Figure 3b. Hires levels of firm-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2017
Month and year Size class 1 (1–49 employees) Size class 2 (49–449 employees) Size class 3 (500+ employees)

Dec 2000

1,302,490 1,460,086 2,253,227

Jan 2001

1,436,095 1,342,260 2,476,090

Feb 2001

1,292,324 1,568,898 2,292,782

Mar 2001

1,361,604 1,555,798 2,408,741

Apr 2001

1,402,639 1,342,110 2,357,675

May 2001

1,352,062 1,384,346 2,350,271

Jun 2001

1,331,169 1,394,392 2,095,863

Jul 2001

1,289,076 1,450,192 2,077,144

Aug 2001

1,308,852 1,332,973 2,035,598

Sep 2001

1,281,811 1,390,857 1,970,704

Oct 2001

1,354,017 1,338,725 2,008,371

Nov 2001

1,330,559 1,253,257 1,922,122

Dec 2001

1,317,255 1,299,796 1,896,612

Jan 2002

1,281,645 1,294,715 2,038,437

Feb 2002

1,318,930 1,314,312 1,978,332

Mar 2002

1,160,472 1,280,578 1,964,617

Apr 2002

1,226,740 1,344,995 2,000,648

May 2002

1,268,915 1,345,141 1,974,800

Jun 2002

1,329,457 1,348,487 1,871,842

Jul 2002

1,425,591 1,302,346 1,904,795

Aug 2002

1,337,515 1,282,969 1,896,034

Sep 2002

1,386,611 1,242,778 1,895,244

Oct 2002

1,320,579 1,251,468 1,919,981

Nov 2002

1,327,543 1,252,149 1,933,909

Dec 2002

1,398,791 1,263,244 1,968,936

Jan 2003

1,433,225 1,301,145 1,893,594

Feb 2003

1,339,946 1,224,993 1,891,095

Mar 2003

1,265,974 1,153,689 1,801,806

Apr 2003

1,382,653 1,221,924 1,690,436

May 2003

1,297,363 1,220,897 1,790,312

Jun 2003

1,336,127 1,216,392 1,876,026

Jul 2003

1,366,382 1,194,907 1,813,013

Aug 2003

1,383,934 1,220,206 1,834,541

Sep 2003

1,391,208 1,280,081 1,880,414

Oct 2003

1,377,281 1,278,001 1,894,019

Nov 2003

1,313,970 1,295,322 1,892,155

Dec 2003

1,462,949 1,278,859 1,895,553

Jan 2004

1,409,016 1,277,745 1,879,329

Feb 2004

1,379,407 1,267,446 1,810,580

Mar 2004

1,536,081 1,355,482 1,950,846

Apr 2004

1,413,924 1,346,786 2,040,866

May 2004

1,390,397 1,282,748 1,962,912

Jun 2004

1,429,364 1,291,174 1,931,255

Jul 2004

1,385,253 1,344,911 1,858,529

Aug 2004

1,400,292 1,366,856 1,966,010

Sep 2004

1,411,111 1,355,799 1,886,389

Oct 2004

1,538,496 1,338,244 1,897,244

Nov 2004

1,482,569 1,344,289 1,901,644

Dec 2004

1,436,696 1,368,866 2,054,069

Jan 2005

1,444,698 1,430,984 2,075,032

Feb 2005

1,543,882 1,358,191 2,090,007

Mar 2005

1,511,281 1,367,312 2,025,353

Apr 2005

1,517,867 1,368,940 2,059,719

May 2005

1,538,546 1,409,996 2,014,833

Jun 2005

1,503,405 1,433,296 2,150,631

Jul 2005

1,389,312 1,322,187 2,211,074

Aug 2005

1,557,229 1,392,433 2,131,756

Sep 2005

1,527,940 1,488,503 2,046,373

Oct 2005

1,428,010 1,307,376 1,970,113

Nov 2005

1,500,125 1,376,951 2,058,058

Dec 2005

1,359,164 1,380,339 1,992,824

Jan 2006

1,409,778 1,428,611 2,041,524

Feb 2006

1,465,924 1,446,384 2,103,552

Mar 2006

1,399,849 1,442,413 2,091,757

Apr 2006

1,454,760 1,421,872 2,079,273

May 2006

