Month and year | Size class 1 (1–49 employees) | Size class 2 (49–449 employees) | Size class 3 (500+ employees) |
---|---|---|---|
Dec 2000 |
503,597 | 471,858 | 782,523 |
Jan 2001 |
656,075 | 519,489 | 803,090 |
Feb 2001 |
460,099 | 533,671 | 765,427 |
Mar 2001 |
519,760 | 534,013 | 985,888 |
Apr 2001 |
504,324 | 492,570 | 805,083 |
May 2001 |
580,681 | 479,192 | 869,672 |
Jun 2001 |
505,825 | 569,134 | 764,146 |
Jul 2001 |
451,293 | 647,585 | 728,203 |
Aug 2001 |
462,776 | 542,638 | 743,860 |
Sep 2001 |
506,852 | 628,991 | 894,820 |
Oct 2001 |
638,808 | 628,732 | 867,401 |
Nov 2001 |
637,013 | 568,620 | 826,205 |
Dec 2001 |
497,138 | 565,959 | 729,525 |
Jan 2002 |
457,923 | 535,683 | 786,857 |
Feb 2002 |
613,598 | 518,912 | 768,533 |
Mar 2002 |
444,078 | 541,613 | 758,394 |
Apr 2002 |
463,126 | 522,430 | 790,130 |
May 2002 |
556,871 | 538,818 | 789,767 |
Jun 2002 |
593,401 | 533,928 | 602,258 |
Jul 2002 |
590,780 | 515,121 | 732,110 |
Aug 2002 |
453,843 | 557,635 | 742,663 |
Sep 2002 |
510,260 | 532,148 | 704,994 |
Oct 2002 |
486,382 | 519,038 | 742,351 |
Nov 2002 |
567,259 | 490,234 | 736,735 |
Dec 2002 |
552,238 | 531,575 | 812,555 |
Jan 2003 |
541,037 | 523,757 | 842,682 |
Feb 2003 |
584,410 | 542,356 | 775,743 |
Mar 2003 |
553,037 | 469,849 | 733,103 |
Apr 2003 |
568,172 | 575,698 | 738,108 |
May 2003 |
613,342 | 515,653 | 687,306 |
Jun 2003 |
571,607 | 577,301 | 779,018 |
Jul 2003 |
631,752 | 492,860 | 788,964 |
Aug 2003 |
671,736 | 474,293 | 721,583 |
Sep 2003 |
569,209 | 479,169 | 740,420 |
Oct 2003 |
540,187 | 502,330 | 742,724 |
Nov 2003 |
505,312 | 497,518 | 716,881 |
Dec 2003 |
607,710 | 467,569 | 711,335 |
Jan 2004 |
568,158 | 526,248 | 764,148 |
Feb 2004 |
565,501 | 496,756 | 723,944 |
Mar 2004 |
568,347 | 558,436 | 729,240 |
Apr 2004 |
568,627 | 506,205 | 711,488 |
May 2004 |
555,679 | 491,333 | 712,846 |
Jun 2004 |
557,833 | 452,516 | 746,240 |
Jul 2004 |
530,736 | 475,459 | 669,407 |
Aug 2004 |
591,138 | 553,904 | 718,893 |
Sep 2004 |
595,234 | 519,448 | 620,951 |
Oct 2004 |
614,170 | 459,386 | 587,719 |
Nov 2004 |
573,997 | 488,313 | 691,782 |
Dec 2004 |
549,552 | 517,619 | 787,678 |
Jan 2005 |
611,079 | 533,647 | 692,916 |
Feb 2005 |
640,128 | 480,797 | 747,676 |
Mar 2005 |
604,758 | 509,742 | 732,996 |
Apr 2005 |
579,071 | 454,141 | 704,807 |
May 2005 |
600,928 | 489,079 | 673,795 |
Jun 2005 |
562,264 | 533,234 | 757,191 |
Jul 2005 |
577,254 | 492,626 | 754,702 |
Aug 2005 |
589,750 | 493,141 | 696,296 |
Sep 2005 |
557,312 | 544,980 | 653,281 |
Oct 2005 |
551,519 | 443,375 | 584,775 |
Nov 2005 |
570,019 | 434,150 | 589,554 |
Dec 2005 |
481,637 | 496,785 | 595,998 |
Jan 2006 |
474,473 | 470,175 | 551,704 |
Feb 2006 |
518,009 | 473,986 | 569,718 |
Mar 2006 |
491,428 | 484,070 | 576,481 |
Apr 2006 |
558,422 | 521,520 | 567,018 |
May 2006 |
503,019 | 548,525 | 701,626 |
Jun 2006 |
