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43.5 percent of manufacturing workers in establishments with 250 or more workers in March 2018
June 06, 2019
In March 2018, 43.5 percent of manufacturing employees worked in business establishments with 250 or more employees. In that same industry, 22.5 percent of employees worked in business establishments with fewer than 50 employees. In construction, 58.9 percent of employees worked in establishments with fewer than 50 workers, while 12.7 percent worked in establishments with 250 or more workers.
Percent distribution of employees by size of business establishment in selected private industries, March 2018
Industry
Number of workers
Fewer than 50
50–99
100–249
250–499
500–999
1,000 or more
Natural resources and mining
45.6%
12.9%
16.6%
10.8%
7.4%
6.6%
Construction
58.9
14.1
14.3
6.6
3.6
2.5
Manufacturing
22.5
12.8
21.3
15.4
11.4
16.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities
46.3
14.1
20.2
10.4
3.8
5.1
Information
30.8
13.2
17.0
11.1
10.5
17.5
Financial activities
49.8
9.5
11.6
8.1
8.0
13.1
Professional and business services
38.9
12.0
17.0
11.5
9.4
11.2
Education and health services
34.4
11.5
15.7
8.2
7.0
23.2
Leisure and hospitality
58.4
19.7
10.9
4.1
2.9
4.0
Other services
75.3
9.1
9.5
3.6
1.8
0.7
In the education and health services industry, 23.2 percent of employees worked in business establishments with 1,000 or more employees in March 2018. In that same industry, 34.4 percent of employees worked in business establishments with fewer than 50 employees. In leisure and hospitality, 4.0 percent of employees worked in business establishments with 1,000 or more employees. The majority of employees in this industry, 89 percent, worked in business establishments with 249 or fewer employees.
United States Department of Labor
