Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, not seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 Jobs (In thousands) 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 -128 2,041 1,684 357 2,169 1,841 328 December 83 2,137 1,744 393 2,054 1,702 352 1993 March -327 2,022 1,634 388 2,349 1,875 474 June 772 2,537 2,074 463 1,765 1,455 310 September -19 2,139 1,770 369 2,158 1,848 310 December 164 2,232 1,844 388 2,068 1,723 345 1994 March -334 2,071 1,700 371 2,405 1,927 478 June 811 2,636 2,150 486 1,825 1,504 321 September -2 2,227 1,846 381 2,229 1,905 324 December 125 2,291 1,889 402 2,166 1,795 371 1995 March -274 2,173 1,779 394 2,447 1,977 470 June 711 2,627 2,153 474 1,916 1,593 323 September -111 2,218 1,849 369 2,329 1,974 355 December 113 2,330 1,908 422 2,217 1,840 377 1996 March -296 2,211 1,794 417 2,507 2,004 503 June 743 2,694 2,200 494 1,951 1,616 335 September -115 2,263 1,870 393 2,378 2,017 361 December 191 2,429 1,975 454 2,238 1,855 383 1997 March -250 2,292 1,866 426 2,542 2,031 511 June 751 2,755 2,254 501 2,004 1,659 345 September -84 2,333 1,935 398 2,417 2,045 372 December 153 2,464 2,014 450 2,311 1,898 413 1998 March -320 2,302 1,851 451 2,622 2,074 548 June 865 2,849 2,293 556 1,984 1,651 333 September -147 2,336 1,935 401 2,483 2,104 379 December 220 2,515 2,066 449 2,295 1,900 395 1999 March -344 2,329 1,892 437 2,673 2,125 548 June 756 2,847 2,323 524 2,091 1,707 384 September -164 2,383 1,964 419 2,547 2,132 415 December 276 2,608 2,104 504 2,332 1,926 406 2000 March -329 2,408 1,939 469 2,737 2,178 559 June 730 2,868 2,351 517 2,138 1,766 372 September -189 2,414 1,978 436 2,603 2,185 418 December 110 2,544 2,062 482 2,434 2,007 427 2001 March -403 2,368 1,913 455 2,771 2,182 589 June 633 2,807 2,287 520 2,174 1,791 383 September -412 2,280 1,864 416 2,692 2,252 440 December -33 2,430 1,950 480 2,463 2,044 419 2002 March -480 2,282 1,830 452 2,762 2,182 580 June 648 2,787 2,249 538 2,139 1,756 383 September -240 2,329 1,904 425 2,569 2,169 400 December 37 2,470 1,980 490 2,433 2,007 426 2003 March -577 2,251 1,794 457 2,828 2,237 591 June 672 2,789 2,262 527 2,117 1,736 381 September -200 2,345 1,924 421 2,545 2,144 401 December 129 2,514 2,013 501 2,385 1,970 415 2004 March -391 2,368 1,902 466 2,759 2,171 588 June 752 2,871 2,334 537 2,119 1,729 390 September -206 2,394 1,949 445 2,600 2,171 429 December 210 2,622 2,088 534 2,412 1,990 422 2005 March -470 2,398 1,913 485 2,868 2,245 623 June 787 2,956 2,376 580 2,169 1,771 398 September -116 2,505 2,029 476 2,621 2,198 423 December 147 2,657 2,108 549 2,510 2,074 436 2006 March -328 2,524 2,020 504 2,852 2,232 620 June 743 2,992 2,422 570 2,249 1,838 411 September -289 2,463 2,009 454 2,752 2,297 455 December 134 2,695 2,130 565 2,561 2,094 467 2007 March -428 2,527 2,013 514 2,955 2,303 652 June 667 2,988 2,420 568 2,321 1,878 443 September -345 2,478 2,000 478 2,823 2,353 470 December 