November 28, 2001 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Retail employment and establishment size
About half of retail workers are employed at establishments with fewer
than 50 employees.
[Chart data—TXT]
Establishments with 49 or fewer workers accounted for 53 percent of retail employment in March 2000. Of the categories shown in the chart,
retailers with 20 to 49 workers employed the highest proportion of the
retailing workforce, with 23.9 percent of the total.
Only 2.5 percent of retail employees were in establishments with 1000 or more workers.
The BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program
produced these data. Data presented here are for private-industry workers
covered by State unemployment insurance programs. Data for 2000 are
preliminary and subject to revision. Find more information on employment
in 2000 in "Employment and Wages, Annual Averages, 2000," BLS
Bulletin 2546.
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