domestic total and r&d employment, by company size: 2008-15
Table:
company size
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

total employment for r&d performing companies

all companies
18516
17787
18636
19286
18293
20046
21540
18913

micro companiesa

5-9
72
129
124
129
130
167
118
99

small companies

10-19
208
208
233
214
239
293
219
220

20-49
373
532
599
584
558
685
521
534

medium companies

50-99
462
602
561
543
542
790
573
575

100-249
1039
853
1020
1057
993
986
953
855

large companies

250-499
710
721
732
1109
738
842
710
805

500-999
669
795
745
750
755
762
822
801

1,000-4,999
2587
2349
2628
3064
2583
2537
2593
2676

5,000-9,999
1464
1603
1651
1916
1557
1599
1524
1668

10,000-24,999
3903
2679
2555
2689
2590
2903
3848
2935

25,000 or more
7029
7316
7788
7231
7608
8482
9659
7745

r&d employment

all companies
1424
1425
1412
1471
1468
1496
1514
1544

micro companiesa

5-9
28
43
35
37
38
36
27
26

small companies

10-19
64
51
59
48
53
49
47
50

20-49
81
103
96
103
90
86
87
91

medium companies

50-99
70
99
79
86
77
81
81
83

100-249
106
91
102
113
101
112
100
100

large companies

250-499
61
72
70
94
79
79
76
86

500-999
63
64
58
61
67
68
70
77

1,000-4,999
224
204
217
233
226
240
254
254

5,000-9,999
125
112
130
113
138
141
150
147

10,000-24,999
191
212
176
204
198
201
219
228

25,000 or more
411
374
390
379
401
403
403
402

r&d employment % of total employment in r&d performing companies

micro companiesa

5-9
38.9
33.3
28.2
28.7
29.2
21.6
22.9
26.3

small companies

10-19
30.8
24.5
25.3
22.4
22.2
16.7
21.5
22.7

20-49
21.7
19.4
16
17.6
16.1
12.6
16.7
17

medium companies

50-99
15.2
16.4
14.1
15.8
14.2
10.3
14.1
14.4

100-249
10.2
10.7
10
10.7
10.2
11.4
10.5
11.7

large companies

250-499
8.6
10
9.6
8.5
10.7
9.4
10.7
10.7

500-999
9.4
8.1
7.8
8.1
8.9
8.9
8.5
9.6

1,000-4,999
8.7
8.7
8.3
7.6
8.7
9.5
9.8
9.5

5,000-9,999
8.5
7
7.9
5.9
8.9
8.8
9.8
8.8

10,000-24,999
4.9
7.9
6.9
7.6
7.6
6.9
5.7
7.8

25,000 or more
5.8
5.1
5
5.2
5.3
4.8
4.2
5.2

Respond the following question with the most concise answer possible from the table. Format your answer like this: {"answer": ["YOUR ANSWER"]}. If multiple items are correct, separate them with commas. Here is the table caption: 'domestic total and r&d employment, by company size: 2008-15'. Now answer the following question based on the table information: According to brdis, what was the total number of employees at r&d-performing companies in 2015?

{"answer": ["18913.0"]}