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Firms with 250 or more employees accounted for 68% of total net job growth, fourth quarter 2013

August 06, 2014

In the fourth quarter of 2013, firms with 250 or more employees accounted for 68 percent of total net job growth, while firms with 1-49 employees and firms with 50-249 employees each accounted for 16 percent of net job growth. This is the fifteenth consecutive quarter of positive net employment change for all three major firm size categories.

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Share of private sector job gains by firm size, June 2010–December 2013
Quarter	Total private		Firm size 1-49		Firm size 50-249		Firm size 250 or more
Quarter	Total job gains	Job gains as a percent of total	Total job gains	Job gains as a percent of total	Total job gains	Job gains as a percent of total	Total job gains	Job gains as a percent of total
Jun 2010	692,000	100.0%	238,000	34.4%	209,000	30.2%	245,000	35.4%
Sep 2010	188,000	100.0%	23,000	12.2%	79,000	42.0%	86,000	45.7%
Dec 2010	519,000	100.0%	85,000	16.4%	95,000	18.3%	339,000	65.3%
Mar 2011	313,000	100.0%	93,000	29.7%	118,000	37.7%	102,000	32.6%
Jun 2011	548,000	100.0%	196,000	35.8%	176,000	32.1%	176,000	32.1%
Sep 2011	823,000	100.0%	259,000	31.5%	161,000	19.6%	403,000	49.0%
Dec 2011	321,000	100.0%	39,000	12.1%	45,000	14.0%	237,000	73.8%
Mar 2012	846,000	100.0%	385,000	45.5%	217,000	25.7%	244,000	28.8%
Jun 2012	604,000	100.0%	178,000	29.5%	167,000	27.6%	259,000	42.9%
Sep 2012	213,000	100.0%	49,000	23.0%	44,000	20.7%	120,000	56.3%
Dec 2012	637,000	100.0%	169,000	26.5%	90,000	14.1%	378,000	59.3%
Mar 2013	1,198,000	100.0%	281,000	23.5%	156,000	13.0%	761,000	63.5%
Jun 2013	643,000	100.0%	217,000	33.7%	143,000	22.2%	283,000	44.0%
Sep 2013	386,000	100.0%	154,000	39.9%	54,000	14.0%	178,000	46.1%
Dec 2013	650,000	100.0%	103,000	15.8%	104,000	16.0%	443,000	68.2%

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From the second quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2013, a total of 8.6 million net new jobs were created. During that period, firms with 1-49 employees contributed 29 percent of net job growth, firms with 50-249 employees contributed 22 percent, and firms with 250 or more employees contributed 49 percent.

These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program. To learn more, see "Business Employment Dynamics — Fourth Quarter 2013" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑1388.

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