economy. Slightly less than half of all the workers in private firms are at the 17,000 large firms, meaning they

employ more than 500 workers. Another 35% of workers in the U.S. economy are at firms with fewer than 100

workers. These small-scale businesses include everything from dentists and lawyers to businesses that mow

lawns or clean houses. Table 7.1 does not include a separate category for the millions of small “non-employer”

businesses where a single owner or a few partners are not officially paid wages or a salary, but simply receive

whatever they can earn.

Number of Employees Firms (% of total firms) Number of Paid Employees (% of total employment)

Total

0–9

10–19

20–99

5,734,538

112.0 million

4,543,315 (79.2%)

12.3 million (11.0%)

617,089 (10.8%)

8.3 million (7.4%)

475,125 (8.3%)

18.6 million (16.6%)

100–499

81,773 (1.4%)

15.9 million (14.2%)

500 or more

17,236 (0.30%)

50.9 million (49.8%)
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