Table E. Quarterly net change by firm size class, seasonally adjusted (In thousands) Size class (number of employees) Year 3 months ended Total 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 249 250 to 499 500 to 999 1,000 or more 1992 September 654 72 41 61 98 71 60 37 25 189 December 188 17 31 27 43 37 49 25 20 -61 1993 March 302 46 2 7 29 38 65 38 42 35 June 726 63 54 59 76 54 71 58 67 224 September 1,001 120 77 96 134 104 122 77 44 227 December 611 37 60 71 116 87 97 60 55 28 1994 March 554 33 18 38 65 62 82 63 52 141 June 905 61 46 55 89 71 102 85 60 336 September 1,321 131 100 126 183 128 143 85 82 343 December 475 -9 24 45 80 75 101 62 55 42 1995 March 782 74 43 57 102 86 94 57 53 216 June 363 44 20 21 20 19 38 24 30 147 September 900 33 38 65 117 87 98 61 80 321 December 360 16 34 42 78 65 85 57 23 -40 1996 March 565 52 29 43 76 54 59 27 11 214 June 650 57 33 29 22 20 30 57 53 349 September 735 80 43 60 88 63 94 52 51 204 December 797 28 50 70 112 94 120 68 62 193 1997 March 889 87 57 72 116 81 79 60 24 313 June 623 38 25 25 24 34 67 56 41 313 September 963 29 36 63 116 92 126 60 68 373 December 653 -3 27 46 80 65 87 74 61 216 1998 March 916 57 22 30 49 56 84 72 79 467 June 610 121 65 63 56 25 38 13 15 214 September 809 20 9 30 53 50 76 57 52 462 December 693 16 50 68 124 89 97 63 41 145 1999 March 514 69 37 26 32 29 23 3 14 281 June 622 14 21 36 60 42 69 43 43 294 September 618 17 26 50 80 63 72 46 41 223 December 957 43 68 96 137 96 129 83 77 228 2000 March 910 87 63 64 94 82 109 87 71 253 June 460 12 1 7 23 31 49 36 46 255 September 316 8 9 20 39 41 51 21 25 102 December 266 -2 -3 9 29 20 40 20 11 142 2001 March 52 13 7 9 -6 -29 -58 -51 -24 191 June -843 4 -12 -36 -79 -75 -105 -91 -86 -363 September -1,214 -56 -50 -59 -106 -107 -146 -116 -114 -460 December -1,041 10 -17 -34 -77 -87 -113 -90 -86 -547 2002 March 70 29 21 9 -5 -22 -30 -9 -19 96 June -61 51 16 4 -2 4 -11 -18 -20 -85 September -176 35 8 -2 -21 -20 -26 -16 -12 -122 December -247 23 3 -7 -22 -35 -38 -26 -18 -127 2003 March -326 -7 -25 -40 -63 -30 -26 -21 -22 -92 June -137 41 30 20 21 -6 -20 -20 -33 -170 September 193 45 26 27 22 8 13 4 0 48 December 310 52 22 33 39 16 16 23 9 100 2004 March 430 46 26 26 55 58 79 40 30 70 June 621 35 20 39 75 70 71 37 47 227 September 197 27 16 17 28 32 56 38 9 -26 December 759 93 48 56 77 39 62 39 45 300 2005 March 368 12 6 13 35 37 60 45 21 139 June 570 64 35 55 89 71 75 50 47 84 September 701 71 42 46 59 36 49 50 58 290 December 506 84 22 29 34 20 25 21 4 267 2006 March 788 63 55 78 138 97 125 75 66 91 June 375 20 13 23 61 45 65 49 42 57 September 43 -7 -3 -4 0 18 9 17 10 3 December 447 52 12 19 34 31 43 5 21 230 2007 March 466 27 39 51 72 41 58 33 44 101 June 174 -42 -19 1 29 41 67 48 31 18 September -269 -17 -25 -42 -48 -20 -33 -13 -9 -62 December 298 11 -12 -1 10 18 45 31 16 180 2008 March -277 -70 -31 -21 -16 -12 1 1 -3 -126 June -547 -108 -64 -57 -58 -25 -12 -17 -23 -183 September -1,035 -92 -66 -80 -121 -68 -92 -50 -62 -404 December -1,850 -144 -142 -167 -240 -176 -194 -124 -111 -552 2009 March -2,643 -232 -173 -216 -346 -283 -328 -211 -180 -674 June -1,766 -114 -94 -106 -161 -123 -152 -115 -132 -769 September -979 -130 -66 -77 -115 -57 -70 -60 -44 -360 December -277 -5 -43 -54 -59 -30 -12 -16 -19 -39 2010 March -231 -89 -38 -32 -26 -5 4 18 13 -76 June 689 24 28 60 121 90 121 69 56 120 September 157 -8 3 4 12 34 37 34 34 7 December 534 53 8 5 20 31 68 52 39 258 2011 March 329 -16 18 39 67 57 65 46 30 23 June 550 -5 35 61 104 77 101 57 31 89 September 793 74 53 47 73 68 84 60 72 262 December 332 30 -4 0 13 16 30 31 21 195 2012 March 830 39 76 103 144 100 116 78 68 106 June 572 7 14 45 92 73 88 71 62 120 September 168 -6 3 -1 1 18 20 24 33 76 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics