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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.

 
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
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%

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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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Firms with 250 or more employees accounted for 68% of total net job growth, fourth quarter 2013 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140806.htm (visited March 15, 2026).