Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Wholesale Trade Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 186,536 182,411 195,436 214,694 215,925 210,173 1 year _ 186,248 186,741 196,863 221,221 212,805 2 years _ _ 184,897 187,305 194,483 212,633 3 years _ _ _ 185,470 182,619 189,676 4 years _ _ _ _ 180,023 176,528 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 174,776 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 4,771,533 4,723,490 4,627,710 4,541,797 4,480,947 4,390,607 Total 4,958,069 5,092,149 5,194,784 5,326,129 5,475,218 5,567,198 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 202,844 197,712 190,357 170,931 151,272 148,740 1 year 216,017 199,356 207,467 190,242 176,055 161,038 2 years 209,664 214,083 188,022 190,639 184,816 171,504 3 years 207,961 201,791 192,629 182,078 182,244 177,952 4 years 182,767 200,563 188,672 182,936 178,972 179,685 5 years 174,165 179,254 183,178 178,489 178,294 179,252 6 years 171,190 170,592 165,248 177,260 171,706 176,528 7 years _ 165,832 160,544 155,716 172,243 169,629 8 years _ _ 155,741 154,756 152,224 170,029 9 years _ _ _ 150,599 151,669 149,487 10 years _ _ _ _ 146,965 151,539 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 143,827 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,336,522 4,229,574 3,981,639 3,828,934 3,738,494 3,700,591 Total 5,701,130 5,758,757 5,613,497 5,562,580 5,584,954 5,679,801 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 143,586 148,133 138,671 113,551 106,179 103,813 1 year 161,075 155,452 153,526 131,946 109,565 112,380 2 years 161,637 158,692 151,796 139,549 119,540 111,293 3 years 171,785 158,765 153,805 137,963 128,116 117,527 4 years 179,448 168,821 154,195 138,038 127,678 126,934 5 years 177,074 176,263 163,488 138,450 125,720 127,130 6 years 180,130 174,089 173,000 148,211 129,857 124,256 7 years 175,120 179,429 169,965 156,342 138,977 129,189 8 years 171,077 175,558 171,434 155,777 145,687 138,757 9 years 169,768 170,680 171,351 160,858 147,299 144,317 10 years 151,033 168,232 164,314 158,001 151,290 144,226 11 years 148,819 150,008 163,426 151,509 147,520 151,081 12 years 144,193 148,415 146,041 150,969 142,207 144,753 13 years _ 145,297 144,069 135,878 141,880 141,396 14 years _ _ 140,102 133,059 128,667 139,792 15 years _ _ _ 128,521 125,304 125,398 16 years _ _ _ _ 120,829 123,639 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 119,997 Born before March 1993 3,687,338 3,666,612 3,605,779 3,349,408 3,162,518 3,144,587 Total 5,822,083 5,944,446 5,964,962 5,628,030 5,398,833 5,470,465 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.