Figure 5D

Job gains, losses, and net employment change, by firm size, 2000–2013

1–19 workers

Year Gross gains Gross  losses Employment change
1992 Q3 2.413 2.239 0.1740
1992 Q4 2.364 2.289 0.0750
1993 Q1 2.316 2.261 0.0550
1993 Q2 2.395 2.219 0.1760
1993 Q3 2.472 2.179 0.2930
1993 Q4 2.413 2.245 0.1680
1994 Q1 2.362 2.273 0.0890
1994 Q2 2.479 2.317 0.1620
1994 Q3 2.581 2.224 0.3570
1994 Q4 2.414 2.354 0.0600
1995 Q1 2.463 2.289 0.1740
1995 Q2 2.444 2.359 0.0850
1995 Q3 2.509 2.373 0.1360
1995 Q4 2.495 2.403 0.0920
1996 Q1 2.477 2.353 0.1240
1996 Q2 2.507 2.388 0.1190
1996 Q3 2.562 2.379 0.1830
1996 Q4 2.553 2.405 0.1480
1997 Q1 2.565 2.349 0.2160
1997 Q2 2.486 2.398 0.0880
1997 Q3 2.56 2.432 0.1280
1997 Q4 2.596 2.526 0.0700
1998 Q1 2.602 2.493 0.1090
1998 Q2 2.634 2.385 0.2490
1998 Q3 2.542 2.483 0.0590
1998 Q4 2.551 2.417 0.1340
1999 Q1 2.623 2.491 0.1320
1999 Q2 2.588 2.517 0.0710
1999 Q3 2.637 2.544 0.0930
1999 Q4 2.65 2.443 0.2070
2000 Q1 2.702 2.488 0.2140
2000 Q2 2.547 2.527 0.0200
2000 Q3 2.623 2.586 0.0370
2000 Q4 2.529 2.525 0.0040
2001 Q1 2.53 2.501 0.0290
2001 Q2 2.461 2.505 -0.0440
2001 Q3 2.43 2.595 -0.1650
2001 Q4 2.427 2.468 -0.0410
2002 Q1 2.474 2.415 0.0590
2002 Q2 2.461 2.39 0.0710
2002 Q3 2.44 2.399 0.0410
2002 Q4 2.418 2.399 0.0190
2003 Q1 2.392 2.464 -0.0720
2003 Q2 2.447 2.356 0.0910
2003 Q3 2.439 2.341 0.0980
2003 Q4 2.446 2.339 0.1070
2004 Q1 2.482 2.384 0.0980
2004 Q2 2.469 2.375 0.0940
2004 Q3 2.483 2.423 0.0600
2004 Q4 2.555 2.358 0.1970
2005 Q1 2.515 2.484 0.0310
2005 Q2 2.551 2.397 0.1540
2005 Q3 2.581 2.422 0.1590
2005 Q4 2.558 2.423 0.1350
2006 Q1 2.597 2.401 0.1960
2006 Q2 2.51 2.454 0.0560
2006 Q3 2.447 2.461 -0.0140
2006 Q4 2.503 2.42 0.0830
2007 Q1 2.541 2.424 0.1170
2007 Q2 2.433 2.493 -0.0600
2007 Q3 2.405 2.489 -0.0840
2007 Q4 2.442 2.444 -0.0020
2008 Q1 2.384 2.51 -0.1260
2008 Q2 2.336 2.564 -0.2280
2008 Q3 2.258 2.49 -0.2320
2008 Q4 2.173 2.631 -0.4580
2009 Q1 2.048 2.674 -0.6260
2009 Q2 2.19 2.504 -0.3140
2009 Q3 2.106 2.371 -0.2650
2009 Q4 2.201 2.306 -0.1050
2010 Q1 2.129 2.292 -0.1630
2010 Q2 2.27 2.154 0.1160
2010 Q3 2.181 2.176 0.0050
2010 Q4 2.271 2.209 0.0620
2011 Q1 2.208 2.172 0.0360
2011 Q2 2.263 2.171 0.0920
2011 Q3 2.317 2.137 0.1800
2011 Q4 2.206 2.183 0.0230
2012 Q1 2.337 2.09 0.2470
2012 Q2 2.225 2.141 0.0840
2012 Q3 2.187 2.147 0.0400
2012 Q4 2.238 2.116 0.1220
2013 Q1 2.297 2.111 0.1860
2013 Q2 2.234 2.118 0.1160
2013 Q3 2.202 2.081 0.1210
2013 Q4 2.202 2.143 0.0590
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20–99 workers

