Figure 8b. Hires levels of establishment-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2016
Month and year Size class 1 (1–49 employees) Size class 2 (50–449 employees) Size class 3 (500+ employees)

Dec 2000

 2,019,958 2,262,382 697,547

Jan 2001

 2,089,767 2,347,152 787,599

Feb 2001

 2,025,017 2,389,887 659,588

Mar 2001

 2,167,658 2,282,015 769,889

Apr 2001

 2,144,275 2,130,487 788,054

May 2001

 2,135,326 2,135,790 670,040

Jun 2001

 1,985,365 2,168,206 598,939

Jul 2001

 1,775,555 2,304,667 716,037

Aug 2001

 1,936,844 2,071,132 625,538

Sep 2001

 1,879,207 2,065,255 735,512

Oct 2001

 2,112,826 2,097,961 473,226

Nov 2001

 1,906,625 1,985,702 609,363

Dec 2001

 1,930,274 1,948,735 618,256

Jan 2002

 1,887,719 2,082,133 579,024

Feb 2002

 1,910,618 2,077,741 598,094

Mar 2002

 1,713,015 1,978,616 603,099

Apr 2002

 1,867,454 2,103,733 564,478

May 2002

 1,823,209 2,086,242 628,298

Jun 2002

 1,949,744 1,960,002 574,741

Jul 2002

 2,106,463 1,949,071 584,050

Aug 2002

 1,951,994 1,960,180 581,007

Sep 2002

 1,945,202 1,975,433 572,631

Oct 2002

 1,859,662 1,987,379 625,632

Nov 2002

 1,879,126 1,968,695 606,384

Dec 2002

 2,022,612 1,996,433 612,288

Jan 2003

 2,057,227 1,876,557 579,976

Feb 2003

 1,950,815 1,915,935 551,180

Mar 2003

 1,837,177 1,785,248 497,137

Apr 2003

 1,921,669 1,844,569 505,451

May 2003

 1,906,637 1,783,381 565,405

Jun 2003

 1,942,603 1,910,417 576,315

Jul 2003

 1,974,597 1,820,491 570,880

Aug 2003

 1,922,602 1,892,151 546,772

Sep 2003

 2,023,590 1,928,565 579,760

Oct 2003

 1,949,205 1,959,172 677,389

Nov 2003

 1,964,394 1,878,896 562,321

Dec 2003

 2,081,614 1,951,595 616,899

Jan 2004

 2,032,599 1,926,269 511,707

Feb 2004

 2,023,871 1,864,459 547,149

Mar 2004

 2,175,906 1,993,629 614,730

Apr 2004

 2,094,792 2,057,049 614,970

May 2004

 2,035,088 1,962,183 555,635

Jun 2004

 2,102,027 1,921,566 616,657

Jul 2004

 2,022,946 1,996,454 577,123

Aug 2004

 2,054,753 2,087,131 567,503

Sep 2004

 2,040,875 2,007,441 543,349

Oct 2004

 2,179,446 1,991,083 605,193

Nov 2004

 2,158,032 1,983,126 562,174

Dec 2004

 2,150,226 2,087,118 620,228

Jan 2005

 2,151,717 2,113,042 602,798

Feb 2005

 2,237,503 2,042,830 651,893

Mar 2005

 2,163,098 2,056,795 613,818

Apr 2005

 2,178,316 2,090,522 613,830

May 2005

 2,245,244 2,111,944 574,739

Jun 2005

 2,239,568 2,248,564 600,136

Jul 2005

 2,086,125 2,155,525 622,927

Aug 2005

 2,264,697 2,125,691 672,480

Sep 2005

 2,197,248 2,205,436 632,398

Oct 2005

 2,048,485 2,037,598 587,118

Nov 2005

 2,188,474 2,056,078 596,469

Dec 2005

 2,057,469 2,108,942 548,811

Jan 2006

