California Size of Firm Report, 1998 - Merced MSA

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	Number of reporting units with specified number of employees
MSA and Industry	Total	0 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 19	20 to 49	50 to 99	100 to 249	250 to 499	500 to 999	1000 or more
MERCED MSA
TOTAL
Reporting Units	4,735	2,963	722	496	351	122	56	15	8	2
AGRICULTURE
Reporting Units	1,240	700	207	170	109	29	19	5	1	0
Employment	14,555	946	1,337	2,282	3,208	1,802	2,959	[2]	[1]	0
Total Wages (in thousands)	$57,300	$5,305	$5,458	$9,954	$13,029	$6,280	$10,761	[2]	[1]	$0
MINING
Reporting Units	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]
Employment
Total Wages
CONSTRUCTION
Reporting Units	307	193	49	38	22	4	1	0	0	0
Employment	2,132	278	319	509	581	[2]	[1]	0	0	0
Total Wages (in thousands)	$11,847	$1,558	$1,795	$3,221	$3,060	[2]	[1]	$0	$0	$0
MANUFACTURING
Reporting Units	145	42	23	18	18	18	15	6	3	2
Employment	14,099	75	162	273	524	1,242	2,484	2,109	[2]	[1]
Total Wages (in thousands)	$85,100	$462	$916	$2,260	$3,085	$8,936	$16,945	$15,603	[2]	[1]
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION
Reporting Units	184	107	32	14	19	7	3	1	1	0
Employment	2,922	173	201	198	547	424	347	[1]	[1]	0
Total Wages (in thousands)	$19,289	$986	$1,137	$1,383	$3,650	$2,706	$2,372	[1]	[1]	$0
WHOLESALE TRADE
Reporting Units	165	84	34	24	17	4	1	1	0	0
Employment	2,022	151	227	301	494	322	[1]	[1]	0	0
Total Wages (in thousands)	$13,612	$1,316	$1,190	$1,684	$3,643	$2,087	[1]	[1]	$0	$0
RETAIL TRADE
Reporting Units	791	354	175	113	102	37	9	1	0	0
Employment	10,353	557	1,199	1,540	2,973	2,546	[2]	[1]	0	0
Total Wages (in thousands)	$41,386	$2,398	$3,840	$5,212	$11,321	$12,158	[2]	[1]	$0	$0
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Reporting Units	233	155	37	24	12	4	0	0	1	0
Employment	2,009	268	247	311	366	[2]	0	0	[1]	0
Total Wages (in thousands)	$13,690	$1,147	$1,340	$2,637	$2,462	[2]	$0	$0	[1]	$0
SERVICES
Reporting Units	1,670	1,328	165	95	52	19	8	1	2	0
Employment	9,333	1,543	1,092	1,261	1,517	1,345	1,100	[1]	[1]	0
Total Wages (in thousands)	$47,657	$6,470	$6,526	$6,533	$6,475	$6,232	$5,638	[1]	[1]	$0

[1] Data are confidential because there are fewer than three reporting units in this category or one or two employers make up 80 percent of the employment within the cell.

[2] Data are suppressed because confidential data could be extrapolated if those totals were included.

[3] Mining combined with Construction to prevent disclosure of confidential data.

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