1,489,460 1,440,055 2,203,128

Jun 2006

1,426,027 1,347,248 2,140,586

Jul 2006

1,453,366 1,426,832 2,043,707

Aug 2006

1,400,313 1,381,349 2,049,206

Sep 2006

1,360,022 1,315,795 2,079,094

Oct 2006

1,324,288 1,398,152 2,144,044

Nov 2006

1,446,440 1,388,835 2,233,947

Dec 2006

1,422,266 1,373,691 2,152,028

Jan 2007

1,408,488 1,282,532 2,096,595

Feb 2007

1,389,011 1,293,490 2,198,537

Mar 2007

1,402,342 1,376,495 2,184,154

Apr 2007

1,307,891 1,367,046 2,096,265

May 2007

1,424,416 1,355,047 2,183,109

Jun 2007

1,340,586 1,391,926 2,036,901

Jul 2007

1,321,857 1,341,236 2,041,334

Aug 2007

1,333,873 1,368,489 1,978,954

Sep 2007

1,353,843 1,314,770 2,123,100

Oct 2007

1,381,911 1,395,240 2,006,167

Nov 2007

1,271,371 1,358,902 2,103,230

Dec 2007

1,311,157 1,290,562 2,027,557

Jan 2008

1,217,053 1,269,662 2,027,255

Feb 2008

1,261,191 1,284,529 1,998,294

Mar 2008

1,258,302 1,246,913 1,873,257

Apr 2008

1,230,580 1,213,383 2,144,261

May 2008

1,238,297 1,232,696 1,831,399

Jun 2008

1,279,509 1,219,088 1,898,185

Jul 2008

1,191,662 1,152,392 1,806,365

Aug 2008

1,262,084 1,158,399 1,818,085

Sep 2008

1,085,740 1,104,721 1,759,816

Oct 2008

1,207,895 1,105,621 1,800,687

Nov 2008

1,103,582 995,134 1,557,696

Dec 2008

1,202,804 1,052,962 1,593,711

Jan 2009

1,223,033 939,996 1,647,292

Feb 2009

1,246,252 987,544 1,439,887

Mar 2009

1,145,223 889,350 1,339,986

Apr 2009

1,224,871 869,588 1,363,253

May 2009

1,131,052 889,136 1,496,107

Jun 2009

1,098,902 867,229 1,303,741

Jul 2009

1,330,296 894,700 1,290,036

Aug 2009

1,109,298 881,843 1,407,898

Sep 2009

1,183,989 932,556 1,410,510

Oct 2009

1,243,223 936,440 1,236,792

Nov 2009

1,112,254 968,978 1,504,946

Dec 2009

1,210,753 919,096 1,445,913

Jan 2010

1,169,799 974,191 1,397,355

Feb 2010

1,097,102 965,888 1,433,405

Mar 2010

1,159,856 983,761 1,515,733

Apr 2010

1,254,332 1,022,947 1,421,161

May 2010

1,112,493 963,643 1,533,258

Jun 2010

1,119,727 1,003,935 1,556,273

Jul 2010

1,167,439 1,055,466 1,601,835

Aug 2010

1,131,006 925,374 1,583,077

Sep 2010

1,117,503 994,829 1,566,232

Oct 2010

1,138,323 998,819 1,618,144

Nov 2010

1,120,579 1,055,040 1,603,559

Dec 2010

1,161,695 1,071,953 1,598,413

Jan 2011

1,048,348 1,017,994 1,598,410

Feb 2011

1,196,915 1,001,132 1,680,032

Mar 2011

1,172,628 1,072,486 1,687,058

Apr 2011

1,128,146 1,121,914 1,672,158

May 2011

1,097,732 1,015,018 1,745,528

Jun 2011

1,214,189 1,035,005 1,750,290

Jul 2011

1,110,596 1,010,484 1,758,507

Aug 2011

1,144,333 1,075,198 1,630,118

Sep 2011

1,195,394 1,097,519 1,669,577

Oct 2011

1,088,996 1,011,829 1,829,006

Nov 2011

1,201,432 1,066,678 1,690,568

Dec 2011

1,136,078 1,069,675 1,695,697

Jan 2012

1,188,463 1,105,031 1,679,328

Feb 2012

1,189,122 1,047,353 1,889,284

Mar 2012

1,165,276 1,067,286 1,851,280

Apr 2012

