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January 3, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Size of firm or establishment (Number of employees) | Firm | Establishment | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage of net employment change | Average employment share | Percentage of net employment change | Average employment share | |
1 to 1,000 or more |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
1 to 999 |
71.3 | 63.1 | 89.0 | 88.7 |
1 to 499 |
64.9 | 56.3 | 82.6 | 81.7 |
1 to 249 |
56.7 | 49.1 | 72.6 | 72.1 |
1 to 99 |
43.6 | 38.5 | 56.0 | 55.6 |
1 to 49 |
33.9 | 30.2 | 42.7 | 42.4 |
1 to 19 |
21.8 | 19.1 | 27.0 | 25.5 |
1 to 9 |
14.3 | 11.4 | 17.7 | 14.5 |
1 to 4 |
8.9 | 5.2 | 11.4 | 6.3 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Job creation among small and large businesses.