Data include number of firms, number of establishments, employment, and annual payroll by enterprise employment size. The industry classification is based on 1997 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. An establishment with 0 employment is an establishment with no paid employees in the mid-March pay period but with paid employees at some time during the year.
Files are in comma-delimited format. Due to size, some of the data are broken down into parts for use in a spreadsheet application.
Files in alphabetical order by MSA name:
States across multiple files. Data are in alphabetical order by state name
1997-1998 employment change data were not released.