1. Utah Employers,
Employment, & Wages by
Size, 2011
Published February 2012
Utah Department of
Workforce Services
2. UTAH EMPLOYERS,
EMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES BY SIZE
Reference period: First Quarter 2011
Published February 2012
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4. Acknowledgments
The data contained in the Utah Employers, Employment, and Wages by Size publication
was compiled and prepared by Workforce Research & Analysis of the Utah Department of
Workforce Services through its contract fulfillment with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Many individuals within Workforce Research & Analysis contributed to this publication.
Special recognition is given to Kris Beckstead, Research Consultant I, and Eileen
Schroeder, Research Analyst.
5. TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
Section
I. UTAH FIRMS, FIRST QUARTER, 2011
UTAH ESTABLISHMENTS, 2000-2011 ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Table
1. Utah Non-agricultural Firms, Employment, and Wages, by Employment Range,
First Quarter, 2011 ............................................................................................................................................................... 7
2. Utah Non-agricultural Establishments, Employment, and Wages by Employment Range,
First Quarter, 2011 ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Chart 1. Percent of March Employment and Establishments, First Quarter, 2011 .............................................................. 9
3. Utah Non-agricultural Establishments by County and NAICS Sector, First Quarter, 2011 ................................................. 10
4. Utah Non-agricultural Establishments and March Employment by Firm Size,
First Quarter, 2000-2011 ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chart 2. Number of Establishments by Firm Size, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011……………………………… ............................ 13
Chart 3. Percentage of March Employment by Firm Size, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011……………………………… ................ 14
II. UTAH ESTABLISHMENTS, EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, BY EMPLOYMENT RANGE,
NAICS SECTOR, AND COUNTY, FIRST QUARTER, 2011........................................................................................................ 15
Table
5. Utah Non-agricultural Establishments, Employment, and Wages by Employment Range
and NAICS Sector, First Quarter, 2011................................................................................................................................ 18
6. Utah Non-agricultural Establishments, Employment, and Wages by Employment Range
and County, First Quarter, 2011........................................................................................................................................... 24
DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
6. INTRODUCTION
The Utah Department of Workforce Services compiles generally defined as a specific physical worksite for an
quarterly employment and wage data for non-agricultural employer. For most employers, this is the actual street
employers in Utah. Data is maintained at the location at which business is conducted. For others, with
establishment level (e.g., store, plant, or other type of no permanent worksite (such as salespeople, factory
permanent worksite facility). Since these establishments representatives, or distributors) it is the location from
are assigned an industry and county code, their which they conduct their business (sometimes even
employment and wage data can be aggregated into residences).
common industry and county groupings for analysis
purposes. For construction and some mining firms, it is the Utah
headquarters or office location rather than the actual
Employment and wage data for Utah’s non-agricultural jobsite. Some employers conduct business at multiple
employers are categorized in this publication by establishments or worksites within the state. In this
employment size for the month of March in each of the situation, data in the "establishment" tables are
designated years. Grouping data by this criterion presented separately for each establishment or worksite.
provides a useful tool to analyze the characteristics of
Utah employers. For example, general trends of the size In Utah, over 2,000 firms are multiple worksite employers
of Utah employers and employment concentrations by comprised of over 17,300 worksite establishments. The
employer size class can be observed. Wage levels for term "firm" is used to identify an employer's total
large, medium, and small firms can also be evaluated. statewide operations. In this situation, data for multiple
establishment employers are aggregated to a statewide
In this publication, data is presented for both total for assignment to a size category in the "firm" tables.
establishments and firms. The term "establishment" is
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7. SECTION I
UTAH FIRMS, EMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES,
BY EMPLOYMENT RANGE, FIRST QUARTER, 2011
UTAH ESTABLISHMENTS, EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES,
BY EMPLOYMENT RANGE, FIRST QUARTER, 2000-2011
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8. SECTION I
UTAH EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES, BY SIZE
For the first calendar quarter of each year, establishment The highest non-agricultural employment concentrations
employment and wage data are summarized into ten are actually found in the middle size classes with a large
separate size classes. These ten classes or categories, concentration also in the largest size class. The four
which are based on March employment levels, are as middle size classes, employing 10-249 workers, contain
follows: 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-99, 100-249, 250- 56 percent of non-agricultural employment, while almost
499, 500-999, and 1,000 and over. 25 percent of establishments are represented there.
