Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Administrative and Waste Services Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 346,946 388,321 414,807 1 year _ _ _ _ 371,464 428,093 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 375,218 3 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,324,189 4,387,092 4,718,538 4,885,238 4,952,626 4,777,987 Total 4,324,189 4,387,092 4,718,538 5,232,184 5,712,411 5,996,105 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 500,015 491,132 509,896 447,869 443,384 429,013 1 year 455,144 568,842 533,438 539,957 455,407 401,152 2 years 438,938 466,882 587,898 563,777 502,751 416,553 3 years 381,331 451,089 487,171 603,278 519,534 445,650 4 years _ 374,480 481,082 499,440 546,941 459,116 5 years _ _ 362,119 489,868 464,118 475,143 6 years _ _ _ 350,907 457,506 403,548 7 years _ _ _ _ 326,106 384,846 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 302,684 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,702,671 4,579,745 4,408,670 4,325,341 4,014,304 3,645,415 Total 6,478,099 6,932,170 7,370,274 7,820,437 7,730,051 7,363,120 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 392,234 338,271 314,989 305,852 274,016 266,516 1 year 411,241 392,264 356,930 339,799 318,080 281,032 2 years 420,156 407,012 399,980 362,775 340,712 298,780 3 years 423,682 442,364 429,104 378,184 353,168 320,951 4 years 417,909 396,272 409,773 449,601 379,803 333,912 5 years 407,476 389,156 385,290 409,398 412,349 348,662 6 years 412,606 391,362 376,121 394,297 378,711 370,112 7 years 379,309 399,040 379,652 370,395 384,926 330,224 8 years 354,317 364,052 408,939 363,660 355,426 363,139 9 years 290,891 348,454 359,006 411,558 356,958 334,094 10 years _ 278,122 327,156 361,803 402,136 330,823 11 years _ _ 271,037 333,376 357,558 379,495 12 years _ _ _ 249,981 307,451 334,351 13 years _ _ _ _ 255,714 292,471 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 244,703 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,444,593 3,384,169 3,429,787 3,423,444 3,377,129 3,224,921 Total 7,354,414 7,530,538 7,847,764 8,154,123 8,254,137 8,054,186 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 215,246 207,258 218,350 225,817 232,963 226,800 1 year 244,925 210,173 226,236 231,807 235,392 248,775 2 years 243,767 233,198 216,994 229,256 234,856 244,305 3 years 251,766 233,859 236,490 225,371 231,151 241,800 4 years 273,083 237,263 238,720 241,831 217,657 228,463 5 years 283,911 261,284 244,859 241,152 238,736 217,975 6 years 296,153 273,689 269,555 242,418 239,415 233,966 7 years 315,557 281,857 277,816 264,519 238,984 232,261 8 years 269,522 293,985 286,192 273,199 255,973 236,694 9 years 305,421 263,139 302,326 286,252 268,452 253,309 10 years 280,956 300,642 273,735 302,044 283,374 270,546 11 years 280,652 270,738 299,533 270,456 301,486 285,296 12 years 306,896 266,619 274,020 296,657 262,554 291,147 13 years 258,302 293,239 270,266 268,369 290,317 259,233 14 years 235,531 257,575 300,457 269,232 264,743 297,166 15 years 208,029 225,547 273,504 297,160 270,876 266,696 16 years _ 208,573 231,983 272,958 300,015 266,423 17 years _ _ 217,354 235,149 277,762 300,335 18 years _ _ _ 216,189 237,051 268,580 19 years _ _ _ _ 219,012 231,566 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 221,662 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,775,891 2,733,830 2,811,954 2,848,067 2,888,820 2,894,296 Total 7,045,608 7,052,468 7,470,344 7,737,903 7,989,589 8,217,294 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 233,903 257,620 229,854 231,041 230,852 230,608 1 year 241,479 258,560 276,925 248,885 244,542 239,565 2 years 266,399 252,588 265,985 287,943 247,605 248,801 3 years 251,094 265,749 251,203 267,712 292,279 242,385 4 years 242,743 252,811 257,770 256,256 264,259 290,956 5 years 227,216 243,277 249,358 264,311 262,251 251,157 6 years 217,899 223,996 237,027 250,505 245,520 254,959 7 years 227,881 217,690 223,778 231,043 244,074 240,012 8 years 235,069 225,694 214,809 218,553 228,109 240,018 9 years 240,281 233,490 220,947 213,760 218,317 216,475 10 years 255,494 236,212 233,831 217,276 206,565 208,776 11 years 266,490 250,123 226,884 230,176 211,571 198,482 12 years 279,820 253,593 246,133 225,179 225,956 197,594 13 years 286,982 282,075 251,028 238,667 219,921 224,621 14 years 258,515 278,695 273,605 252,796 233,222 207,667 15 years 296,483 251,139 273,337 264,612 253,887 225,454 16 years 262,734 290,347 244,976 269,715 258,462 232,229 17 years 263,210 252,356 289,558 241,209 259,754 247,706 18 years 293,121 255,726 248,403 287,643 235,213 243,805 19 years 275,413 289,279 251,677 242,861 281,720 227,184 20 years 227,895 272,503 278,685 246,230 233,403 267,084 21 years 217,327 229,407 266,015 273,562 239,483 221,723 22 years _ 214,562 222,116 263,230 256,337 228,995 23 years _ _ 215,842 222,488 263,557 242,697 24 years _ _ _ 215,666 218,488 253,027 25 years _ _ _ _ 208,081 211,122 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 199,358 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,897,025 2,867,019 2,840,418 2,817,756 2,751,083 2,635,464 Total 8,464,473 8,654,511 8,790,164 8,979,075 9,034,511 8,927,924 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 Less than one year 255,192 298,646 269,904 1 year 248,245 287,188 308,753 2 years 248,578 288,487 291,028 3 years 252,757 276,923 277,995 4 years 239,458 276,203 269,702 5 years 280,388 262,897 265,015 6 years 240,853 296,478 255,627 7 years 246,295 260,541 287,446 8 years 225,766 267,866 248,997 9 years 224,963 245,511 262,708 10 years 207,604 231,073 232,675 11 years 197,740 222,926 220,761 12 years 186,780 213,525 212,430 13 years 195,132 188,103 203,660 14 years 222,664 196,992 181,944 15 years 202,397 227,988 189,329 16 years 212,032 213,329 213,652 17 years 223,614 220,368 202,988 18 years 235,913 235,703 206,609 19 years 233,352 239,434 223,691 20 years 204,007 237,818 227,294 21 years 257,766 206,921 224,638 22 years 205,257 256,399 200,774 23 years 209,377 204,172 245,374 24 years 215,803 210,440 197,919 25 years 224,958 217,174 200,655 26 years 198,284 232,449 204,898 27 years 188,166 192,720 226,347 28 years _ 190,253 183,690 29 years _ _ 180,969 Born before March 1993 2,443,422 2,443,428 2,336,724 Total 8,726,763 9,341,955 9,254,196 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.