Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Puerto Rico Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 4,990 55,480 47,880 7,600 50,490 37,780 12,710 December -20,615 43,313 33,548 9,765 63,928 54,787 9,141 1993 March 16,467 57,587 47,575 10,012 41,120 34,067 7,053 June 14,113 57,790 47,891 9,899 43,677 37,422 6,255 September 11,001 57,123 49,234 7,889 46,122 38,562 7,560 December -22,562 43,306 36,122 7,184 65,868 51,198 14,670 1994 March 12,476 59,725 46,839 12,886 47,249 34,828 12,421 June 10,192 57,519 48,043 9,476 47,327 37,908 9,419 September 7,136 56,529 48,119 8,410 49,393 40,144 9,249 December -9,036 50,635 37,534 13,101 59,671 47,327 12,344 1995 March 12,893 57,729 48,971 8,758 44,836 36,807 8,029 June 8,002 59,883 50,034 9,849 51,881 41,604 10,277 September 7,637 59,381 48,438 10,943 51,744 44,139 7,605 December -2,023 54,952 42,862 12,090 56,975 47,244 9,731 1996 March 18,016 67,733 50,899 16,834 49,717 40,527 9,190 June 6,330 58,227 49,426 8,801 51,897 42,573 9,324 September 463 56,331 46,436 9,895 55,868 46,943 8,925 December 3,141 59,248 45,704 13,544 56,107 46,623 9,484 1997 March 13,743 65,312 52,929 12,383 51,569 41,598 9,971 June 1,941 61,191 49,243 11,948 59,250 43,547 15,703 September -4,907 59,163 46,755 12,408 64,070 46,496 17,574 December -8,160 59,356 41,646 17,710 67,516 56,832 10,684 1998 March 14,815 63,844 52,614 11,230 49,029 41,915 7,114 June 6,889 57,018 50,901 6,117 50,129 40,109 10,020 September 9,594 62,571 51,516 11,055 52,977 45,689 7,288 December -18,275 50,267 40,526 9,741 68,542 58,066 10,476 1999 March 21,624 66,972 57,095 9,877 45,348 38,820 6,528 June 24,284 79,637 56,577 23,060 55,353 44,898 10,455 September 7,381 64,282 50,920 13,362 56,901 44,244 12,657 December -10,381 48,955 39,913 9,042 59,336 50,510 8,826 2000 March 10,231 62,689 52,519 10,170 52,458 43,753 8,705 June 8,781 64,104 50,831 13,273 55,323 46,546 8,777 September -2,961 53,056 45,332 7,724 56,017 48,153 7,864 December 2,696 59,000 46,601 12,399 56,304 48,095 8,209 2001 March -7,410 52,760 45,345 7,415 60,170 47,311 12,859 June -14,074 48,697 42,129 6,568 62,771 49,655 13,116 September -1,629 57,287 46,608 10,679 58,916 47,047 11,869 December -13,405 47,522 41,536 5,986 60,927 48,264 12,663 2002 March -3,873 51,015 43,875 7,140 54,888 44,212 10,676 June -5,682 47,677 41,879 5,798 53,359 44,307 9,052 September -3,045 47,172 43,555 3,617 50,217 39,079 11,138 December 2,766 48,556 41,681 6,875 45,790 37,976 7,814 2003 March -9,326 46,940 41,606 5,334 56,266 42,983 13,283 June -3,546 48,702 45,312 3,390 52,248 43,191 9,057 September -2,438 44,946 41,872 3,074 47,384 39,105 8,279 December 55,746 98,093 39,531 58,562 42,347 37,297 5,050 2004 March 2,287 54,073 46,519 7,554 51,786 42,494 9,292 June 12,056 59,242 47,023 12,219 47,186 40,753 6,433 September 2,701 53,250 43,427 9,823 50,549 43,729 6,820 December 3,299 54,055 46,697 7,358 50,756 40,545 10,211 2005 March 1,255 56,691 43,118 13,573 55,436 44,667 10,769 June -1,179 54,427 42,938 11,489 55,606 44,083 11,523 September 1,416 51,958 42,633 9,325 50,542 42,223 8,319 December 4,975 49,900 42,722 7,178 44,925 38,859 6,066 2006 March -1,582 51,815 44,417 7,398 53,397 43,322 10,075 June -7,290 48,232 39,445 8,787 55,522 47,321 8,201 September -6,739 49,585 42,176 7,409 56,324 44,546 11,778 December 4,537 54,033 44,701 9,332 49,496 39,470 10,026 2007 March -7,265 48,319 39,479 8,840 55,584 45,825 9,759 June 352 51,018 39,189 11,829 50,666 40,640 10,026 September -339 51,002 41,183 9,819 51,341 42,476 8,865 December -2,124 47,187 40,114 7,073 