Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Montana Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 10,311 12,415 12,293 11,251 16,480 11,254 1 year _ 9,855 11,321 11,254 10,475 17,160 2 years _ _ 9,016 10,431 11,164 10,505 3 years _ _ _ 9,123 10,541 11,377 4 years _ _ _ _ 8,735 10,350 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 8,228 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 232,924 234,038 231,267 224,909 219,592 216,214 Total 243,235 256,308 263,897 266,968 276,987 285,088 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 9,798 11,656 10,712 10,589 11,778 11,058 1 year 11,404 9,588 10,518 10,375 10,093 12,006 2 years 16,778 11,751 8,642 10,209 10,055 10,393 3 years 10,871 15,846 11,031 8,399 9,375 10,004 4 years 11,157 10,698 15,240 10,761 8,545 9,352 5 years 10,099 11,066 10,305 14,877 10,405 8,579 6 years 8,124 9,687 10,701 10,595 14,847 10,244 7 years _ 7,925 9,048 10,451 10,969 15,201 8 years _ _ 7,737 9,437 10,491 11,080 9 years _ _ _ 7,764 9,383 10,452 10 years _ _ _ _ 7,594 9,558 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 7,506 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 213,659 208,443 203,606 199,141 196,181 196,045 Total 291,890 296,660 297,540 302,598 309,716 321,478 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 11,246 11,461 11,224 8,140 7,502 6,880 1 year 10,750 10,585 11,060 9,469 7,583 7,451 2 years 12,203 10,835 10,189 9,476 8,685 7,446 3 years 10,540 12,253 10,537 9,027 8,673 8,295 4 years 10,123 10,610 11,129 9,143 8,642 8,513 5 years 9,547 10,215 10,228 10,197 8,704 8,219 6 years 9,249 9,307 9,868 9,198 9,627 8,546 7 years 10,075 8,884 8,912 9,155 8,770 9,744 8 years 14,952 10,005 9,212 7,956 8,935 8,579 9 years 11,567 15,018 9,864 8,153 7,411 8,532 10 years 10,453 11,546 14,575 8,534 7,557 7,103 11 years 9,601 10,799 11,092 13,402 8,127 7,750 12 years 7,512 9,595 10,723 10,306 12,939 8,018 13 years _ 7,498 9,457 9,641 9,999 13,270 14 years _ _ 7,390 8,751 9,100 9,655 15 years _ _ _ 6,631 8,356 8,889 16 years _ _ _ _ 6,361 8,335 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 6,141 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 196,221 197,325 193,919 182,641 176,348 174,390 Total 334,039 345,936 349,379 329,820 323,319 325,756 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 7,970 1 year 6,857 2 years 7,022 3 years 7,471 4 years 8,616 5 years 8,638 6 years 8,367 7 years 8,408 8 years 9,419 9 years 8,404 10 years 8,538 11 years 7,255 12 years 8,133 13 years 7,911 14 years 12,661 15 years 9,112 16 years 8,947 17 years 8,944 18 years 6,334 Born before March 1993 175,298 Total 334,305 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.