Year Gross gains Gross  losses Employment change
1992 Q3 1.5080 1.3390 0.1690
1992 Q4 1.4630 1.3830 0.0800
1993 Q1 1.4210 1.3540 0.0670
1993 Q2 1.4330 1.3030 0.1300
1993 Q3 1.5360 1.2980 0.2380
1993 Q4 1.5320 1.3290 0.2030
1994 Q1 1.4890 1.3620 0.1270
1994 Q2 1.5060 1.3460 0.1600
1994 Q3 1.6260 1.3150 0.3110
1994 Q4 1.5420 1.3870 0.1550
1995 Q1 1.5710 1.3830 0.1880
1995 Q2 1.4900 1.4510 0.0390
1995 Q3 1.6160 1.4120 0.2040
1995 Q4 1.5990 1.4560 0.1430
1996 Q1 1.5760 1.4460 0.1300
1996 Q2 1.5290 1.4870 0.0420
1996 Q3 1.6080 1.4570 0.1510
1996 Q4 1.6340 1.4280 0.2060
1997 Q1 1.6320 1.4350 0.1970
1997 Q2 1.5230 1.4650 0.0580
1997 Q3 1.6610 1.4530 0.2080
1997 Q4 1.6700 1.5250 0.1450
1998 Q1 1.6560 1.5510 0.1050
1998 Q2 1.6110 1.5300 0.0810
1998 Q3 1.6110 1.5080 0.1030
1998 Q4 1.6560 1.4430 0.2130
1999 Q1 1.6280 1.5670 0.0610
1999 Q2 1.6110 1.5090 0.1020
1999 Q3 1.6770 1.5340 0.1430
1999 Q4 1.7050 1.4720 0.2330
2000 Q1 1.7170 1.5410 0.1760
2000 Q2 1.6140 1.5600 0.0540
2000 Q3 1.6520 1.5720 0.0800
2000 Q4 1.6020 1.5530 0.0490
2001 Q1 1.5920 1.6270 -0.0350
2001 Q2 1.5220 1.6760 -0.1540
2001 Q3 1.4570 1.6700 -0.2130
2001 Q4 1.4500 1.6140 -0.1640
2002 Q1 1.5030 1.5300 -0.0270
2002 Q2 1.4970 1.4950 0.0020
2002 Q3 1.4540 1.4950 -0.0410
2002 Q4 1.4170 1.4740 -0.0570
2003 Q1 1.4090 1.5020 -0.0930
2003 Q2 1.4530 1.4380 0.0150
2003 Q3 1.4380 1.4080 0.0300
2003 Q4 1.4450 1.3900 0.0550
2004 Q1 1.4890 1.3760 0.1130
2004 Q2 1.5000 1.3550 0.1450
2004 Q3 1.4600 1.4000 0.0600
2004 Q4 1.4900 1.3740 0.1160
2005 Q1 1.4610 1.3890 0.0720
2005 Q2 1.5060 1.3460 0.1600
2005 Q3 1.5060 1.4110 0.0950
2005 Q4 1.4600 1.4060 0.0540
2006 Q1 1.5420 1.3070 0.2350
2006 Q2 1.5010 1.3950 0.1060
2006 Q3 1.4350 1.4170 0.0180
2006 Q4 1.4490 1.3840 0.0650
2007 Q1 1.4700 1.3570 0.1130
2007 Q2 1.4750 1.4050 0.0700
2007 Q3 1.3740 1.4420 -0.0680
2007 Q4 1.4270 1.3990 0.0280
2008 Q1 1.3680 1.4090 -0.0410
2008 Q2 1.3740 1.4570 -0.0830
2008 Q3 1.2870 1.4670 -0.1800
2008 Q4 1.1930 1.6070 -0.4140
2009 Q1 1.0670 1.7080 -0.6410
2009 Q2 1.2290 1.5100 -0.2810
2009 Q3 1.1670 1.3310 -0.1640
2009 Q4 1.2010 1.2870 -0.0860
2010 Q1 1.1700 1.2100 -0.0400
2010 Q2 1.3450 1.1330 0.2120
2010 Q3 1.2390 1.1850 0.0540
2010 Q4 1.2710 1.2180 0.0530
2011 Q1 1.2330 1.1210 0.1120
2011 Q2 1.3280 1.1470 0.1810
2011 Q3 1.3150 1.1650 0.1500
2011 Q4 1.2380 1.2060 0.0320
2012 Q1 1.3280 1.0900 0.2380
2012 Q2 1.3390 1.1690 0.1700
2012 Q3 1.2480 1.2190 0.0290
2012 Q4 1.2630 1.1810 0.0820
2013 Q1 1.2980 1.1330 0.1650
2013 Q2 1.3470 1.1840 0.1630
2013 Q3 1.2720 1.2190 0.0530
2013 Q4 1.2840 1.1960 0.0880
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100–999 workers

