 years 80,727 72,626 73,472 55,807 61,728 51,713 6 years 81,564 80,286 71,927 70,410 55,027 61,653 7 years 87,362 81,740 78,578 67,642 67,735 55,138 8 years 83,717 87,120 81,177 74,136 65,813 66,883 9 years 73,890 82,973 85,274 75,780 72,459 65,407 10 years 77,416 74,022 80,655 80,817 74,228 71,957 11 years 65,266 77,023 72,012 74,024 79,730 74,300 12 years 67,192 62,998 74,992 66,180 71,794 79,377 13 years _ 66,319 62,123 71,288 64,287 70,365 14 years _ _ 65,006 58,226 68,843 64,113 15 years _ _ _ 60,328 56,566 68,024 16 years _ _ _ _ 57,847 56,493 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 57,522 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,733,386 1,715,400 1,698,058 1,617,067 1,568,126 1,564,469 Total 2,692,477 2,724,892 2,751,632 2,648,618 2,622,346 2,659,279 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 54,033 1 year 46,622 2 years 51,271 3 years 47,560 4 years 58,618 5 years 52,011 6 years 51,868 7 years 61,748 8 years 56,244 9 years 66,534 10 years 64,330 11 years 72,392 12 years 74,806 13 years 79,833 14 years 70,697 15 years 64,138 16 years 67,929 17 years 55,466 18 years 57,552 Born before March 1993 1,561,083 Total 2,714,735 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.