There was no running water and only one year-round employee.

Their operation is run with the help of six year-round employees and six seasonal employees.

In contrast, the Census Bureau looked only at full-time year-round employees.

Ten year-round employees do the work formerly done by 100 farmhands.

Bay Fireworks has 12 year-round employees, but it hires 400 temporary workers in July.

It operated at 100% of capacity in the 1995 boating season and has 35 full-time employees year-round.

Fifteen year-round employees will keep office phones and computers working past the first frost until the spring thaw signals a new season.

The institute occupies 7,000 square feet of office space and has 25 full-time and 40 part-time year-round employees.

Alonzo Fireworks, for example, has fewer than 20 year-round employees, but its staff swells to 400 with the approach of summer.

"It enables us to operate with fewer full-time employees year-round," he said.