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| Doctor Foxx 05/03/17 1:39:45 PM #45: | Smarkil posted... Yes, the majority of employees in the US are working for small businesses. Hmm, Statistics Bureau disagrees https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/econ/g12-susb.pdf In 2012, large enterprises employed 59.9 million people (51.6 percent of all employees), very small enterprises employed 20.4 million people (17.6 percent), small enterprises employed 19.4 million people (16.7 percent), and medium enterprises employed 16.3 million people (14.0 percent). See Figure 1. Additionally: The share of employment at large enterprises has increased steadily since 2004 (see Table 2). In 2004, 49.1 percent of employees were employed by large enterprises. By 2012, 51.6 percent of employees were employed by large enterprises. The employment share of small enterprises decreased from 17.9 percent in 2004 to 16.6 percent in 2010 and 2011, before rising slightly to 16.7 percent in 2012. Smaller businesses may offer more face time, but often have fewer resources available that could be used for compensation and employee benefits. Not that big employers are all that focused on employees. It would take nearly 79,000 very small businesses (at minimum) to employ the same number that Wal-Mart does --- Never write off the Doctor! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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