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U.S. - Waste management & remediation services 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 14,162 16,960 287,400 9,530,891
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 1,597 1,599 0 62,375
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 6,137 6,142 13,115 296,304
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,642 2,650 17,504 436,050
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,814 1,857 24,459 678,135
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,625 1,836 60,881 1,915,163
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 235 562 32,658 1,155,041
Firms with 500 employees or more 112 2,314 138,783 4,987,823
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Waste management and remediation services - 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 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 17,406 15.7% 3.1% 0.9% 367,263 80.6% 57.9% 43.4%
link to 2007 detail 2007 17,156 15.1% 3.0% 0.9% 355,193 80.4% 58.4% 44.3%
link to 2006 detail 2006 16,189 15.4% 3.0% 0.9% 345,334 80.6% 58.9% 44.8%
link to 2005 detail 2005 15,850 14.8% 2.9% 0.9% 333,343 80.6% 59.3% 45.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 15,535 15.0% 2.9% 0.8% 343,600 81.7% 61.2% 47.8%
link to 2003 detail 2003 14,914 15.2% 2.9% 0.9% 340,217 82.1% 62.1% 49.2%
link to 2002 detail 2002 14,184 14.0% 2.6% 0.8% 300,580 81.2% 61.5% 49.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 13,591 14.7% 2.7% 0.9% 300,536 82.1% 61.8% 50.0%
link to 2000 detail 2000 12,999 14.1% 2.7% 0.9% 291,483 82.3% 63.1% 51.6%
link to 1999 detail 1999 13,537 13.9% 2.6% 0.9% 287,174 81.5% 61.5% 50.1%
link to 1998 detail 1998 14,162 13.9% 2.5% 0.8% 287,400 80.8% 59.7% 48.3%

 

 

Waste management & remediation services 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 14,162 13.9% 2.5% 0.8% 287,400 80.8% 59.7% 48.3%
Alabama 192 19.3% 7.8% 4.2% 3,677 82.4% 56.5% 47.4%
Alaska 90 14.4% 4.4% 4.4% 930 71.3% 41.6% 41.6%
Arizona 191 19.4% 7.3% 3.1% 3,006 79.2% 53.1% 38.0%
Arkansas 163 11.0% 4.3% 2.5% 2,093 69.8% D 37.9%
California 1,138 25.4% 6.5% 2.2% 35,333 88.0% 63.8% 45.8%
Colorado 267 18.4% 9.4% 6.0% 8,043 88.5% 77.8% 73.3%
Connecticut 299 22.1% 5.0% 3.0% 4,423 75.5% 33.6% 13.4%
Delaware 54 22.2% 13.0% 5.6% 1,126 81.9% D D
District of Columbia 18 22.2% 11.1% 11.1% 159 59.7% D D
Florida 571 15.8% 5.6% 3.7% 12,765 84.3% 66.9% 63.3%
Georgia 392 14.5% 5.9% 4.3% 6,057 78.0% 59.2% 49.7%
Hawaii 77 22.1% 11.7% 7.8% 1,069 72.7% 51.2% 43.7%
Idaho 120 12.5% 5.8% 4.2% 1,131 66.8% D 48.7%
Illinois 657 16.6% 5.9% 3.8% 14,586 84.2% 66.9% 52.1%
Indiana 298 23.2% 7.7% 5.0% 7,049 84.4% 64.8% 51.2%
Iowa 265 11.3% 3.4% 1.9% 2,523 56.4% 31.6% 21.2%
Kansas 205 8.8% 4.9% 3.9% 2,793 75.5% D 63.1%
Kentucky 179 14.0% 6.1% 4.5% 3,172 77.2% 61.3% 54.6%
Louisiana 191 25.1% 8.4% 5.8% 5,221 86.3% 62.2% 58.2%
Maine 171 8.2% 2.9% 2.9% 1,450 55.0% 33.9% 33.9%
Maryland 319 25.1% 6.0% 4.4% 6,967 80.6% 49.2% 42.9%
Massachusetts 407 16.0% 4.2% 2.9% 8,011 81.3% 61.2% 56.8%
Michigan 468 14.7% 5.1% 2.6% 9,346 80.7% 64.3% 50.3%
Minnesota 450 10.9% 2.7% 1.8% 5,221 65.8% 40.8% 36.8%
Mississippi 98 13.3% 6.1% 4.1% 1,701 80.4% D D
Missouri 344 16.3% 7.6% 5.5% 5,214 77.4% 60.0% 53.8%
Montana 71 8.5% 2.8% 2.8% 552 50.0% D D
Nebraska 199 11.1% 3.5% 3.0% 1,756 59.3% D D
Nevada 66 34.8% 10.6% 4.5% 2,679 92.2% D D
New Hampshire 119 11.8% 3.4% 3.4% 1,283 67.0% D D
New Jersey 548 22.8% 5.8% 3.1% 10,283 78.3% 43.5% 29.9%
New Mexico 94 19.1% 9.6% 4.3% 1,780 D D 52.5%
New York 1,057 15.4% 3.6% 1.5% 17,634 74.5% 48.6% 32.5%
North Carolina 400 15.5% 5.8% 3.5% 7,210 83.2% 62.4% 52.8%
North Dakota 63 4.8% 3.2% 1.6% 431 D D D
Ohio 620 15.3% 6.0% 2.7% 14,301 82.1% 67.7% 52.3%
Oklahoma 202 19.3% 5.9% 3.5% 2,607 70.8% 36.3% 27.5%
Oregon 309 17.5% 4.9% 2.9% 3,897 63.0% 33.6% 18.6%
Pennsylvania 700 17.4% 6.1% 3.7% 13,682 79.8% 58.4% 47.9%
Rhode Island 81 11.1% 4.9% 3.7% 749 62.9% D 34.0%
South Carolina 164 14.6% 11.0% 8.5% 3,130 79.3% 71.7% 67.3%
South Dakota 95 7.4% 1.1% 1.1% 679 42.0% D D
Tennessee 242 17.8% 7.4% 2.5% 5,754 86.4% 70.8% 41.7%
Texas 749 17.0% 5.9% 3.5% 18,586 86.5% 69.6% 57.7%
Utah 98 27.6% 12.2% 9.2% 2,145 D D 57.9%
Vermont 83 8.4% 1.2% 1.2% 865 69.2% D D
Virginia 336 16.1% 6.3% 2.7% 6,197 79.2% 60.9% 46.8%
Washington 310 25.5% 9.0% 4.8% 10,146 88.6% 69.5% 60.2%
West Virginia 148 16.2% 4.1% 2.7% 1,849 62.4% D 25.4%
Wisconsin 318 14.5% 3.1% 2.2% 5,844 81.1% D 59.0%
Wyoming 53 13.2% 9.4% 7.5% 295 D D 27.5%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?