Since Utah employers are primarily small-sized In general, average monthly wage levels tend to
establishments, the number of establishments in each correspond with increases in size class. The first two size
size category correlates inversely with the size class, i.e., classes break this pattern, however. This is primarily due
the smaller size classes have the largest number of to high concentrations of professional organizations in
establishments. In fact, over half of Utah’s these small size classes, which tend to pay higher-than-
establishments employ fewer than five workers and over average salaries. These factors raise the average wage
99 percent employ fewer than 250 workers. level for small firms.
The distribution of employment within these ten size
classes is different from the distribution of the
establishments. While over one-half of the
establishments are in the two smallest size classes
(employing 0-4 workers,) less than 6 percent of non-
agricultural employment is there.
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9. Table 1. UTAH NON-AGRICULTURAL FIRMS, EMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES
BY EMPLOYMENT RANGE, FIRST QUARTER, 2011
Average
Employment 1/ Number of Firms 2/ March Employment Total Quarterly Wages Monthly
Range Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Wage
Total 64,978 100.0 1,190,345 100.0 $11,399,987,858 100.0 $3,209
0 10,536 16.2 0 0.0 40,011,632 0.4 3,424
1-4 31,385 48.3 58,486 4.9 558,275,165 4.9 3,225
5-9 9,507 14.6 62,782 5.3 492,575,785 4.3 2,661
10-19 6,284 9.7 84,707 7.1 674,959,462 5.9 2,698
20-49 4,166 6.4 126,161 10.6 1,145,062,096 10.0 3,071
50-99 1,565 2.4 108,502 9.1 1,049,807,144 9.2 3,259
100-249 938 1.4 142,547 12.0 1,472,785,945 12.9 3,474
250-499 331 0.5 115,215 9.7 1,203,560,255 10.6 3,498
500-999 147 0.2 102,135 8.6 1,023,411,851 9.0 3,368
1,000 & Over 119 0.2 389,810 32.7 3,739,538,523 32.8 3,208
1/ The number of firms is a count of employers. If an employer operates at multiple worksites, it is counted as one firm
for purposes of this table.
2/ For the firms which had zero employment in March, there were wages paid during the quarter to employees
who worked in January and/or February.
Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Research & Analysis, Utah Employers, Employment, and Wages by Size, 2011.
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10. Table 2. UTAH NON-AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, EMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES
BY EMPLOYMENT RANGE, FIRST QUARTER, 2011
Average
Employment Number of Establishments 1/ March Employment Total Quarterly Wages Monthly
Range Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Wage
Total 80,568 100.0 1,190,345 100.0 $11,399,987,858 100.0 $3,209
0 11,311 14.0 0 0.0 45,506,178 0.4 3,350
1-4 35,569 44.1 68,391 5.7 659,051,192 5.8 3,247
5-9 13,293 16.5 88,481 7.4 686,633,193 6.0 2,622
10-19 9,620 11.9 130,187 10.9 1,006,299,946 8.8 2,609
20-49 6,462 8.0 195,064 16.4 1,665,339,958 14.6 2,888
50-99 2,577 3.2 176,382 14.8 1,619,764,222 14.2 3,085
100-249 1,225 1.5 179,252 15.1 1,838,841,512 16.1 3,449
250-499 335 0.4 115,905 9.7 1,237,663,696 10.9 3,576
500-999 114 0.1 77,124 6.5 936,312,086 8.2 4,080
1,000 & Over 62 0.1 159,559 13.4 1,704,575,875 15.0 3,568
1/ For the establishments which had zero employment in March, there were wages paid during the
quarter to employees that worked in January and/or February.
Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Research & Analysis, Utah Employers, Employment, and Wages by Size, 2011.
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11. Chart 1.
Percent of Establishments and March
Employment, First Quarter, 2011
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0
14.1
0 0.0
44.3
1-4 5.7
16.6
5-9 7.5
11.8
10-19 10.7
7.9
20-49 16.1
3.2
50-99 14.6
1.4
100-249 14.3
0.4
250-499 8.8
0.1
500-999 6.3
0.1
1,000 + 12.4
Establishments March Employment
Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Research & Analysis, Utah Employers, Employment , and Wages by Size, 2011.
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