1,181,224 1,085,234 1,717,806

May 2012

1,138,571 1,133,535 1,871,436

Jun 2012

1,145,088 1,161,296 1,798,709

Jul 2012

1,083,708 1,038,819 1,775,453

Aug 2012

1,117,827 1,149,772 1,808,719

Sep 2012

1,116,972 1,112,735 1,756,352

Oct 2012

1,056,041 973,386 1,913,583

Nov 2012

1,220,179 1,118,194 1,809,795

Dec 2012

1,135,907 1,087,797 1,869,412

Jan 2013

1,122,504 998,059 1,948,494

Feb 2013

1,228,150 1,129,364 1,896,136

Mar 2013

1,109,370 1,103,924 1,758,887

Apr 2013

1,035,107 1,092,036 2,056,898

May 2013

1,258,635 1,143,718 1,822,061

Jun 2013

1,139,636 1,071,858 2,002,637

Jul 2013

1,143,973 1,106,468 1,915,728

Aug 2013

1,207,241 1,161,523 2,045,824

Sep 2013

1,171,723 1,082,185 2,115,916

Oct 2013

1,117,835 1,130,241 1,849,897

Nov 2013

1,090,070 1,074,873 2,168,858

Dec 2013

1,107,502 1,081,132 2,041,518

Jan 2014

1,108,248 1,152,311 2,011,637

Feb 2014

1,057,969 1,149,876 2,114,657

Mar 2014

1,119,192 1,153,776 2,168,311

Apr 2014

1,027,468 1,122,672 2,140,561

May 2014

1,104,901 1,168,199 2,109,959

Jun 2014

1,063,664 1,197,650 2,171,870

Jul 2014

1,235,812 1,250,597 2,184,129

Aug 2014

1,180,441 1,179,861 2,228,303

Sep 2014

1,223,879 1,194,654 2,268,787

Oct 2014

1,225,132 1,299,552 2,221,417

Nov 2014

1,238,831 1,239,657 2,313,036

Dec 2014

1,285,773 1,238,816 2,247,762

Jan 2015

1,215,618 1,233,469 2,266,957

Feb 2015

1,253,185 1,258,957 2,121,493

Mar 2015

1,217,674 1,244,584 2,277,675

Apr 2015

1,241,147 1,273,107 2,265,486

May 2015

1,287,351 1,201,134 2,308,425

Jun 2015

1,250,608 1,254,605 2,260,105

Jul 2015

1,207,433 1,231,465 2,287,389

Aug 2015

1,261,695 1,238,723 2,290,745

Sep 2015

1,271,483 1,255,807 2,266,066

Oct 2015

1,335,102 1,258,199 2,306,016

Nov 2015

1,279,212 1,242,453 2,402,707

Dec 2015

1,297,119 1,344,729 2,502,965

Jan 2016

1,291,861 1,230,515 2,318,132

Feb 2016

1,326,960 1,256,769 2,422,436

Mar 2016

1,275,425 1,268,630 2,396,682

Apr 2016

1,266,829 1,287,902 2,348,984

May 2016

1,234,021 1,258,505 2,373,192

Jun 2016

1,267,171 1,291,397 2,353,013

Jul 2016

1,261,084 1,229,406 2,437,137

Aug 2016

1,247,777 1,312,220 2,330,939

Sep 2016

1,152,390 1,269,893 2,383,814

Oct 2016

1,214,351 1,263,307 2,367,934

Nov 2016

1,263,461 1,337,416 2,263,112

Dec 2016

1,303,577 1,283,983 2,368,171

Jan 2017

1,337,043 1,286,146 2,462,345

Feb 2017

1,262,084 1,314,899 2,393,843

Mar 2017

1,323,276 1,267,292 2,291,508

Apr 2017

1,269,929 1,249,563 2,412,918

May 2017

1,309,819 1,337,601 2,437,012

Jun 2017

1,387,027 1,346,677 2,416,052

Jul 2017

1,303,238 1,347,533 2,444,080

Aug 2017

1,304,132 1,357,972 2,480,019

Sep 2017

1,278,590 1,301,826 2,372,459

Oct 2017

1,269,302 1,362,076 2,546,818

Nov 2017

1,244,308 1,331,421 2,559,111

Dec 2017

1,279,204 1,373,733 2,505,251

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.