494,576 | 454,528 | 626,494 |
Jul 2006 |
500,636 | 529,630 | 647,007 |
Aug 2006 |
486,782 | 473,708 | 584,415 |
Sep 2006 |
564,224 | 442,474 | 603,570 |
Oct 2006 |
509,725 | 532,593 | 671,147 |
Nov 2006 |
590,137 | 516,044 | 621,238 |
Dec 2006 |
510,660 | 466,228 | 638,022 |
Jan 2007 |
528,325 | 451,825 | 583,985 |
Feb 2007 |
535,587 | 457,418 | 675,102 |
Mar 2007 |
524,326 | 526,657 | 647,162 |
Apr 2007 |
596,589 | 491,458 | 635,960 |
May 2007 |
531,574 | 474,806 | 639,536 |
Jun 2007 |
523,156 | 564,258 | 642,134 |
Jul 2007 |
547,605 | 466,233 | 613,152 |
Aug 2007 |
562,437 | 508,632 | 641,187 |
Sep 2007 |
673,510 | 557,090 | 733,012 |
Oct 2007 |
643,707 | 511,361 | 614,722 |
Nov 2007 |
519,116 | 577,993 | 660,787 |
Dec 2007 |
500,749 | 515,943 | 572,947 |
Jan 2008 |
553,609 | 511,406 | 601,012 |
Feb 2008 |
545,219 | 537,431 | 695,141 |
Mar 2008 |
539,230 | 514,911 | 667,663 |
Apr 2008 |
459,199 | 509,565 | 776,744 |
May 2008 |
564,932 | 510,195 | 692,392 |
Jun 2008 |
623,508 | 487,806 | 742,122 |
Jul 2008 |
562,202 | 525,250 | 722,053 |
Aug 2008 |
700,314 | 546,454 | 695,431 |
Sep 2008 |
532,694 | 528,746 | 741,754 |
Oct 2008 |
617,802 | 613,076 | 744,879 |
Nov 2008 |
703,641 | 607,714 | 852,314 |
Dec 2008 |
773,266 | 695,027 | 769,042 |
Jan 2009 |
832,792 | 734,606 | 886,245 |
Feb 2009 |
811,232 | 662,213 | 845,435 |
Mar 2009 |
802,767 | 619,347 | 805,213 |
Apr 2009 |
769,354 | 650,284 | 862,375 |
May 2009 |
709,403 | 529,085 | 757,935 |
Jun 2009 |
689,119 | 526,455 | 658,199 |
Jul 2009 |
732,777 | 562,332 | 711,563 |
Aug 2009 |
675,120 | 534,801 | 671,729 |
Sep 2009 |
717,604 | 541,234 | 615,089 |
Oct 2009 |
589,202 | 541,771 | 703,708 |
Nov 2009 |
603,280 | 502,200 | 595,721 |
Dec 2009 |
705,789 | 500,581 | 628,543 |
Jan 2010 |
552,812 | 486,498 | 661,002 |
Feb 2010 |
586,340 | 484,402 | 590,237 |
Mar 2010 |
564,878 | 447,004 | 594,511 |
Apr 2010 |
571,981 | 396,143 | 506,158 |
May 2010 |
628,567 | 442,438 | 552,045 |
Jun 2010 |
570,724 | 443,257 | 574,693 |
Jul 2010 |
626,839 | 491,550 | 612,200 |
Aug 2010 |
525,189 | 404,023 | 575,915 |
Sep 2010 |
537,645 | 409,848 | 572,657 |
Oct 2010 |
563,622 | 453,112 | 504,910 |
Nov 2010 |
517,082 | 478,996 | 590,753 |
Dec 2010 |
540,028 | 504,626 | 606,498 |
Jan 2011 |
561,286 | 429,944 | 616,107 |
Feb 2011 |
527,723 | 419,261 | 575,342 |
Mar 2011 |
539,953 | 483,017 | 544,758 |
Apr 2011 |
485,839 | 422,665 | 612,527 |
May 2011 |
513,182 | 450,619 | 651,328 |
Jun 2011 |
569,578 | 470,176 | 638,849 |
Jul 2011 |
555,906 | 453,266 | 593,829 |
Aug 2011 |
520,098 | 431,493 | 571,181 |
Sep 2011 |
536,392 | 460,336 | 599,944 |
Oct 2011 |
516,303 | 436,869 | 645,720 |
Nov 2011 |
536,290 | 433,089 | 648,015 |
Dec 2011 |
494,554 | 469,497 | 665,612 |
Jan 2012 |
500,064 | 446,846 | 624,449 |
Feb 2012 |
533,081 | 422,663 | 678,459 |
Mar 2012 |
453,846 | 399,889 | 689,368 |
Apr 2012 |
563,265 | 464,442 | 668,485 |
May 2012 |
532,969 | 568,015 | 588,762 |
Jun 2012 |
538,368 | 509,854 | 630,204 |
Jul 2012 |
411,416 | 469,619 | 600,518 |
Aug 2012 |
476,757 | 494,747 | 706,816 |
Sep 2012 |
456,992 | 506,836 | 677,985 |
Oct 2012 |
516,515 | 452,364 | 681,796 |
Nov 2012 |
510,759 | 462,214 | 718,803 |
Dec 2012 |
445,148 | 396,958 | 678,867 |
Jan 2013 |
425,230 | 473,956 | 614,391 |
Feb 2013 |
457,748 | 442,811 | 590,547 |
Mar 2013 |
441,291 | 475,463 | 632,907 |
Apr 2013 |
473,522 | 473,784 | 660,780 |
May 2013 |
486,925 | 459,612 | 687,488 |
Jun 2013 |
469,446 | 407,570 | 679,937 |
Jul 2013 |
409,187 | 431,993 | 631,526 |
Aug 2013 |
456,783 | 470,227 | 702,168 |
Sep 2013 |
501,321 | 450,178 | 692,767 |
Oct 2013 |
391,565 | 369,369 | 676,855 |
Nov 2013 |
427,860 | 391,952 | 607,093 |
Dec 2013 |
547,923 | 408,482 | 651,253 |
Jan 2014 |
467,121 | 448,263 | 659,008 |
Feb 2014 |
414,115 | 460,490 | 715,358 |
Mar 2014 |
416,277 | 442,906 | 646,874 |
Apr 2014 |
432,194 | 420,871 | 677,278 |
May 2014 |
428,616 | 423,165 | 679,857 |
Jun 2014 |
356,143 | 471,185 | 731,339 |
Jul 2014 |
485,227 | 486,566 | 674,691 |
Aug 2014 |
461,289 | 421,244 | 714,083 |
Sep 2014 |
423,157 | 410,402 | 714,334 |
Oct 2014 |
449,200 | 443,399 | 782,386 |
Nov 2014 |
463,227 | 450,571 | 698,525 |
Dec 2014 |
538,728 | 424,509 | 651,002 |
Jan 2015 |
431,706 | 464,153 | 669,001 |
Feb 2015 |
437,198 | 454,619 | 675,134 |
Mar 2015 |
491,315 | 467,089 | 775,377 |
Apr 2015 |
475,616 | 467,800 | 736,239 |
May 2015 |
442,386 | 395,889 | 792,242 |
Jun 2015 |
483,796 | 495,264 | 712,855 |
Jul 2015 |
350,483 | 415,420 | 758,553 |
Aug 2015 |
444,658 | 453,310 | 685,189 |
Sep 2015 |
505,352 | 485,158 | 711,867 |
Oct 2015 |
471,013 | 446,750 | 689,769 |
Nov 2015 |
401,331 | 416,390 | 740,278 |
Dec 2015 |
419,921 | 490,583 | 693,983 |
Jan 2016 |
426,358 | 426,358 | 736,754 |
Feb 2016 |
502,640 | 476,668 | 729,548 |
Mar 2016 |
426,913 | 459,174 | 720,995 |
Apr 2016 |
378,057 | 492,048 | 712,360 |
May 2016 |
470,492 | 458,549 | 732,090 |
Jun 2016 |
428,507 | 419,276 | 681,096 |
Jul 2016 |
430,470 | 416,508 | 663,315 |
Aug 2016 |
437,749 | 439,916 | 651,058 |
Sep 2016 |
312,543 | 403,476 | 663,991 |
Oct 2016 |
358,910 | 426,436 | 692,476 |
Nov 2016 |
417,066 | 430,734 | 671,908 |
Dec 2016 |
462,994 | 462,447 | 708,198 |
Jan 2017 |
403,813 | 391,938 | 716,427 |
Feb 2017 |
450,610 | 381,283 | 692,446 |
Mar 2017 |
414,949 | 438,176 | 701,942 |
Apr 2017 |
470,798 | 395,784 | 694,784 |
May 2017 |
419,723 | 427,617 | 692,542 |
Jun 2017 |
524,503 | 461,892 | 710,285 |
Jul 2017 |
368,212 | 503,277 | 742,855 |
Aug 2017 |
434,720 | 446,137 | 796,153 |
Sep 2017 |
416,025 | 451,679 | 764,605 |
Oct 2017 |
412,044 | 453,951 | 711,473 |
Nov 2017 |
403,184 | 426,338 | 759,157 |
Dec 2017 |
395,778 | 463,579 | 687,381 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |