Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Retail Trade Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 686,853 701,533 683,486 1 year _ _ _ _ 688,731 683,655 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 667,412 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 12,778,204 12,551,251 12,679,203 12,338,652 12,094,472 11,690,306 Total 12,778,204 12,551,251 12,679,203 13,025,505 13,484,736 13,724,859 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 708,039 667,945 683,581 740,726 643,238 629,586 1 year 668,541 691,482 665,748 686,040 733,012 612,545 2 years 662,598 651,643 681,794 663,786 657,543 684,216 3 years 654,147 641,348 636,990 663,052 636,874 618,360 4 years _ 635,853 628,930 620,848 630,629 598,528 5 years _ _ 618,393 613,411 591,730 585,386 6 years _ _ _ 602,342 587,027 551,136 7 years _ _ _ _ 584,698 548,278 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 549,064 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 11,341,348 10,948,049 10,668,561 10,360,896 9,961,033 9,395,037 Total 14,034,673 14,236,320 14,583,997 14,951,101 15,025,784 14,772,136 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 586,228 552,288 571,657 547,535 556,561 505,777 1 year 607,394 586,478 547,278 580,444 552,502 541,695 2 years 588,130 604,790 576,644 539,299 567,491 529,849 3 years 648,991 579,405 596,278 566,826 531,255 547,343 4 years 585,622 633,803 570,842 586,012 558,004 509,527 5 years 564,308 569,499 613,795 559,700 575,894 536,895 6 years 552,956 548,791 555,648 608,610 551,109 555,139 7 years 520,937 537,600 534,847 540,112 593,877 533,242 8 years 520,090 506,573 512,183 525,124 527,577 570,169 9 years 517,582 502,124 494,137 499,545 511,037 507,462 10 years _ 497,878 491,407 484,404 490,781 493,842 11 years _ _ 486,325 480,708 470,778 472,990 12 years _ _ _ 469,090 468,570 453,064 13 years _ _ _ _ 457,891 451,360 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 446,327 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 8,916,813 8,617,902 8,368,028 8,132,578 7,856,141 7,584,392 Total 14,609,051 14,737,131 14,919,069 15,119,987 15,269,468 15,239,073 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 406,824 330,540 335,268 361,298 377,188 369,559 1 year 463,513 392,112 328,736 340,504 357,605 382,868 2 years 496,701 448,105 392,057 327,196 335,561 354,664 3 years 483,559 478,281 444,527 389,429 321,977 333,294 4 years 499,330 466,181 470,357 444,357 384,203 321,183 5 years 467,735 482,193 463,554 464,240 436,123 380,477 6 years 494,238 449,783 477,655 461,198 458,996 433,722 7 years 511,191 480,162 443,083 472,943 452,790 460,759 8 years 492,607 497,347 473,978 438,935 462,495 455,907 9 years 527,000 476,307 488,293 471,783 430,738 461,367 10 years 463,587 510,262 470,908 481,600 463,303 427,392 11 years 454,895 449,169 507,974 461,655 473,270 460,010 12 years 432,518 439,714 441,509 508,332 457,852 468,815 13 years 416,161 417,316 435,723 442,227 501,151 450,406 14 years 413,955 402,118 411,041 433,300 433,214 503,763 15 years 413,200 400,323 396,073 406,757 425,164 431,272 16 years _ 397,846 395,288 392,965 401,703 420,347 17 years _ _ 390,034 392,221 385,828 396,547 18 years _ _ _ 387,427 388,358 381,407 19 years _ _ _ _ 378,365 384,851 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 373,393 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 6,950,840 6,667,105 6,556,251 6,481,207 6,352,782 6,313,090 Total 14,387,854 14,184,864 14,322,309 14,559,574 14,678,666 14,965,093 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 396,481 382,926 366,663 351,934 336,468 306,529 1 year 389,713 419,796 403,845 378,589 345,987 337,420 2 years 389,216 391,712 421,945 401,798 370,055 336,136 3 years 353,456 385,094 384,487 413,042 386,171 365,596 4 years 332,882 348,963 375,589 377,955 393,355 371,082 5 years 318,874 329,384 343,264 365,499 363,559 378,814 6 years 379,117 314,966 320,982 327,893 356,630 349,890 7 years 433,449 378,019 306,265 314,811 318,528 344,533 8 years 454,076 432,899 369,363 299,381 307,180 304,428 9 years 454,632 448,409 421,488 359,678 289,479 297,354 10 years 455,632 454,091 439,868 415,914 345,387 277,394 11 years 420,886 454,713 446,139 434,026 401,892 334,790 12 years 455,844 420,248 442,577 431,560 424,276 391,101 13 years 465,132 452,827 412,269 437,940 419,075 414,526 14 years 447,569 461,377 445,387 407,237 423,947 409,425 15 years 505,927 444,143 451,248 440,257 395,279 409,533 16 years 428,749 505,901 436,291 442,425 427,630 384,828 17 years 418,703 423,176 505,263 430,530 428,618 418,069 18 years 389,097 414,061 417,026 503,744 417,716 415,267 19 years 377,006 380,123 402,827 409,641 490,682 404,051 20 years 376,777 370,692 368,967 396,025 392,175 487,190 21 years 368,936 370,629 358,349 359,369 384,533 378,597 22 years _ 363,480 357,420 348,933 344,950 371,867 23 years _ _ 358,192 348,451 334,544 333,663 24 years _ _ _ 348,201 337,459 323,759 25 years _ _ _ _ 331,876 324,584 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 326,305 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 6,250,531 6,170,090 6,013,071 5,833,621 5,628,868 5,459,436 Total 15,262,685 15,517,719 15,568,785 15,578,454 15,396,319 15,256,167 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 Less than one year 287,367 322,966 320,708 1 year 313,384 303,596 330,780 2 years 340,242 323,290 301,054 3 years 332,613 345,477 312,827 4 years 365,681 335,179 334,639 5 years 363,145 367,893 325,723 6 years 370,156 361,458 353,229 7 years 339,912 364,256 351,004 8 years 336,951 337,890 350,330 9 years 290,673 338,510 329,260 10 years 284,927 284,703 323,329 11 years 266,658 286,429 279,808 12 years 317,827 268,922 280,558 13 years 380,507 320,407 261,570 14 years 402,942 381,655 312,539 15 years 396,464 403,755 371,836 16 years 399,596 398,869 396,731 17 years 374,372 400,099 385,805 18 years 407,937 375,753 390,088 19 years 400,203 405,836 366,651 20 years 393,884 397,811 394,096 21 years 481,184 392,337 389,446 22 years 366,534 484,161 381,872 23 years 363,310 364,883 409,342 24 years 319,065 358,723 357,030 25 years 305,408 317,322 350,817 26 years 311,925 307,765 310,370 27 years 320,493 309,831 301,058 28 years _ 320,123 302,454 29 years _ _ 305,538 Born before March 1993 5,228,340 5,202,252 5,139,246 Total 15,061,700 15,382,151 15,319,738 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.