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 |