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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
Special trade contractors
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By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Special trade contractors 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 432,271 436,034 3,560,660 114,922,389
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 62,793 62,800 0 2,108,521
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 208,754 208,760 440,174 10,323,729
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 78,944 78,954 517,439 13,094,164
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 45,927 45,989 614,246 17,769,290
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 32,252 32,643 1,190,593 40,429,177
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,198 3,817 517,822 19,526,802
Firms with 500 employees or more 403 3,071 280,386 11,670,706
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Special trade contractors - 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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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
  2002 438,835 8.6% 0.9% 0.1% 3,865,341 59.8% 27.2% 11.5%
link to 2001 detail 2001 438,162 8.8% 1.0% 0.1% 3,973,814 60.4% 28.0% 11.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 449,380 9.0% 1.0% 0.1% 4,066,900 59.1% 26.1% 10.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 438,685 8.8% 0.9% 0.1% 3,815,174 57.7% 24.2% 8.7%
link to 1998 detail 1998 432,271 8.3% 0.8% 0.1% 3,560,660 55.9% 22.4% 7.9%

 

 

Special trade contractors by State
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.
State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
United States 432,271 8.3% 0.8% 0.1% 3,560,660 55.9% 22.4% 7.9%
Alabama 6,107 10.4% 1.2% 0.4% 56,112 58.0% 21.7% 8.0%
Alaska 1,297 4.8% 0.8% 0.5% 5,994 34.4% 8.1% 3.6%
Arizona 7,748 13.8% 2.3% 0.6% 99,274 69.9% 34.5% 8.3%
Arkansas 3,524 7.9% 0.9% 0.5% 24,662 46.9% 12.0% 3.4%
California 39,352 11.0% 1.4% 0.3% 403,537 62.9% 27.2% 9.4%
Colorado 10,418 8.6% 1.2% 0.4% 86,115 57.9% 25.4% 8.6%
Connecticut 6,164 6.1% 0.7% 0.4% 36,312 45.0% 13.2% 6.1%
Delaware 1,461 10.7% 1.4% 0.4% 13,238 59.4% 19.7% 6.2%
District of Columbia 130 21.5% 3.8% 1.5% 2,060 76.3% D D
Florida 24,938 9.3% 1.0% 0.2% 215,196 57.7% 22.2% 8.8%
Georgia 11,916 9.6% 1.3% 0.5% 105,578 58.4% 23.5% 9.3%
Hawaii 1,413 10.2% 2.1% 1.1% 11,948 53.2% 21.1% 9.0%
Idaho 3,545 4.7% 0.7% 0.3% 19,135 37.2% D D
Illinois 18,548 8.4% 1.1% 0.3% 152,100 55.5% 22.7% 6.9%
Indiana 10,048 8.6% 1.2% 0.3% 84,984 53.3% 21.9% 6.9%
Iowa 5,178 7.1% 1.0% 0.3% 35,223 49.4% D D
Kansas 4,829 7.8% 1.0% 0.5% 35,344 50.4% 17.9% 7.5%
Kentucky 6,022 8.8% 1.1% 0.3% 47,708 51.5% 15.9% 3.8%
Louisiana 5,194 11.2% 1.8% 0.6% 60,422 64.7% 35.2% 17.7%
Maine 2,886 4.0% 0.7% 0.2% 14,204 41.8% 19.2% 9.2%
Maryland 8,994 11.7% 1.6% 0.4% 91,675 62.4% 26.0% 8.8%
Massachusetts 10,170 6.6% 0.8% 0.3% 67,185 49.5% 17.4% 6.3%
Michigan 16,624 7.5% 0.8% 0.2% 120,875 50.8% 17.9% 5.6%
Minnesota 9,094 7.0% 0.9% 0.3% 62,901 53.3% 20.3% 5.9%
Mississippi 2,981 9.3% 0.9% 0.5% 24,613 54.4% 17.8% 10.2%
Missouri 9,724 7.7% 1.0% 0.4% 74,492 52.0% 20.4% 8.1%
Montana 2,135 3.4% 0.5% 0.3% 8,941 30.1% D D
Nebraska 3,543 6.8% 1.1% 0.5% 23,968 47.1% 16.5% 5.7%
Nevada 2,953 19.6% 4.4% 1.2% 51,078 77.2% 41.4% 9.9%
New Hampshire 2,549 5.9% 0.5% 0.2% 14,000 44.2% D D
New Jersey 15,213 5.9% 0.7% 0.2% 93,749 47.0% 16.3% 4.6%
New Mexico 2,796 9.9% 1.0% 0.4% 22,611 53.8% 12.5% 1.4%
New York 25,343 7.0% 0.9% 0.2% 181,980 53.3% 21.9% 6.5%
North Carolina 15,780 7.6% 1.0% 0.3% 125,737 52.9% 22.6% 10.1%
North Dakota 1,319 7.1% 0.9% 0.4% 8,282 48.2% D D
Ohio 17,618 8.6% 1.0% 0.3% 139,989 52.9% 19.1% 6.1%
Oklahoma 4,803 7.1% 1.0% 0.5% 32,603 44.6% 13.4% 5.4%
Oregon 7,094 7.0% 0.8% 0.4% 48,679 49.5% 17.6% 9.3%
Pennsylvania 17,929 7.7% 1.0% 0.3% 136,717 53.9% 21.8% 10.1%
Rhode Island 2,071 4.3% 0.7% 0.4% 10,629 41.2% D D
South Carolina 6,827 8.1% 1.0% 0.4% 56,666 52.3% 21.1% 10.7%
South Dakota 1,564 5.6% 0.7% 0.4% 7,898 37.3% D D
Tennessee 7,173 11.6% 1.7% 0.4% 71,028 62.0% 24.6% 4.3%
Texas 24,004 11.2% 1.5% 0.4% 255,178 62.1% 27.6% 11.7%
Utah 4,768 7.9% 1.0% 0.5% 34,775 50.6% 16.4% 5.3%
Vermont 1,550 3.9% 0.5% 0.1% 7,318 36.5% D D
Virginia 12,266 9.6% 1.2% 0.3% 106,129 56.5% 20.9% 5.2%
Washington 11,867 7.2% 0.9% 0.3% 82,087 51.9% 18.9% 7.4%
West Virginia 2,261 5.9% 1.1% 0.5% 13,056 40.3% 11.1% 3.4%
Wisconsin 10,582 6.2% 0.8% 0.2% 70,434 47.2% 18.1% 5.7%
Wyoming 1,340 4.9% 0.4% 0.4% 6,241 31.8% D 1.2%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?