 2,049,821 2,158,799 610,646

Feb 2006

 2,207,278 2,176,921 541,675

Mar 2006

 2,142,508 2,152,155 584,338

Apr 2006

 2,105,929 2,146,758 576,349

May 2006

 2,194,944 2,270,654 622,923

Jun 2006

 2,139,241 2,169,103 588,310

Jul 2006

 2,182,001 2,130,536 622,411

Aug 2006

 2,091,643 2,119,361 600,184

Sep 2006

 2,035,629 2,022,182 601,521

Oct 2006

 2,067,006 2,183,813 617,686

Nov 2006

 2,145,395 2,226,746 592,361

Dec 2006

 2,117,618 2,144,364 584,312

Jan 2007

 2,092,326 2,018,731 623,135

Feb 2007

 2,060,068 2,105,853 634,962

Mar 2007

 2,106,426 2,191,073 583,649

Apr 2007

 1,976,309 2,158,974 562,912

May 2007

 2,139,666 2,161,510 608,704

Jun 2007

 2,053,388 2,105,760 591,469

Jul 2007

 2,007,099 2,113,495 559,577

Aug 2007

 2,016,302 2,084,323 579,506

Sep 2007

 2,114,964 2,009,614 596,778

Oct 2007

 2,053,789 2,157,058 590,885

Nov 2007

 2,011,510 2,099,701 572,449

Dec 2007

 2,027,449 2,018,549 534,551

Jan 2008

 1,939,581 2,001,344 494,260

Feb 2008

 1,948,168 2,010,573 552,146

Mar 2008

 1,905,162 1,920,897 521,450

Apr 2008

 1,931,434 1,943,446 623,396

May 2008

 1,871,460 1,833,613 545,057

Jun 2008

 1,992,297 1,854,226 547,519

Jul 2008

 1,821,702 1,814,313 492,082

Aug 2008

 1,887,143 1,767,234 529,457

Sep 2008

 1,692,694 1,766,555 479,875

Oct 2008

 1,861,247 1,718,513 469,657

Nov 2008

 1,700,259 1,449,220 454,770

Dec 2008

 1,807,740 1,595,002 478,103

Jan 2009

 1,880,695 1,463,078 424,412

Feb 2009

 1,810,074 1,475,510 425,560

Mar 2009

 1,706,939 1,324,978 396,499

Apr 2009

 1,788,312 1,249,967 362,922

May 2009

 1,697,699 1,359,260 374,187

Jun 2009

 1,636,467 1,250,167 382,572

Jul 2009

 1,836,813 1,264,410 382,640

Aug 2009

 1,655,595 1,407,246 343,413

Sep 2009

 1,733,961 1,419,034 405,848

Oct 2009

 1,775,674 1,305,119 328,695

Nov 2009

 1,642,386 1,518,608 409,116

Dec 2009

 1,724,863 1,441,010 411,178

Jan 2010

 1,734,277 1,458,517 352,714

Feb 2010

 1,712,777 1,360,875 381,919

Mar 2010

 1,733,718 1,576,085 433,887

Apr 2010

 1,782,304 1,495,732 411,879

May 2010

 1,627,339 1,518,015 412,391

Jun 2010

 1,670,869 1,560,250 430,981

Jul 2010

 1,759,109 1,629,755 439,367

Aug 2010

 1,658,489 1,541,403 415,795

Sep 2010

 1,665,895 1,534,082 472,614

Oct 2010

 1,689,481 1,527,906 458,895

Nov 2010

 1,685,912 1,611,197 457,098

Dec 2010

 1,732,813 1,564,888 476,444

Jan 2011

 1,637,808 1,600,522 489,215

Feb 2011

 1,791,669 1,612,850 484,214

Mar 2011

 1,780,064 1,702,802 517,022

Apr 2011

 1,662,744 1,721,148 509,224

May 2011

 1,755,841 1,572,914 511,841

Jun 2011

 1,822,003 1,652,941 498,411

Jul 2011

 1,755,744 1,580,838 522,174

