Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Manufacturing Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 372,217 395,791 375,997 1 year _ _ _ _ 389,923 409,809 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 375,584 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 16,898,873 16,658,307 16,619,824 16,327,236 16,395,693 15,955,660 Total 16,898,873 16,658,307 16,619,824 16,699,453 17,181,407 17,117,050 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 377,111 472,610 342,360 341,728 259,674 219,856 1 year 392,136 406,648 468,125 357,046 346,861 249,727 2 years 414,092 398,495 384,705 466,241 346,205 301,732 3 years 374,477 415,062 387,815 382,265 442,971 317,965 4 years _ 372,044 399,141 386,181 372,196 390,444 5 years _ _ 361,230 392,242 377,013 331,537 6 years _ _ _ 371,642 375,593 334,964 7 years _ _ _ _ 338,176 338,179 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 299,843 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 15,713,220 15,535,865 14,984,966 14,616,228 13,957,259 12,558,268 Total 17,271,036 17,600,724 17,328,342 17,313,573 16,815,948 15,342,515 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 204,842 178,246 155,539 138,494 130,936 121,000 1 year 213,970 210,525 191,357 177,504 154,183 137,641 2 years 240,051 211,257 215,887 199,923 181,984 151,453 3 years 276,642 226,311 210,956 219,922 196,799 176,527 4 years 294,418 266,278 232,395 212,910 216,201 189,173 5 years 364,912 282,777 263,490 234,567 210,140 210,265 6 years 311,641 351,834 277,059 262,686 232,199 203,195 7 years 312,120 306,514 353,764 276,975 260,374 227,760 8 years 316,902 306,681 304,925 350,648 271,702 250,188 9 years 280,687 306,181 304,818 307,885 347,366 263,517 10 years _ 272,630 299,316 304,392 301,130 330,882 11 years _ _ 269,082 297,578 299,408 294,519 12 years _ _ _ 267,209 290,097 290,970 13 years _ _ _ _ 262,766 283,432 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 252,073 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 11,798,689 11,262,279 11,083,212 10,860,399 10,511,184 10,161,181 Total 14,614,874 14,181,513 14,161,800 14,111,092 13,866,469 13,543,776 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 91,159 81,649 84,699 90,032 88,212 92,960 1 year 114,596 87,405 92,630 94,314 101,486 101,150 2 years 121,874 108,918 93,623 97,766 100,113 108,124 3 years 131,119 111,336 113,057 97,982 98,565 102,703 4 years 153,813 118,898 115,547 122,405 99,064 99,921 5 years 164,107 142,945 120,924 119,817 122,837 101,188 6 years 182,987 152,924 145,701 126,472 122,962 124,303 7 years 175,090 169,879 156,034 152,387 126,991 126,816 8 years 199,036 160,554 172,137 162,349 156,870 130,784 9 years 216,687 184,852 165,760 175,951 165,177 161,317 10 years 235,036 202,922 188,257 171,526 176,871 167,025 11 years 290,388 218,553 207,542 191,337 172,519 178,372 12 years 253,401 269,490 222,568 210,837 195,591 173,583 13 years 255,503 234,813 276,175 223,824 212,207 196,634 14 years 253,062 239,264 236,464 279,762 223,605 213,351 15 years 223,083 237,110 241,962 242,568 275,771 222,422 16 years _ 208,190 241,025 245,010 244,991 276,086 17 years _ _ 210,128 243,272 244,563 250,156 18 years _ _ _ 213,752 244,233 245,023 19 years _ _ _ _ 213,984 238,067 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 215,620 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 9,047,861 8,422,871 8,489,132 8,539,636 8,538,766 8,509,655 Total 12,108,802 11,352,573 11,573,365 11,800,999 11,925,378 12,035,260 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 88,869 92,656 90,204 96,591 95,518 91,899 1 year 105,657 106,648 107,198 112,361 112,622 107,895 2 years 110,987 115,163 118,717 117,351 121,296 118,362 3 years 113,884 116,194 119,797 128,023 125,324 121,282 4 years 108,906 118,174 121,286 125,115 134,203 126,068 5 years 103,108 109,626 120,095 126,822 127,619 133,383 6 years 106,737 103,969 112,655 122,340 132,656 128,327 7 years 126,796 107,533 105,968 115,648 125,173 130,065 8 years 132,140 125,810 111,435 108,469 118,432 122,411 9 years 136,077 131,298 125,832 114,421 108,554 117,521 10 years 171,544 136,253 132,740 130,012 114,621 107,046 11 years 170,459 170,508 136,554 135,916 132,433 114,199 12 years 184,577 172,578 174,799 139,673 137,688 131,548 13 years 175,357 184,215 172,971 178,735 141,072 137,326 14 years 198,860 174,812 189,288 175,222 179,311 139,057 15 years 217,284 198,410 174,706 190,884 175,432 175,793 16 years 225,338 215,060 200,602 177,146 192,830 172,019 17 years 277,861 224,983 217,590 202,259 176,157 188,502 18 years 252,396 277,687 224,236 216,652 203,563 176,345 19 years 248,963 252,447 274,280 226,513 215,908 202,303 20 years 242,556 247,319 251,147 274,660 228,463 211,971 21 years 217,439 242,572 248,939 250,783 276,456 225,412 22 years _ 215,300 239,182 249,410 254,118 273,298 23 years _ _ 213,059 241,805 246,919 249,640 24 years _ _ _ 217,038 240,809 239,706 25 years _ _ _ _ 220,030 235,951 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 218,612 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 8,511,308 8,411,975 8,324,647 8,365,619 8,415,044 8,246,709 Total 12,227,103 12,251,190 12,307,927 12,539,468 12,752,251 12,642,650 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 March 2024 Less than one year 100,748 118,492 118,010 111,786 1 year 105,126 121,142 132,924 128,597 2 years 113,918 122,892 128,514 136,236 3 years 122,221 128,828 128,120 122,977 4 years 121,502 134,748 131,016 125,539 5 years 125,279 129,492 133,076 129,593 6 years 129,963 140,071 131,824 130,799 7 years 126,009 139,993 141,820 131,107 8 years 128,988 135,120 140,147 140,841 9 years 116,848 137,273 135,047 139,692 10 years 110,194 122,913 140,125 134,584 11 years 101,961 115,261 124,342 137,597 12 years 111,068 106,185 117,465 121,172 13 years 125,366 116,728 107,778 115,490 14 years 135,649 128,746 115,464 106,495 15 years 133,447 141,620 130,798 116,089 16 years 175,684 138,866 142,415 131,895 17 years 165,306 185,261 141,416 142,492 18 years 183,424 174,684 190,372 138,941 19 years 167,413 189,557 176,605 187,660 20 years 195,135 173,946 191,180 175,425 21 years 203,105 194,320 172,623 189,219 22 years 217,911 211,978 196,467 167,813 23 years 259,579 221,398 212,665 193,590 24 years 237,759 260,276 221,355 207,772 25 years 227,459 242,742 260,721 221,321 26 years 225,434 228,804 240,580 255,651 27 years 205,933 228,325 226,571 237,639 28 years _ 211,001 224,784 224,809 29 years _ _ 211,916 221,947 30 years _ _ _ 208,132 Born before March 1993 7,823,470 7,944,498 7,983,428 7,814,824 Total 12,195,899 12,645,160 12,849,568 12,747,724 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.