49,311 40,585 8,726 2008 March -9,399 44,948 34,250 10,698 54,347 44,051 10,296 June -4,841 46,524 35,660 10,864 51,365 41,803 9,562 September -6,908 42,986 36,067 6,919 49,894 40,607 9,287 December -8,775 44,088 35,731 8,357 52,863 42,860 10,003 2009 March -16,765 39,427 30,567 8,860 56,192 45,582 10,610 June -11,303 39,112 30,971 8,141 50,415 42,401 8,014 September -5,092 39,896 31,323 8,573 44,988 37,783 7,205 December 3,570 45,005 35,507 9,498 41,435 33,272 8,163 2010 March -4,536 39,666 32,455 7,211 44,202 37,265 6,937 June -5,549 37,414 31,215 6,199 42,963 35,422 7,541 September -985 40,399 33,164 7,235 41,384 33,945 7,439 December 6,899 44,936 37,353 7,583 38,037 30,511 7,526 2011 March -2,285 38,338 32,476 5,862 40,623 34,635 5,988 June -3,924 38,455 32,217 6,238 42,379 34,332 8,047 September 6,547 44,453 37,680 6,773 37,906 31,041 6,865 December 5,592 44,538 36,335 8,203 38,946 31,279 7,667 2012 March 1,707 41,904 34,552 7,352 40,197 34,028 6,169 June 8,060 46,365 38,917 7,448 38,305 32,105 6,200 September -1,240 42,455 34,591 7,864 43,695 36,551 7,144 December 4,217 46,158 39,400 6,758 41,941 34,683 7,258 2013 March -4,480 39,054 32,533 6,521 43,534 36,955 6,579 June -119 41,868 34,837 7,031 41,987 35,580 6,407 September -2,847 42,349 33,250 9,099 45,196 38,543 6,653 December 8,286 44,846 37,608 7,238 36,560 30,175 6,385 2014 March -8,802 36,006 30,147 5,859 44,808 37,989 6,819 June -5,046 37,530 30,501 7,029 42,576 35,883 6,693 September -2,544 38,082 31,056 7,026 40,626 34,567 6,059 December 10,411 43,619 36,971 6,648 33,208 26,656 6,552 2015 March -7,650 35,995 30,080 5,915 43,645 36,772 6,873 June -3,534 38,245 31,868 6,377 41,779 34,302 7,477 September -2,297 40,455 34,067 6,388 42,752 35,891 6,861 December 4,177 42,270 34,187 8,083 38,093 32,574 5,519 2016 March -2,428 38,139 31,872 6,267 40,567 35,312 5,255 June 631 37,568 31,861 5,707 36,937 31,371 5,566 September 217 38,906 32,394 6,512 38,689 32,878 5,811 December 3,480 39,223 33,486 5,737 35,743 29,713 6,030 2017 March -4,050 34,440 27,026 7,414 38,490 33,404 5,086 June -373 35,625 29,861 5,764 35,998 32,017 3,981 September -16,226 29,193 24,599 4,594 45,419 35,629 9,790 December -30,185 46,909 36,738 10,171 77,094 63,979 13,115 2018 March 11,138 55,781 44,726 11,055 44,643 36,134 8,509 June 11,251 51,997 41,958 10,039 40,746 34,615 6,131 September 8,541 47,578 37,623 9,955 39,037 33,952 5,085 December -4,964 40,288 33,683 6,605 45,252 39,343 5,909 2019 March 14,036 48,878 40,804 8,074 34,842 29,621 5,221 June 4,709 44,075 36,561 7,514 39,366 33,919 5,447 September 1,938 39,719 32,227 7,492 37,781 31,829 5,952 December 3,492 37,117 30,473 6,644 33,625 27,934 5,691 2020 March -3,131 35,064 30,673 4,391 38,195 30,837 7,358 June -83,014 26,062 20,502 5,560 109,076 86,269 22,807 September 36,285 68,829 54,569 14,260 32,544 27,283 5,261 December 11,247 42,934 34,542 8,392 31,687 27,969 3,718 2021 March 11,717 44,734 37,478 7,256 33,017 28,766 4,251 June 18,682 52,575 42,897 9,678 33,893 30,267 3,626 September 23,382 58,967 51,311 7,656 35,585 30,568 5,017 December 7,006 45,229 36,842 8,387 38,223 34,137 4,086 2022 March 16,751 53,233 47,481 5,752 36,482 31,119 5,363 June 3,812 48,698 40,917 7,781 44,886 39,469 5,417 September 7,067 46,016 38,682 7,334 38,949 34,371 4,578 December 3,617 48,915 42,331 6,584 45,298 41,091 4,207 2023 March -4,505 37,998 32,778 5,220 42,503 37,929 4,574 June 6,390 43,144 37,381 5,763 36,754 32,256 4,498 September 1,499 42,482 36,029 6,453 40,983 35,537 5,446 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.