Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Administrative and Waste Services Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 347,337 389,507 416,082 500,995 493,984 510,692 1 year _ 372,309 428,431 456,498 570,170 536,971 2 years _ _ 376,419 438,983 468,558 589,902 3 years _ _ _ 382,148 451,114 489,238 4 years _ _ _ _ 375,036 480,624 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 362,689 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 4,884,050 4,949,775 4,774,165 4,698,467 4,572,302 4,397,364 Total 5,231,387 5,711,591 5,995,097 6,477,091 6,931,164 7,367,480 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 443,361 423,286 419,925 381,886 330,555 306,566 1 year 540,855 451,337 402,377 411,340 395,230 359,292 2 years 567,297 503,753 418,976 425,410 408,719 406,946 3 years 605,098 522,188 448,658 430,343 444,391 431,977 4 years 501,617 547,657 460,520 421,116 404,927 412,009 5 years 495,272 466,675 475,431 408,908 393,781 392,485 6 years 351,311 462,198 405,059 412,034 393,594 381,013 7 years _ 326,530 389,686 378,682 398,275 384,339 8 years _ _ 303,012 357,115 367,222 407,220 9 years _ _ _ 291,447 352,883 362,131 10 years _ _ _ _ 277,824 331,119 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 270,908 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,306,839 3,995,064 3,623,964 3,418,080 3,348,202 3,387,209 Total 7,811,650 7,698,688 7,347,608 7,336,361 7,515,603 7,833,214 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 298,076 270,329 258,945 212,702 202,707 212,937 1 year 341,233 318,951 284,709 246,872 211,168 226,362 2 years 366,219 343,872 301,411 248,662 239,039 218,513 3 years 389,579 357,538 324,278 256,349 241,724 240,574 4 years 451,750 390,950 337,037 276,025 241,734 243,004 5 years 412,530 415,773 358,288 287,125 265,739 247,198 6 years 399,815 383,767 371,429 302,534 277,676 273,769 7 years 375,269 391,469 334,495 316,587 287,861 280,414 8 years 368,218 360,022 368,963 274,542 295,299 298,617 9 years 410,966 362,470 338,420 311,921 265,742 300,470 10 years 367,275 401,294 338,586 286,904 307,419 275,376 11 years 337,009 362,226 379,485 288,669 274,182 308,170 12 years 249,866 310,219 338,971 307,490 271,752 275,567 13 years _ 254,945 293,532 262,822 293,874 275,361 14 years _ _ 244,580 233,023 259,403 301,549 15 years _ _ _ 207,873 225,950 279,618 16 years _ _ _ _ 208,014 231,728 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 216,215 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,371,022 3,317,485 3,166,954 2,717,354 2,673,276 2,755,742 Total 8,138,827 8,241,310 8,040,083 7,037,454 7,042,559 7,461,184 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 215,522 1 year 234,502 2 years 230,998 3 years 225,962 4 years 246,165 5 years 244,330 6 years 246,458 7 years 269,995 8 years 275,988 9 years 294,683 10 years 299,973 11 years 272,733 12 years 304,168 13 years 267,114 14 years 275,433 15 years 298,866 16 years 280,059 17 years 234,720 18 years 216,194 Born before March 1993 2,787,605 Total 7,721,468 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.