Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Construction Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 297,784 322,918 321,829 317,475 304,242 320,633 1 year _ 276,247 294,376 295,665 288,636 306,985 2 years _ _ 258,504 281,504 276,465 289,542 3 years _ _ _ 251,989 270,247 272,384 4 years _ _ _ _ 247,397 272,427 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 252,006 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 4,229,680 4,233,653 4,159,748 4,177,663 4,149,869 4,252,655 Total 4,527,464 4,832,818 5,034,457 5,324,296 5,536,856 5,966,632 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 316,301 303,972 301,530 299,895 295,246 324,681 1 year 315,138 297,675 287,368 276,287 296,130 298,097 2 years 301,835 287,101 270,893 258,536 261,299 288,734 3 years 285,442 281,228 261,621 253,703 248,413 258,571 4 years 270,594 269,184 253,979 237,488 246,495 265,287 5 years 272,050 261,583 247,717 234,637 233,513 243,139 6 years 256,217 263,065 243,504 225,265 228,017 229,835 7 years _ 246,431 247,259 227,758 220,219 225,294 8 years _ _ 231,271 226,350 222,689 219,506 9 years _ _ _ 216,837 223,342 218,362 10 years _ _ _ _ 219,342 220,088 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 214,835 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,329,633 4,251,577 4,030,349 3,821,586 3,799,092 3,772,537 Total 6,347,210 6,461,816 6,375,491 6,278,342 6,493,797 6,778,966 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 350,565 305,449 265,275 194,671 161,868 165,916 1 year 343,653 328,947 272,199 199,925 150,939 153,379 2 years 303,376 321,349 281,283 207,709 157,471 138,888 3 years 293,574 282,975 277,492 212,296 169,823 142,951 4 years 260,095 279,140 250,244 208,623 170,254 161,507 5 years 266,734 250,219 254,838 195,450 177,204 161,163 6 years 250,251 253,664 224,958 203,208 163,284 169,340 7 years 236,247 234,359 227,563 177,427 166,539 157,232 8 years 233,242 223,373 213,098 180,176 150,629 157,165 9 years 226,711 220,551 198,169 171,409 152,136 145,614 10 years 221,907 215,468 202,947 157,883 143,599 143,943 11 years 223,361 209,625 195,756 164,246 134,304 137,468 12 years 225,084 214,729 192,059 155,283 141,684 127,647 13 years _ 212,846 196,701 157,247 131,881 136,902 14 years _ _ 194,011 158,463 132,440 127,059 15 years _ _ _ 156,071 134,393 126,687 16 years _ _ _ _ 131,004 127,852 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 125,524 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,850,729 3,746,835 3,542,500 3,027,305 2,618,613 2,528,829 Total 7,285,529 7,299,529 6,989,093 5,927,392 5,188,065 5,135,066 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 178,681 1 year 162,512 2 years 146,584 3 years 137,703 4 years 141,023 5 years 155,784 6 years 158,585 7 years 167,722 8 years 155,194 9 years 157,978 10 years 140,547 11 years 142,122 12 years 136,126 13 years 128,659 14 years 136,858 15 years 124,105 16 years 128,618 17 years 128,697 18 years 124,169 Born before March 1993 2,525,448 Total 5,277,115 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.