84 2,701 2,130 571 2,617 2,139 478 2008 March -654 2,433 1,936 497 3,087 2,385 702 June 440 2,872 2,299 573 2,432 1,952 480 September -522 2,349 1,885 464 2,871 2,382 489 December -416 2,414 1,867 547 2,830 2,286 544 2009 March -1,210 2,084 1,612 472 3,294 2,530 764 June 226 2,626 2,060 566 2,400 1,921 479 September -589 2,176 1,734 442 2,765 2,252 513 December -94 2,430 1,861 569 2,524 2,023 501 2010 March -735 2,189 1,721 468 2,924 2,216 708 June 691 2,812 2,240 572 2,121 1,683 438 September -256 2,323 1,853 470 2,579 2,110 469 December 157 2,556 1,978 578 2,399 1,921 478 2011 March -495 2,316 1,832 484 2,811 2,141 670 June 725 2,855 2,272 583 2,130 1,679 451 September -133 2,422 1,949 473 2,555 2,106 449 December 128 2,548 1,993 555 2,420 1,948 472 2012 March -268 2,481 1,934 547 2,749 2,115 634 June 764 2,883 2,323 560 2,119 1,717 402 September -244 2,361 1,924 437 2,605 2,171 434 December 261 2,616 2,061 555 2,355 1,932 423 2013 March -405 2,406 1,944 462 2,811 2,173 638 June 780 2,936 2,383 553 2,156 1,736 420 September -142 2,455 2,004 451 2,597 2,179 418 December 223 2,659 2,114 545 2,436 1,999 437 2014 March -388 2,462 1,983 479 2,850 2,223 627 June 821 3,014 2,463 551 2,193 1,780 413 September -151 2,498 2,042 456 2,649 2,233 416 December 302 2,755 2,202 553 2,453 2,010 443 2015 March -440 2,508 2,009 499 2,948 2,296 652 June 818 3,067 2,504 563 2,249 1,825 424 September -198 2,540 2,074 466 2,738 2,301 437 December 311 2,849 2,247 602 2,538 2,082 456 2016 March -391 2,567 2,063 504 2,958 2,313 645 June 650 3,026 2,463 563 2,376 1,925 451 September -178 2,603 2,118 485 2,781 2,328 453 December 193 2,814 2,215 599 2,621 2,140 481 2017 March -326 2,652 2,121 531 2,978 2,329 649 June 695 3,086 2,510 576 2,391 1,943 448 September -395 2,525 2,054 471 2,920 2,443 477 December 316 2,902 2,281 621 2,586 2,111 475 2018 March -389 2,671 2,134 537 3,060 2,371 689 June 716 3,153 2,544 609 2,437 1,986 451 September -367 2,579 2,098 481 2,946 2,467 479 December 288 2,925 2,298 627 2,637 2,151 486 2019 March -368 2,707 2,152 555 3,075 2,377 698 June 649 3,138 2,541 597 2,489 2,011 478 September -323 2,606 2,115 491 2,929 2,459 470 December 257 2,940 2,280 660 2,683 2,185 498 2020 March -728 2,608 2,034 574 3,336 2,533 803 June -1,140 2,457 1,820 637 3,597 2,784 813 September 395 3,117 2,370 747 2,722 2,166 556 December 603 3,118 2,358 760 2,515 2,000 515 2021 March -6 2,922 2,236 686 2,928 2,245 683 June 1,019 3,442 2,709 733 2,423 1,922 501 September 5 2,994 2,347 647 2,989 2,426 563 December 812 3,450 2,623 827 2,638 2,108 530 2022 March -88 3,099 2,381 718 3,187 2,404 783 June 847 3,498 2,738 760 2,651 2,088 563 September -51 2,990 2,400 590 3,041 2,476 565 December 333 3,183 2,426 757 2,850 2,283 567 2023 March -249 2,968 2,324 644 3,217 2,426 791 June 758 3,379 2,692 687 2,621 2,082 539 September -427 2,690 2,134 556 3,117 2,549 568 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.