I am looking for statistics relating to job growth in America based on
company size. I have found data in terms of number of employees at
http://data.bls.gov/labjava/outside.jsp?survey=en. This data suggests
that more than half of the jobs in America are at companies with fewer
than 100 employees. Now I am looking for a similar breakout by size in
terms of either Annual Sales or standard market cap classifications
(micro cap = <$250M, small cap = $250M - $1B, mid cap = $1B - $5B,
large cap = >$5B). I am most interested in micro- and small-cap
companies. Need this information within one week! Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 16 Nov 2004 17:14 PST

Hello mezzie1-ga,

I had noticed this question when you had posted an earlier version of
it a while ago, and had looked for the type of data you asked for.

So far, I haven't had any success finding data sets that track job
growth or employment by sales or market cap.

The closest I've come to a good, detailed economic metric is data for
2001 that shows employment data as follows:


Employment..........................................Annual Payroll
size of firm...Firms...Establishments...Employment....($1,000)

Total.......5,657,774...7,095,302...115,061,184......3,989,086,323

0.............703,837.....705,612.........---.......... 34,289,996
1-4.........2,697,839...2,703,984.....5,630,017........153,691,559
5-9.........1,019,105...1,033,719.....6,698,077........178,881,075
10-14.........405,542.....423,391.....4,743,595........134,093,070

etc...

The firm size increases in chunks of five employees at a time (15-19,
20-24, etc) up to 100 employees, then covers larger chunks -- e.g.
100-499, 500-999, etc.

In case the above table isn't clear, it indicates that -- for
companies with 5-9 employees:

--there are 1.019 million such firms in the US in 2001 (or 1.033
million "establishments" -- a slightly different defnition than
"firms"),

--and they collectively employ 6.698 million workers, 

--with a combined annual payroll of $134.093 million.

Would this sort of data meet your needs?

Let me know.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by mezzie1-ga on 16 Nov 2004 19:59 PST

Hello pafalafa-ga,

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, the information you have
provided is the same as what I found by using the link in my
question... the Bureau of Labor Statistics seems to only show
employment by # of employees, not by sales or market cap. I am
definitely looking for employment and/or job growth figures by sales
or market cap.

Thanks again for trying.