Year Gross gains Gross  losses Employment change
1992 Q3 1.2280 1.1060 0.1220
1992 Q4 1.2190 1.1250 0.0940
1993 Q1 1.2230 1.0780 0.1450
1993 Q2 1.2280 1.0320 0.1960
1993 Q3 1.3180 1.0750 0.2430
1993 Q4 1.3110 1.0990 0.2120
1994 Q1 1.3070 1.1100 0.1970
1994 Q2 1.3330 1.0860 0.2470
1994 Q3 1.4000 1.0900 0.3100
1994 Q4 1.3630 1.1450 0.2180
1995 Q1 1.3660 1.1620 0.2040
1995 Q2 1.2910 1.1990 0.0920
1995 Q3 1.4180 1.1790 0.2390
1995 Q4 1.3910 1.2260 0.1650
1996 Q1 1.3760 1.2790 0.0970
1996 Q2 1.3660 1.2260 0.1400
1996 Q3 1.4380 1.2410 0.1970
1996 Q4 1.4430 1.1930 0.2500
1997 Q1 1.4260 1.2630 0.1630
1997 Q2 1.3880 1.2240 0.1640
1997 Q3 1.5130 1.2590 0.2540
1997 Q4 1.5190 1.2970 0.2220
1998 Q1 1.5740 1.3390 0.2350
1998 Q2 1.4630 1.3970 0.0660
1998 Q3 1.4790 1.2940 0.1850
1998 Q4 1.4820 1.2810 0.2010
1999 Q1 1.4900 1.4500 0.0400
1999 Q2 1.4580 1.3030 0.1550
1999 Q3 1.4860 1.3270 0.1590
1999 Q4 1.5460 1.2570 0.2890
2000 Q1 1.6020 1.3350 0.2670
2000 Q2 1.4660 1.3350 0.1310
2000 Q3 1.4720 1.3750 0.0970
2000 Q4 1.4390 1.3680 0.0710
2001 Q1 1.4130 1.5460 -0.1330
2001 Q2 1.3010 1.5830 -0.2820
2001 Q3 1.2030 1.5790 -0.3760
2001 Q4 1.2150 1.5040 -0.2890
2002 Q1 1.3250 1.3830 -0.0580
2002 Q2 1.2770 1.3260 -0.0490
2002 Q3 1.2270 1.2810 -0.0540
2002 Q4 1.2050 1.2870 -0.0820
2003 Q1 1.2220 1.2910 -0.0690
2003 Q2 1.2000 1.2730 -0.0730
2003 Q3 1.2120 1.1950 0.0170
2003 Q4 1.2200 1.1720 0.0480
2004 Q1 1.2730 1.1240 0.1490
2004 Q2 1.2890 1.1340 0.1550
2004 Q3 1.2660 1.1630 0.1030
2004 Q4 1.2780 1.1320 0.1460
2005 Q1 1.2540 1.1280 0.1260
2005 Q2 1.2940 1.1220 0.1720
2005 Q3 1.3150 1.1580 0.1570
2005 Q4 1.2210 1.1710 0.0500
2006 Q1 1.2800 1.0140 0.2660
2006 Q2 1.2850 1.1290 0.1560
2006 Q3 1.2050 1.1690 0.0360
2006 Q4 1.2270 1.1580 0.0690
2007 Q1 1.2260 1.0910 0.1350
2007 Q2 1.2760 1.1300 0.1460
2007 Q3 1.1460 1.2010 -0.0550
2007 Q4 1.2210 1.1290 0.0920
2008 Q1 1.1340 1.1380 -0.0040
2008 Q2 1.1660 1.2220 -0.0560
2008 Q3 1.0810 1.2730 -0.1920
2008 Q4 1.0310 1.4620 -0.4310
2009 Q1 0.8270 1.5550 -0.7280
2009 Q2 1.0000 1.4010 -0.4010
2009 Q3 1.0090 1.1680 -0.1590
2009 Q4 1.0320 1.0800 -0.0480
2010 Q1 0.9810 0.9480 0.0330
2010 Q2 1.1770 0.9330 0.2440
2010 Q3 1.1120 0.9970 0.1150
2010 Q4 1.1510 0.9940 0.1570
2011 Q1 1.0180 0.8810 0.1370
2011 Q2 1.1630 0.9770 0.1860
2011 Q3 1.1940 0.9690 0.2250
2011 Q4 1.0960 1.0140 0.0820
2012 Q1 1.1230 0.8650 0.2580
2012 Q2 1.2020 0.9790 0.2230
2012 Q3 1.1250 1.0460 0.0790
2012 Q4 1.1380 1.0020 0.1360
2013 Q1 1.1200 0.9100 0.2100
2013 Q2 1.1970 1.0260 0.1710
2013 Q3 1.1270 1.0430 0.0840
2013 Q4 1.1640 1.0120 0.1520
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1000+ workers

