Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private California Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 546,046 510,157 538,170 601,818 626,600 561,901 1 year _ 529,694 499,278 524,977 599,520 605,348 2 years _ _ 516,715 503,473 515,845 585,103 3 years _ _ _ 508,075 488,677 507,105 4 years _ _ _ _ 487,513 473,789 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 472,104 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 9,642,935 9,336,845 9,155,169 8,942,882 8,780,686 8,554,171 Total 10,188,981 10,376,696 10,709,332 11,081,225 11,498,841 11,759,521 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 620,782 549,854 582,098 499,894 476,727 476,867 1 year 583,173 620,756 509,842 544,012 488,016 476,678 2 years 611,217 576,149 554,224 507,073 535,117 472,604 3 years 579,217 592,122 514,675 506,760 515,448 521,412 4 years 510,268 543,362 519,862 480,437 486,138 493,043 5 years 466,264 502,822 493,959 490,196 465,417 469,028 6 years 465,918 449,976 453,328 457,278 469,914 444,930 7 years _ 464,136 415,962 434,862 434,948 455,047 8 years _ _ 430,007 384,435 408,232 417,943 9 years _ _ _ 403,244 367,149 399,048 10 years _ _ _ _ 394,727 357,828 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 388,983 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 8,402,435 8,254,959 7,713,919 7,406,176 7,186,100 7,033,635 Total 12,239,274 12,554,136 12,187,876 12,114,367 12,227,933 12,407,046 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 444,583 412,806 404,731 322,819 306,956 308,560 1 year 492,637 444,438 400,821 362,088 298,002 305,869 2 years 477,118 481,277 416,650 359,380 337,511 305,244 3 years 467,126 463,068 452,339 370,169 339,347 342,175 4 years 514,706 449,746 433,853 390,401 340,326 339,883 5 years 477,097 503,580 427,371 387,720 369,026 342,781 6 years 469,282 452,342 475,668 378,156 359,922 365,856 7 years 444,685 459,381 425,343 439,078 352,661 358,902 8 years 450,105 435,670 438,590 376,307 405,158 352,131 9 years 411,496 438,819 419,906 401,191 351,196 397,750 10 years 394,682 399,369 412,309 383,854 380,678 346,392 11 years 352,835 387,041 384,862 378,915 362,366 370,666 12 years 380,594 340,240 365,740 346,332 349,242 361,848 13 years _ 369,131 328,250 335,605 326,257 343,743 14 years _ _ 341,795 296,068 319,445 323,265 15 years _ _ _ 306,776 277,044 315,974 16 years _ _ _ _ 292,621 271,518 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 290,468 Born before March 1993 6,936,696 6,784,714 6,596,875 6,085,820 5,745,892 5,683,423 Total 12,713,642 12,821,622 12,725,103 11,920,679 11,513,650 11,726,448 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.