US DATA: BLS has released “Experimental Size Class Employment,
Hours, and Earnings Series from the Current Employment Statistics
Survey” This is the company-level program that provides estimates of
employment by firm size and major industry sector from April 1990 to
March 2011, and is useful in determining some adjustments to payrolls
and in looking for econ turning points. Text: “Since 1990, firms with
500 or more employees have accounted for more than 40 percent of total
private employment. The percentage of private employment accounted for
by each size class has remained quite stable over time. Employment
trends in small firms, those with 1-49 employees, have led larger firms
at cyclical turning points.” See www.bls.gov/ces/cessizeclass.htm.