Year Gross gains Gross  losses Employment change
1992 Q3 1.0410 0.8520 0.1890
1992 Q4 0.8670 0.9280 -0.0610
1993 Q1 0.9320 0.8970 0.0350
1993 Q2 1.0640 0.8400 0.2240
1993 Q3 1.1010 0.8740 0.2270
1993 Q4 0.9560 0.9280 0.0280
1994 Q1 1.0500 0.9090 0.1410
1994 Q2 1.1450 0.8090 0.3360
1994 Q3 1.2120 0.8690 0.3430
1994 Q4 1.0130 0.9710 0.0420
1995 Q1 1.1570 0.9410 0.2160
1995 Q2 1.1050 0.9580 0.1470
1995 Q3 1.2170 0.8960 0.3210
1995 Q4 1.0560 1.0960 -0.0400
1996 Q1 1.2720 1.0580 0.2140
1996 Q2 1.2920 0.9430 0.3490
1996 Q3 1.2530 1.0490 0.2040
1996 Q4 1.1590 0.9660 0.1930
1997 Q1 1.3450 1.0320 0.3130
1997 Q2 1.2710 0.9580 0.3130
1997 Q3 1.4110 1.0380 0.3730
1997 Q4 1.3000 1.0840 0.2160
1998 Q1 1.6050 1.1380 0.4670
1998 Q2 1.3920 1.1780 0.2140
1998 Q3 1.5020 1.0400 0.4620
1998 Q4 1.2820 1.1370 0.1450
1999 Q1 1.4840 1.2030 0.2810
1999 Q2 1.3970 1.1030 0.2940
1999 Q3 1.3900 1.1670 0.2230
1999 Q4 1.3320 1.1040 0.2280
2000 Q1 1.4220 1.1690 0.2530
2000 Q2 1.3450 1.0900 0.2550
2000 Q3 1.3150 1.2130 0.1020
2000 Q4 1.3150 1.1730 0.1420
2001 Q1 1.4980 1.3070 0.1910
2001 Q2 1.1480 1.5110 -0.3630
2001 Q3 1.0340 1.4940 -0.4600
2001 Q4 1.0540 1.6010 -0.5470
2002 Q1 1.3000 1.2040 0.0960
2002 Q2 1.1810 1.2660 -0.0850
2002 Q3 1.0690 1.1910 -0.1220
2002 Q4 1.0740 1.2010 -0.1270
2003 Q1 1.0890 1.1810 -0.0920
2003 Q2 1.0080 1.1780 -0.1700
2003 Q3 1.0730 1.0250 0.0480
2003 Q4 1.1070 1.0070 0.1000
2004 Q1 1.0620 0.9920 0.0700
2004 Q2 1.2130 0.9860 0.2270
2004 Q3 1.0340 1.0600 -0.0260
2004 Q4 1.1710 0.8710 0.3000
2005 Q1 1.0900 0.9510 0.1390
2005 Q2 1.0840 1.0000 0.0840
2005 Q3 1.2700 0.9800 0.2900
2005 Q4 1.1670 0.9000 0.2670
2006 Q1 1.0140 0.9230 0.0910
2006 Q2 1.0530 0.9960 0.0570
2006 Q3 1.0160 1.0130 0.0030
2006 Q4 1.1960 0.9660 0.2300
2007 Q1 1.0630 0.9620 0.1010
2007 Q2 1.0720 1.0540 0.0180
2007 Q3 0.9660 1.0280 -0.0620
2007 Q4 1.1640 0.9840 0.1800
2008 Q1 0.9200 1.0390 -0.1190
2008 Q2 0.9790 1.1600 -0.1810
2008 Q3 0.8720 1.2670 -0.3950
2008 Q4 0.9410 1.5070 -0.5660
2009 Q1 0.6360 1.3050 -0.6690
2009 Q2 0.7510 1.5190 -0.7680
2009 Q3 0.8520 1.2040 -0.3520
2009 Q4 0.9710 1.0210 -0.0500
2010 Q1 0.8130 0.8830 -0.0700
2010 Q2 1.0230 0.9030 0.1200
2010 Q3 0.9580 0.9440 0.0140
2010 Q4 1.0930 0.8460 0.2470
2011 Q1 0.8750 0.8470 0.0280
2011 Q2 1.0040 0.9150 0.0890
2011 Q3 1.1170 0.8490 0.2680
2011 Q4 1.0720 0.8880 0.1840
2012 Q1 0.9730 0.8700 0.1030
2012 Q2 1.0590 0.9320 0.1270
2012 Q3 1.0050 0.9400 0.0650
2012 Q4 1.1270 0.8300 0.2970
2013 Q1 1.5870 0.9500 0.6370
2013 Q2 1.1330 0.9400 0.1930
2013 Q3 1.0910 0.9630 0.1280
2013 Q4 1.2240 0.8730 0.3510
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Note: Data are for private-sector workers and are quarterly, starting with the first quarter each year. Shaded areas denote recessions.

Underlying data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Business Employment Dynamics program, National Firm Size Data—Size Class 1 Tables, Table 1, “Private Sector Firm-level Gross Job Gains and Job Losses: Seasonally Adjusted, Dynamic Method.”

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Business Employment Dynamics program (Table 1)

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