U.S. - Plate work manufacturing - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	1,345	37.5%	9.0%	2.5%	37,491	84.0%	43.7%	14.7%
	2007	1,122	38.1%	10.0%	2.9%	32,760	85.3%	46.1%	14.8%
	2006	1,083	38.3%	9.1%	2.4%	30,241	84.6%	43.0%	13.4%
	2005	1,057	35.4%	8.3%	2.6%	27,197	82.1%	41.5%	13.5%
	2004	1,034	33.0%	7.4%	2.2%	24,408	79.9%	37.5%	13.1%
	2003	981	33.2%	6.9%	2.0%	23,719	79.6%	35.3%	13.4%
	2002	999	33.5%	7.3%	2.5%	23,894	80.5%	37.5%	15.5%
	2001	961	36.0%	8.4%	3.0%	25,460	82.4%	40.7%	15.7%
	2000	933	39.4%	9.2%	3.1%	25,945	83.9%	41.2%	15.9%
	1999	988	36.0%	9.3%	2.6%	26,761	82.8%	44.8%	15.1%
	1998	1,020	36.7%	7.7%	2.4%	26,824	82.9%	39.9%	15.6%