Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Manufacturing Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 372,791 396,449 378,259 377,453 472,649 342,751 1 year _ 390,629 410,671 394,715 407,116 468,370 2 years _ _ 376,018 415,187 401,604 390,483 3 years _ _ _ 375,069 416,269 393,792 4 years _ _ _ _ 372,666 399,696 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 362,009 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 16,325,666 16,393,280 15,950,895 15,707,518 15,529,074 14,969,055 Total 16,698,457 17,180,358 17,115,843 17,269,942 17,599,378 17,326,156 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 340,848 248,320 213,878 200,965 171,676 150,235 1 year 357,547 346,213 250,442 213,391 212,335 191,398 2 years 466,886 347,054 306,308 241,657 211,778 219,090 3 years 386,305 443,746 319,591 278,273 227,861 211,696 4 years 392,565 377,102 391,265 295,888 267,973 234,571 5 years 392,651 382,970 334,990 365,755 284,131 266,183 6 years 372,349 376,040 341,043 315,195 352,746 278,604 7 years _ 338,790 336,325 317,367 310,381 354,557 8 years _ _ 300,534 317,596 311,564 308,995 9 years _ _ _ 281,505 306,968 309,325 10 years _ _ _ _ 273,324 299,928 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 269,614 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 14,598,971 13,937,656 12,536,277 11,776,845 11,240,004 11,059,000 Total 17,308,122 16,797,891 15,330,653 14,604,437 14,170,741 14,153,196 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 133,878 126,286 115,764 89,276 78,539 82,240 1 year 177,331 154,488 136,730 114,188 87,487 92,258 2 years 200,504 182,544 152,022 122,460 108,980 93,896 3 years 223,500 197,642 177,295 131,942 111,576 113,221 4 years 213,641 220,476 190,118 154,812 119,583 115,900 5 years 236,423 210,882 213,251 165,053 143,995 121,933 6 years 265,337 234,398 203,975 185,414 153,803 146,584 7 years 278,652 263,120 229,818 175,839 172,580 156,144 8 years 351,442 273,485 252,286 201,091 161,003 174,206 9 years 312,147 348,196 265,331 218,915 187,198 166,085 10 years 308,438 304,706 331,844 237,246 204,825 190,252 11 years 298,292 303,290 298,232 291,383 220,695 209,216 12 years 267,638 290,611 294,446 256,676 270,395 224,755 13 years _ 263,273 283,932 257,386 236,626 277,324 14 years _ _ 252,463 253,634 240,494 238,476 15 years _ _ _ 223,273 237,393 243,481 16 years _ _ _ _ 208,605 241,169 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 210,636 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 10,835,498 10,485,531 10,138,439 9,026,367 8,404,343 8,471,463 Total 14,102,721 13,858,928 13,535,946 12,104,955 11,348,120 11,569,239 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 84,396 1 year 93,979 2 years 97,427 3 years 98,422 4 years 122,680 5 years 120,270 6 years 127,664 7 years 153,538 8 years 161,997 9 years 178,177 10 years 171,787 11 years 193,269 12 years 212,434 13 years 225,957 14 years 280,851 15 years 244,236 16 years 246,828 17 years 243,148 18 years 214,243 Born before March 1993 8,521,372 Total 11,792,675 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.