Number of employees

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001316",
  "term": "Number of employees",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "term_source": "Number of Employees",
  "definitions": [
    "This item includes all full-time and part-time employees on the payrolls of operating manufacturing establishments during any part of the pay period that included the 12th of March, June, September, and December. Included are employees on paid sick leave, paid holidays, and paid vacations; not included are proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses. The \"all employees\" number is the average number of production workers plus the number of other employees in mid-March.",
    "(ECON) This definition of paid employees is the same as that used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Forms 941 or 944. Paid employees consist of full- and part-time employees, including salaried officers and executives of corporations and salaried members of professional service organizations or associations, who were on the payroll during the pay period including March 12. Included are employees on paid sick leave, paid holidays, and paid vacations.\n\nExcluded are proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses; independent (nonemployee) agents; full- and part-time leased employees whose payroll was filed under an employee leasing company's Employer Identification Number (EIN); temporary staffing obtained from a staffing service; employees in leased departments; and subcontractors and their employees.\n\nNote: For employment and related fields (payroll, production hours, benefits), respondents were asked to report only those full- and part-time employees whose payroll was reported on the IRS Forms 941 or 944 filing for the Employer Identification Number (EIN) used by that establishment. Other temporary workers and workers whose payroll was reported under a different firm's EIN were reported elsewhere. Comparisons of census-year data and data for earlier years should be used with caution.\n\nSector-Specific Information:\n\nManufacturing Sector\n\nThe \"all employees\" number is the number of production workers who were on the payroll for the pay period including March 12 plus the number of other employees who were on the payroll in mid-March.\n\nThe \"production workers\" number includes workers (up through the line-supervisor level) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspecting, receiving, storing, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping (but not delivering), maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard services, product development, auxiliary production for plant's own use (e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with these production operations at the establishment covered by the report. Employees above the working-supervisor level are excluded from this item. This \"production workers\" number is shown for each of the production workers who were on the payroll during the pay periods including the 12th of March, June, September, and December.\n\nThe \"other employees\" number covers nonproduction employees of the manufacturing establishment, including those engaged in factory supervision above the line-supervisor level. It includes sales (including driver-salespersons), sales delivery (highway truck drivers and their helpers), advertising, credit, collection, installation and servicing of own products, clerical and routine office functions, executive, purchasing, financing, legal, personnel (including cafeteria, medical, etc.), professional, and technical employees. Also included are employees on the payroll of the manufacturing establishment engaged in the construction of major additions or alterations utilized as a separate work force.\n\nMining Sector\n\nThe \"production, development, and exploration workers\" number includes workers (up through the working-supervisor level) engaged in manual work (using tools, operating machines, hauling materials, loading and hauling products out of the mine, and caring for mines, plants, mills, shops, or yards). Included are exploration work, mine development, storage, shipping, maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard services, auxiliary production for use at establishments (e.g., power plants), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with these production operations at the establishment covered by the report. Gang and straw bosses and supervisors who performed manual labor are included, as are employees paid on either a time- or piece-rate basis. Also included are miners paid on a per ton, car, or yard basis and persons engaged by them and paid out of the total amount received by these miners. Employees above the working-supervisor level and those of contractors are excluded from this item.\n\nThe \"other employees\" number covers nonproduction employees of the mining establishment including those engaged in the following activities: supervision above the working-supervisor level, sales, highway trucking or other transportation (by employees not entering mines or pits), advertising, credit, collection, clerical and routine office functions, executive, purchasing, financing, legal, personnel (including cafeteria, medical, etc.), and professional (engineers, geologists, etc.) and technical work. Also included are employees on the payroll of the mining establishment engaged in the construction of major additions or alterations utilized as a separate work force. Workers engaged in regular maintenance and repair operations are excluded here but are classified as production, development, and exploration workers. Employees of contractors are excluded from this item.\n\nConstruction Sector\n\nThe \"all employees\" number is the sum of non-leased construction workers plus the number of other non-leased employees who were on the payroll for the pay period including March 12. Excluded are subcontractors and their employees.\n\nThe \"construction workers\" number includes all non-leased payroll workers (up through the working supervisory level) directly engaged in construction operations, such as painters, carpenters, plumbers, and electricians. Included are journeymen, mechanics, apprentices, laborers, truck drivers and helpers, equipment operators, on-site record keepers, and security guards. Supervisory employees above the working foreman level are excluded from this category and are included in the other employees category. This \"construction workers\" number is shown for each of the construction workers who were on the payroll during the pay periods including the 12th of March, June, September, and December.\n\nThe \"other employees\" number includes non-leased payroll employees in executive, purchasing, accounting, personnel, professional, technical activities, and routine office functions. Also included are supervisory employees above the working foreman level. This \"other employees\" number is shown for each of the other employees who were on the payroll during the pay periods including the 12th of March, June, September, and December."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Employees",
    "Employment",
    "Paid employees"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/number-of-employees/"
}