| Table 6-7 |
| Firms and employment in U.S. small businesses versus all businesses: 2006 |
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| |
All technologies |
|
High technology |
| Business |
Firms
(thousands) |
Employment
(millions) |
|
Firms
(thousands) |
Employment
(millions) |
| |
| All businesses |
6,022 |
120.0 |
|
519 |
15.4 |
| Small businesses (number) |
6,004 |
60.2 |
|
504 |
5.3 |
| Small businesses (%) |
99.7 |
50.2 |
|
97.1 |
34.4 |
| |
|
NOTES: Small businesses are firms with <500 employees. Firms include those reporting no employees on their payroll. Firm is an entity that is either a single location with no subsidiary or branches or topmost parent of a group of subsidiaries or branches. High-technology industries defined by Bureau of Labor Statistics on basis of employment intensity of technology-oriented occupations. High-technology small business employment is lower bound estimate because employment not available for a few industries due to data suppression.
SOURCES: Census Bureau, Statistics of U.S. Businesses, http://www.census.gov/csd/susb/susb06.htm, accessed 1 June 2009; and Hecker DE. 2006. High-technology employment: A NAICS-based update. Monthly Labor Review 128(7):57–72, http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art6full.pdf, accessed 1 June 2009.
Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 |
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