Table E. Quarterly net change by firm size class, seasonally adjusted (In thousands) Size class (number of employees) Year 3 months ended Total 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 249 250 to 499 500 to 999 1,000 or more 1992 September 694 66 41 64 111 80 74 43 26 189 December 193 11 37 36 53 44 51 27 25 -91 1993 March 340 50 0 6 21 33 63 42 42 83 June 677 65 50 48 62 45 61 56 66 224 September 1,045 115 77 100 147 113 134 83 48 228 December 627 33 67 81 126 95 102 61 59 3 1994 March 586 34 16 37 59 57 79 64 54 186 June 851 63 42 44 75 60 88 80 60 339 September 1,372 125 100 130 196 137 156 93 84 351 December 482 -14 29 55 92 83 106 61 57 13 1995 March 832 76 40 57 95 82 91 58 52 281 June 305 44 15 10 6 9 27 22 28 144 September 945 25 39 67 129 96 115 69 82 323 December 366 11 40 51 90 74 89 56 27 -72 1996 March 623 54 26 43 70 49 55 25 7 294 June 599 60 28 19 7 10 17 53 52 353 September 760 74 44 63 102 72 109 57 52 187 December 810 22 55 80 123 101 124 69 65 171 1997 March 948 89 55 72 110 76 76 63 23 384 June 572 40 21 15 9 25 57 53 40 312 September 1,007 20 36 67 127 102 141 65 67 382 December 660 -8 32 56 93 75 92 75 66 179 1998 March 991 56 18 28 42 51 82 75 80 559 June 574 124 61 51 39 14 25 8 14 238 September 849 14 11 34 67 59 91 64 55 454 December 698 11 54 78 135 97 100 64 44 115 1999 March 580 67 32 22 23 25 16 6 17 372 June 569 15 17 24 42 32 57 41 43 298 September 659 9 27 54 95 71 88 54 44 217 December 986 38 74 106 149 105 133 83 83 215 2000 March 960 89 61 64 89 79 104 88 70 316 June 405 14 -5 -3 6 21 38 31 45 258 September 385 1 9 23 53 50 68 30 28 123 December 273 -7 4 18 41 27 45 20 14 111 2001 March 99 15 6 7 -13 -35 -65 -53 -27 264 June -889 8 -16 -47 -94 -85 -115 -95 -85 -360 September -1,138 -62 -48 -54 -93 -98 -126 -108 -110 -439 December -1,037 6 -10 -24 -66 -79 -111 -90 -82 -581 2002 March 113 33 18 7 -12 -27 -36 -9 -23 162 June -107 53 11 -6 -18 -6 -20 -20 -19 -82 September -103 30 8 2 -9 -10 -12 -9 -7 -96 December -243 19 10 2 -11 -26 -34 -26 -15 -162 2003 March -278 -3 -26 -39 -70 -35 -30 -22 -25 -28 June -171 45 25 13 6 -13 -29 -24 -33 -161 September 244 38 26 29 34 15 27 11 4 60 December 320 48 28 43 49 24 20 23 12 73 2004 March 466 49 24 27 49 54 76 41 29 117 June 566 38 17 29 60 60 60 33 44 225 September 259 19 16 21 40 43 71 43 12 -6 December 759 90 54 64 88 47 66 39 48 263 2005 March 416 16 2 13 27 34 56 47 21 200 June 518 66 30 46 75 62 64 46 45 84 September 767 64 44 49 71 45 65 59 60 310 December 513 80 30 39 46 28 27 21 8 234 2006 March 782 63 51 73 125 94 117 75 64 120 June 369 25 11 20 55 41 61 47 43 66 September 86 -13 -4 1 11 25 23 23 14 6 December 446 52 16 25 44 34 46 5 23 201 2007 March 478 27 34 49 63 41 57 34 41 132 June 163 -39 -20 -1 27 37 62 46 30 21 September -215 -19 -25 -36 -36 -13 -21 -7 -3 -55 December 270 10 -10 -1 11 15 41 28 17 159 2008 March -274 -70 -34 -23 -25 -11 0 1 -5 -107 June -548 -105 -62 -59 -61 -28 -16 -18 -23 -176 September -956 -94 -67 -74 -108 -60 -80 -44 -57 -372 December -1,886 -143 -141 -167 -238 -177 -198 -125 -111 -586 2009 March -2,638 -230 -177 -220 -356 -284 -332 -214 -185 -640 June -1,763 -112 -93 -107 -162 -125 -156 -116 -131 -761 September -906 -131 -65 -72 -104 -51 -59 -53 -39 -332 December -317 -5 -42 -54 -58 -30 -15 -19 -19 -75 2010 March -234 -87 -40 -34 -34 -4 2 18 11 -66 June 664 30 28 58 119 87 117 69 55 101 September 226 -8 3 8 23 40 47 41 37 35 December 502 54 11 5 22 28 64 48 40 230 2011 March 340 -13 15 36 61 57 65 47 29 43 June 537 -2 35 59 98 73 96 53 32 93 September 852 77 55 54 86 75 96 67 77 265 December 297 29 0 1 15 16 28 28 19 161 2012 March 972 63 80 104 141 101 119 79 65 220 June 612 20 20 47 87 71 87 71 61 148 September 226 14 13 12 16 25 29 27 34 56 December 637 75 27 31 47 37 57 49 30 284 2013 March 582 7 42 69 94 70 86 53 68 93 June 650 33 38 61 94 58 77 48 40 201 September 473 70 53 49 53 29 40 22 33 124 December 631 43 7 27 45 43 62 49 41 314 2014 March 442 27 49 68 87 67 82 55 48 -41 June 893 33 52 81 136 95 119 62 61 254 September 560 53 35 45 64 50 67 42 34 170 December 951 51 30 56 75 61 89 77 58 454 2015 March 226 36 35 43 54 29 46 21 24 -62 June 846 50 56 85 132 87 100 72 48 216 September 456 37 30 36 45 36 43 25 37 167 December 830 76 33 51 67 37 53 53 46 414 2016 March 254 41 47 51 52 29 30 16 5 -17 June 331 -29 3 31 69 55 59 33 22 88 September 752 62 50 41 39 34 68 53 60 345 December 245 41 -4 13 21 20 17 13 3 121 2017 March 662 73 74 85 114 93 98 65 61 -1 June 570 11 21 37 76 61 90 48 47 179 September -90 -17 -14 -24 -45 -28 -16 5 1 48 December 804 61 23 59 92 63 79 58 49 320 2018 March 731 59 73 71 95 76 89 61 65 142 June 477 8 11 34 74 66 90 63 36 95 September 43 -12 -8 -20 -38 -17 -9 -3 14 136 December 670 55 11 47 90 64 68 44 42 249 2019 March 572 49 63 66 82 71 83 58 48 52 June 225 -26 -3 18 57 45 53 34 36 11 September 7 23 6 -6 -25 -15 -14 4 3 31 December 656 71 15 48 76 52 39 23 25 307 2020 March -652 -72 -62 -94 -140 -54 -45 -28 -29 -128 June -15224 -812 -781 -1,211 -1,915 -1,291 -1,521 -1,079 -1,112 -5,502 September 4,046 407 291 366 455 255 286 227 273 1,486 December 1,862 172 83 99 156 144 201 151 150 706 2021 March 1,837 269 207 233 264 108 117 83 98 458 June 974 101 115 206 297 132 81 42 32 -32 September 1,440 91 61 94 154 113 142 102 99 584 December 2,744 240 158 208 308 222 244 184 177 1,003 2022 March 1,646 39 55 74 123 107 160 133 125 830 June -430 -88 -79 -55 -7 16 23 16 9 -265 September 1,338 -37 8 19 44 86 163 127 153 775 December 376 40 -4 40 90 87 59 23 25 16 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics