Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Finance and Insurance Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 203,771 225,537 226,402 214,546 252,039 279,106 1 year _ 197,845 206,086 226,581 228,435 269,996 2 years _ _ 196,976 208,457 224,455 224,067 3 years _ _ _ 194,089 210,166 222,504 4 years _ _ _ _ 198,272 198,454 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 183,374 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,780,915 4,496,541 4,344,903 4,240,857 4,189,619 4,107,476 Total 4,984,686 4,919,923 4,974,367 5,084,530 5,302,986 5,484,977 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 244,832 207,788 211,822 192,554 173,086 174,221 1 year 282,114 252,531 218,671 223,988 207,135 177,731 2 years 254,490 276,553 256,553 221,473 226,306 205,756 3 years 212,930 248,002 267,438 252,003 220,346 224,333 4 years 213,235 203,256 240,356 274,281 246,202 221,223 5 years 179,357 196,160 198,323 229,470 271,086 242,410 6 years 173,875 171,168 190,480 196,679 228,520 259,401 7 years _ 172,672 163,854 191,356 188,906 231,695 8 years _ _ 173,662 156,147 189,776 184,199 9 years _ _ _ 162,627 150,428 189,062 10 years _ _ _ _ 154,640 148,927 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 146,663 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,956,793 3,865,069 3,707,883 3,638,168 3,525,506 3,436,990 Total 5,517,626 5,593,199 5,629,042 5,738,746 5,781,937 5,842,611 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 150,780 153,503 135,303 110,911 92,870 82,114 1 year 189,354 159,406 154,232 135,261 108,220 96,618 2 years 177,189 186,054 146,591 144,603 126,362 111,109 3 years 207,995 171,442 172,930 130,651 134,850 124,081 4 years 228,744 196,672 154,160 156,173 120,304 131,787 5 years 221,136 215,662 176,397 141,679 145,952 119,288 6 years 239,084 216,617 196,995 161,286 131,899 141,839 7 years 257,519 234,044 197,989 181,991 148,633 131,790 8 years 232,284 244,924 214,279 185,185 167,558 145,802 9 years 181,481 224,458 231,777 196,424 173,112 165,216 10 years 185,143 172,486 214,765 215,436 187,201 170,953 11 years 144,785 178,406 161,052 198,100 194,164 183,752 12 years 150,353 139,768 169,472 149,511 188,004 195,242 13 years _ 147,741 133,569 157,929 140,541 178,964 14 years _ _ 141,644 128,918 148,676 135,978 15 years _ _ _ 124,059 121,956 144,978 16 years _ _ _ _ 116,410 118,970 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 114,301 Born before March 1993 3,407,309 3,375,386 3,295,222 3,163,260 3,033,476 2,986,342 Total 5,973,156 6,016,569 5,896,377 5,681,377 5,480,188 5,479,124 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.