Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Management of Companies and Enterprises Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 37,095 52,827 34,931 47,051 47,947 59,677 1 year _ 37,274 54,649 37,534 49,902 50,725 2 years _ _ 39,383 53,308 39,273 48,741 3 years _ _ _ 40,061 50,654 40,676 4 years _ _ _ _ 40,865 52,433 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 42,172 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,429,026 1,433,422 1,422,102 1,440,619 1,453,882 1,452,045 Total 1,466,121 1,523,523 1,551,065 1,618,573 1,682,523 1,746,469 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 37,039 27,017 34,133 24,887 25,749 20,406 1 year 62,199 37,452 29,866 35,603 26,797 27,686 2 years 52,287 61,315 35,121 27,643 34,371 28,124 3 years 48,537 51,410 61,335 39,661 29,494 37,092 4 years 40,577 49,777 48,485 49,138 42,663 31,221 5 years 53,881 40,302 44,647 46,123 51,600 45,030 6 years 41,273 49,856 37,558 40,039 46,346 53,227 7 years _ 40,283 49,039 37,949 41,580 46,846 8 years _ _ 36,386 47,948 35,647 45,015 9 years _ _ _ 35,786 55,300 36,858 10 years _ _ _ _ 37,083 53,978 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 39,160 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,431,970 1,402,427 1,351,233 1,267,623 1,260,969 1,268,270 Total 1,767,763 1,759,839 1,727,803 1,652,400 1,687,599 1,732,913 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 19,616 23,299 24,223 18,605 15,390 17,292 1 year 23,897 22,522 25,043 25,202 19,478 16,350 2 years 28,233 29,589 22,742 24,789 24,204 21,487 3 years 30,773 28,157 29,785 23,847 25,424 24,588 4 years 44,810 31,134 27,283 29,081 23,749 26,583 5 years 31,964 37,226 31,578 26,529 28,282 21,216 6 years 45,799 33,946 39,669 32,271 27,979 26,980 7 years 55,075 46,094 36,364 39,467 30,653 29,351 8 years 53,560 58,998 45,744 34,757 39,638 30,500 9 years 42,142 53,675 59,962 47,911 35,737 39,791 10 years 36,657 41,920 54,887 59,238 46,309 36,384 11 years 55,249 36,683 44,130 53,117 59,369 48,156 12 years 38,325 54,420 38,279 40,633 51,768 59,347 13 years _ 38,940 57,961 36,740 39,018 52,141 14 years _ _ 40,845 57,765 37,318 39,469 15 years _ _ _ 40,017 55,228 37,561 16 years _ _ _ _ 40,418 54,874 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 39,510 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,275,252 1,287,235 1,308,622 1,283,268 1,244,143 1,273,796 Total 1,781,352 1,823,838 1,887,117 1,873,237 1,844,105 1,895,376 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 20,979 1 year 19,173 2 years 18,316 3 years 21,566 4 years 25,222 5 years 26,403 6 years 22,867 7 years 28,367 8 years 31,067 9 years 31,533 10 years 39,592 11 years 36,089 12 years 46,933 13 years 70,366 14 years 50,830 15 years 40,214 16 years 40,673 17 years 56,017 18 years 40,604 Born before March 1993 1,311,516 Total 1,978,327 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.