Figure 4b. Gross job gains, by level of aggregation, 250 or more employees, 1992–2012 (in thousands)
Year and quarter Enterprise level Firm level Establishment level

1992

 

3

1,614 1,650 1,176

4

1,445 1,480 1,053

1993

 

1

1,592 1,592 1,101

2

1,619 1,683 1,117

3

1,722 1,757 1,217

4

1,592 1,627 1,126

1994

 

1

1,777 1,775 1,197

2

1,774 1,826 1,237

3

1,886 1,926 1,263

4

1,663 1,717 1,159

1995

 

1

1,906 1,912 1,308

2

1,701 1,757 1,207

3

1,904 1,949 1,329

4

1,722 1,768 1,250

1996

 

1

2,024 2,036 1,317

2

1,928 2,003 1,379

3

1,930 1,982 1,382

4

1,841 1,907 1,295

1997

 

1

2,147 2,150 1,382

2

1,920 1,990 1,377

3

2,090 2,181 1,524

4

2,019 2,097 1,506

1998

 

1

2,511 2,517 1,589

2

2,066 2,149 1,442

3

2,193 2,264 1,529

4

1,974 2,061 1,410

1999

 

1

2,264 2,336 1,512

2

2,054 2,149 1,410

3

2,066 2,157 1,417

4

2,053 2,141 1,444

2000

 

1

2,260 2,340 1,517

2

1,990 2,100 1,414

3

1,972 2,076 1,364

4

1,971 2,068 1,415

2001

 

1

2,195 2,307 1,507

2

1,688 1,799 1,245

3

1,508 1,641 1,141

4

1,578 1,680 1,124

2002

 

1

1,881 2,057 1,372

2

1,711 1,830 1,230

3

1,609 1,703 1,182

4

1,620 1,705 1,109

2003

 

1

1,641 1,772 1,274

2

1,522 1,614 1,043

3

1,611 1,700 1,087

4

1,656 1,745 1,109

2004

 

1

1,683 1,764 1,214

2

1,798 1,869 1,176

3

1,586 1,682 1,114

4

1,759 1,839 1,151

2005

 

1

1,679 1,788 1,200

2

1,677 1,744 1,128

3

1,880 1,956 1,202

4

1,708 1,800 1,119

2006

 

1

1,630 1,679 1,064

2

1,642 1,722 1,093

3

1,540 1,640 1,043

4

1,750 1,839 1,080

2007

 

1

1,589 1,698 1,094

2

1,636 1,734 1,073

3

1,466 1,568 983

4

1,700 1,798 1,102

2008

 

1

1,367 1,500 956

2

1,481 1,580 1,036

3

1,312 1,434 920

4

1,383 1,488 954

2009

 

1

936 1,054 693

2

1,171 1,264 812

3

1,285 1,382 875

4

1,416 1,507 907

2010

 

1

1,185 1,324 812

2

1,566 1,641 992

3

1,554 1,556 958

4

1,712 1,708 1,015

2011

 

1

1,318 1,399 822

2

1,543 1,610 970

3

1,757 1,758 1,034

4

1,572 1,663 1,023

2012

 

1

1,449 1,586 971

2

1,614 1,710 1,065

3

1,517 1,624 1,030
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.