Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Washington Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 66,336 77,089 83,057 88,433 91,681 87,270 1 year _ 66,371 78,147 84,603 91,442 92,270 2 years _ _ 65,638 80,109 83,660 91,171 3 years _ _ _ 66,484 82,789 82,957 4 years _ _ _ _ 65,638 83,222 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 64,586 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 1,728,493 1,706,004 1,642,922 1,641,755 1,632,070 1,589,093 Total 1,794,829 1,849,464 1,869,764 1,961,384 2,047,280 2,090,569 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 89,618 76,186 70,967 65,805 61,782 56,221 1 year 91,226 85,893 68,191 68,632 64,876 62,125 2 years 94,701 86,634 83,157 66,446 70,283 65,888 3 years 91,618 90,751 76,477 80,984 67,224 72,647 4 years 80,245 82,813 81,909 74,688 79,935 69,641 5 years 84,205 75,902 73,676 79,333 74,086 81,560 6 years 63,787 78,337 70,071 70,416 77,111 74,184 7 years _ 62,099 69,651 67,338 69,986 77,350 8 years _ _ 55,955 66,472 66,549 70,662 9 years _ _ _ 54,057 66,104 67,366 10 years _ _ _ _ 53,057 66,839 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 53,873 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,552,090 1,513,294 1,402,818 1,360,161 1,338,186 1,337,852 Total 2,147,490 2,151,909 2,052,872 2,054,332 2,089,179 2,156,208 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 60,417 62,649 62,823 49,621 41,634 44,901 1 year 57,974 62,186 62,046 55,122 47,135 41,901 2 years 63,134 59,267 61,265 55,200 51,317 48,010 3 years 67,003 65,611 57,513 55,076 51,164 52,011 4 years 72,722 67,077 64,398 51,381 51,418 50,812 5 years 71,236 73,734 65,429 58,638 48,762 51,151 6 years 82,222 71,741 73,620 58,789 54,747 48,775 7 years 73,632 83,645 68,057 68,549 55,715 53,306 8 years 78,482 75,098 82,282 60,624 62,874 55,987 9 years 71,153 80,199 73,536 77,299 56,824 62,052 10 years 68,028 70,471 80,102 65,505 73,938 57,246 11 years 68,051 67,355 68,795 74,392 61,949 74,469 12 years 54,004 65,065 66,215 61,968 69,298 60,533 13 years _ 54,210 66,125 60,327 59,688 69,505 14 years _ _ 53,039 61,492 58,109 58,530 15 years _ _ _ 49,224 58,542 58,325 16 years _ _ _ _ 46,252 57,148 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 44,507 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,349,210 1,362,330 1,363,106 1,278,097 1,219,457 1,214,468 Total 2,237,268 2,320,638 2,368,351 2,241,304 2,168,823 2,203,637 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 46,209 1 year 45,745 2 years 43,323 3 years 48,440 4 years 52,817 5 years 51,465 6 years 51,514 7 years 48,616 8 years 53,476 9 years 55,423 10 years 62,037 11 years 56,886 12 years 76,090 13 years 61,099 14 years 69,674 15 years 58,160 16 years 59,030 17 years 56,031 18 years 43,981 Born before March 1993 1,217,645 Total 2,257,661 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.