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Pennsylvania - All industries by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments
Paid
employees
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 237,142 292,659 4,906,190 145,569,019
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 24,432 24,474 0 1,089,211
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 110,264 110,444 234,968 5,059,895
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 44,196 44,789 289,247 6,656,403
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 26,196 27,821 348,785 8,869,841
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 23,090 30,005 872,413 23,543,569
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 5,133 13,807 727,430 20,451,566
Firms with 500 employees or more 3,831 41,319 2,433,347 79,898,534
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 1,098 4,894 281,997 7,922,186
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 539 2,817 183,727 5,636,871
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 530 2,926 182,299 5,532,246
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 1,664 30,682 1,785,324 60,807,231
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

Pennsylvania - All industries - by Year
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2005 detail 2005 242,651 13.5% 3.8% 1.6% 5,082,630 82.5% 64.7% 49.7%
link to 2004 detail 2004 241,215 13.7% 3.8% 1.6% 5,107,044 82.6% 64.9% 49.7%
link to 2003 detail 2003 238,365 13.6% 3.8% 1.6% 5,029,324 82.6% 65.1% 50.0%
link to 2002 detail 2002 237,397 13.7% 3.8% 1.6% 5,046,442 82.7% 65.1% 50.5%
link to 2001 detail 2001 236,843 13.9% 3.9% 1.7% 5,123,111 82.8% 65.2% 50.5%
link to 2000 detail 2000 237,518 13.9% 3.8% 1.6% 5,087,237 82.7% 64.8% 49.8%
link to 1999 detail 1999 236,870 13.6% 3.8% 1.6% 4,986,591 82.5% 64.8% 49.7%
link to 1998 detail 1998 237,142 13.5% 3.8% 1.6% 4,906,190 82.2% 64.4% 49.6%
  1997 236,759 13.4% 3.8% 1.6% 4,840,877 82.0% 64.2% 49.2%
  1996 234,883 13.0% 3.6% 1.5% 4,729,124 81.8% 64.1% 48.9%
  1995 232,757 13.3% 3.7% 1.5% 4,701,548 81.6% 63.6% 48.6%
  1994 230,976 13.0% 3.6% 1.5% 4,582,551 81.5% 63.7% 48.5%
  1993 230,543 13.1% 3.6% 1.5% 4,561,247 81.2% 63.3% 47.8%
  1992 230,796 13.2% 3.6% 1.4% 4,525,747 81.1% 62.9% 47.7%
  1991 231,583 13.0% 3.5% 1.4% 4,547,255 81.1% 62.8% 47.7%

 

 

Pennsylvania - All industries by Sector
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail -- All industries 237,142 13.5% 3.8% 1.6% 4,906,190 82.2% 64.4% 49.6%
link to industry detail 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (part: 113-115 only) 632 3.2% 1.4% 0.6% 2,508 31.0% 17.3% 4.1%
link to industry detail 21 Mining 764 24.7% 8.8% 4.7% 17,820 83.6% 59.1% 36.3%
link to industry detail 22 Utilities 268 30.2% 19.8% 15.7% 37,333 98.0% 94.7% 92.7%
link to industry detail 23 Construction 28,291 7.9% 1.1% 0.4% 225,820 56.6% 25.4% 12.6%
link to industry detail 31-33 Manufacturing 15,809 35.7% 12.8% 5.9% 818,246 92.4% 74.4% 54.7%
link to industry detail 42 Wholesale Trade 15,014 22.1% 8.9% 5.1% 234,941 76.2% 48.7% 32.9%
link to industry detail 44-45 Retail Trade 32,375 13.6% 3.9% 2.0% 645,495 80.1% 62.5% 52.0%
link to industry detail 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing 5,822 20.5% 7.5% 3.7% 149,640 86.9% 68.5% 55.2%
link to industry detail 51 Information 2,806 24.1% 11.5% 6.6% 122,066 92.1% 81.7% 69.8%
link to industry detail 52 Finance & Insurance 8,968 13.7% 7.0% 4.2% 272,432 89.7% 81.7% 71.9%
link to industry detail 53 Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 6,980 10.0% 4.1% 2.4% 60,852 64.7% 43.5% 28.9%
link to industry detail 54 Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 24,231 9.8% 3.2% 1.6% 266,932 71.3% 50.9% 36.8%
link to industry detail 55 Management of Companies & Enterprises 1,312 88.4% 69.4% 43.3% 135,655 99.6% 97.6% 90.0%
link to industry detail 56 Administrative & Support & Waste management &Remediation services 11,782 15.4% 6.2% 3.2% 278,434 86.7% 71.6% 54.5%
link to industry detail 61 Educational Services 2,335 32.6% 11.0% 4.3% 179,137 95.6% 84.2% 70.1%
link to industry detail 62 Health Care & Social Assistance 24,023 14.1% 4.5% 1.4% 740,337 86.1% 74.4% 55.4%
link to industry detail 71 Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 3,859 17.0% 3.7% 1.1% 60,183 78.0% 43.9% 18.7%
link to industry detail 72 Accommodation & Food Services 20,367 17.2% 2.7% 1.0% 364,491 78.0% 47.3% 33.5%
link to industry detail 81 Other Services (except public administration) 33,131 6.5% 1.4% 0.6% 239,712 48.6% 25.0% 13.3%
link to industry detail 95 Auxiliaries, exc corp, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 399 94.7% 83.0% 62.4% 51,690 99.9% 98.8% 94.4%
link to industry detail 99 Industry not classified 2,038 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2,466 9.2% 0.0% 0.0%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?