Aug 2011

 1,758,569 1,629,368 485,226

Sep 2011

 1,810,861 1,680,623 498,438

Oct 2011

 1,731,421 1,701,384 523,742

Nov 2011

 1,796,612 1,624,026 535,799

Dec 2011

 1,759,025 1,618,976 521,485

Jan 2012

 1,823,742 1,729,690 502,624

Feb 2012

 1,824,255 1,716,663 593,371

Mar 2012

 1,793,619 1,740,639 553,202

Apr 2012

 1,766,018 1,638,393 541,225

May 2012

 1,813,879 1,761,802 556,584

Jun 2012

 1,806,614 1,710,606 581,398

Jul 2012

 1,796,176 1,638,463 553,075

Aug 2012

 1,836,216 1,718,855 545,091

Sep 2012

 1,779,924 1,692,302 511,877

Oct 2012

 1,771,054 1,640,317 558,645

Nov 2012

 1,861,826 1,741,984 534,290

Dec 2012

 1,806,765 1,687,114 530,824

Jan 2013

 1,843,762 1,683,481 604,386

Feb 2013

 1,927,700 1,735,308 591,511

Mar 2013

 1,786,162 1,635,262 536,559

Apr 2013

 1,822,669 1,732,088 603,868

May 2013

 1,891,126 1,727,029 571,883

Jun 2013

 1,819,590 1,658,014 645,187

Jul 2013

 1,769,285 1,701,165 675,980

Aug 2013

 1,889,429 1,876,116 648,030

Sep 2013

 1,971,723 1,731,128 659,470

Oct 2013

 1,730,961 1,731,990 628,021

Nov 2013

 1,780,485 1,822,468 647,509

Dec 2013

 1,822,606 1,780,609 570,907

Jan 2014

 1,752,799 1,921,202 630,793

Feb 2014

 1,737,133 1,914,375 622,731

Mar 2014

 1,817,690 1,894,990 662,150

Apr 2014

 1,810,775 1,956,694 628,083

May 2014

 1,792,082 1,996,547 636,410

Jun 2014

 1,791,980 2,055,139 615,009

Jul 2014

 1,917,151 2,110,931 607,037

Aug 2014

 1,896,665 1,975,390 656,108

Sep 2014

 1,950,686 2,073,677 665,639

Oct 2014

 1,964,184 2,139,670 670,147

Nov 2014

 2,042,771 2,052,964 637,728

Dec 2014

 2,026,412 2,054,202 665,623

Jan 2015

 2,015,035 2,090,718 644,104

Feb 2015

 1,977,897 2,039,588 606,300

Mar 2015

 2,012,173 2,062,328 644,957

Apr 2015

 2,005,897 2,082,720 677,084

May 2015

 2,020,007 2,067,706 643,105

Jun 2015

 2,061,378 2,039,186 655,632

Jul 2015

 2,019,912 2,089,116 623,567

Aug 2015

 2,082,924 2,057,227 642,103

Sep 2015

 2,059,721 2,063,939 654,699

Oct 2015

 2,157,905 2,065,851 724,621

Nov 2015

 2,168,405 2,042,819 722,570

Dec 2015

 2,212,873 2,138,561 725,791

Jan 2016

 2,089,668 2,002,760 703,492

Feb 2016

 2,189,332 2,155,879 716,039

Mar 2016

 2,070,162 2,089,864 720,698

Apr 2016

 2,105,740 2,065,897 694,781

May 2016

 2,075,311 2,044,572 737,250

Jun 2016

 2,086,440 2,058,001 739,749

Jul 2016

 2,142,027 2,009,165 725,494

Aug 2016

 2,038,726 2,109,399 736,072

Sep 2016

 1,955,213 2,061,278 735,318

Oct 2016

 2,072,297 2,055,614 739,312

Nov 2016

 2,046,353 2,076,925 691,448

Dec 2016

 2,088,738 2,053,017 701,271

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.