Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 5 to 19 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 224 2,081 1,624 457 1,857 1,455 402 December 14 1,957 1,511 446 1,943 1,540 403 1993 March 113 2,014 1,550 464 1,901 1,492 409 June 296 2,088 1,648 440 1,792 1,410 382 September 351 2,164 1,701 463 1,813 1,435 378 December 135 2,059 1,615 444 1,924 1,527 397 1994 March 147 2,073 1,643 430 1,926 1,512 414 June 286 2,173 1,703 470 1,887 1,463 424 September 456 2,324 1,818 506 1,868 1,485 383 December 88 2,124 1,674 450 2,036 1,600 436 1995 March 238 2,216 1,755 461 1,978 1,570 408 June 149 2,166 1,695 471 2,017 1,616 401 September 299 2,298 1,832 466 1,999 1,566 433 December 47 2,177 1,702 475 2,130 1,678 452 1996 March 173 2,245 1,765 480 2,072 1,624 448 June 143 2,237 1,750 487 2,094 1,674 420 September 253 2,325 1,822 503 2,072 1,641 431 December 187 2,306 1,795 511 2,119 1,674 445 1997 March 273 2,340 1,853 487 2,067 1,630 437 June 174 2,246 1,767 479 2,072 1,660 412 September 287 2,405 1,920 485 2,118 1,638 480 December 176 2,382 1,855 527 2,206 1,710 496 1998 March 157 2,364 1,837 527 2,207 1,682 525 June 234 2,373 1,812 561 2,139 1,698 441 September 206 2,406 1,906 500 2,200 1,718 482 December 184 2,369 1,889 480 2,185 1,698 487 1999 March 152 2,427 1,886 541 2,275 1,765 510 June 149 2,402 1,886 516 2,253 1,798 455 September 208 2,506 1,977 529 2,298 1,796 502 December 258 2,474 1,960 514 2,216 1,736 480 2000 March 280 2,572 2,010 562 2,292 1,808 484 June 98 2,399 1,900 499 2,301 1,862 439 September 143 2,490 1,974 516 2,347 1,847 500 December 29 2,369 1,886 483 2,340 1,866 474 2001 March 84 2,434 1,908 526 2,350 1,846 504 June -224 2,250 1,758 492 2,474 2,013 461 September -286 2,190 1,700 490 2,476 1,961 515 December -272 2,154 1,668 486 2,426 1,947 479 2002 March -18 2,251 1,716 535 2,269 1,798 471 June -78 2,193 1,688 505 2,271 1,821 450 September -20 2,182 1,704 478 2,202 1,757 445 December -75 2,151 1,667 484 2,226 1,775 451 2003 March -153 2,099 1,619 480 2,252 1,795 457 June -46 2,152 1,688 464 2,198 1,748 450 September 87 2,153 1,699 454 2,066 1,652 414 December 70 2,175 1,702 473 2,105 1,670 435 2004 March 132 2,255 1,766 489 2,123 1,671 452 June 131 2,246 1,763 483 2,115 1,637 478 September 94 2,263 1,760 503 2,169 1,684 485 December 252 2,339 1,809 530 2,087 1,641 446 2005 March 82 2,267 1,767 500 2,185 1,713 472 June 147 2,304 1,785 519 2,157 1,687 470 September 229 2,386 1,867 519 2,157 1,693 464 December 151 2,332 1,819 513 2,181 1,740 441 2006 March 306 2,407 1,915 492 2,101 1,662 439 June 81 2,317 1,821 496 2,236 1,777 459 September 48 2,266 1,792 474 2,218 1,775 443 December 157 2,325 1,840 485 2,168 1,730 438 2007 March 162 2,336 1,856 480 2,174 1,737 437 June 28 2,275 1,802 473 2,247 1,780 467 September -71 2,212 1,729 483 2,283 1,833 450 December 59 2,276 1,807 469 2,217 1,773 444 2008 March -74 2,190 1,717 473 2,264 1,798 466 June -262 2,128 1,659 469 2,390 1,901 489 September -315 2,038 1,588 450 2,353 1,893 460 December -558 1,996 1,555 441 2,554 2,072 482 2009 March -870 1,746 1,339 407 2,616 2,136 480 June -585 1,865 1,435 430 2,450 1,976 474 September -351 1,800 1,404 396 2,151 1,695 456 December -113 1,916 1,485 431 2,029 1,611 418 2010 March -73 1,885 1,480 405 1,958 1,544 414 June 171 2,031 1,608 423 1,860 1,442 418 September 22 1,936 1,524 412 1,914 1,491 423 December 187 2,052 1,602 450 1,865 1,460 405 2011 March 124 1,972 1,564 408 1,848 1,449 399 June 191 2,059 1,623 436 1,868 1,429 439 September 214 2,090 1,626 464 1,876 1,481 395 December 127 2,017 1,580 437 1,890 1,474 416 2012 March 309 2,123 1,690 433 1,814 1,434 380 June 141 2,043 1,617 426 1,902 1,491 411 September 31 1,972 1,539 433 1,941 1,538 403 December 230 2,072 1,640 432 1,842 1,444 398 2013 March 161 2,069 1,649 420 1,908 1,504 404 June 200 2,107 1,682 425 1,907 1,483 424 September 116 2,032 1,586 446 1,916 1,539 377 December 226 2,118 1,686 432 1,892 1,491 401 2014 March 131 2,056 1,634 422 1,925 1,543 382 June 265 2,178 1,747 431 1,913 1,492 421 September 104 2,073 1,650 423 1,969 1,567 402 December 317 2,197 1,764 433 1,880 1,481 399 2015 March 66 2,064 1,630 434 1,998 1,612 386 June 265 2,199 1,775 424 1,934 1,534 400 September 53 2,094 1,667 427 2,041 1,635 406 December 285 2,264 1,802 462 1,979 1,572 407 2016 March 59 2,098 1,675 423 2,039 1,643 396 June 28 2,132 1,701 431 2,104 1,654 450 September 143 2,207 1,721 486 2,064 1,662 402 December 60 2,092 1,678 414 2,032 1,617 415 2017 March 249 2,213 1,767 446 1,964 1,574 390 June 89 2,177 1,749 428 2,088 1,663 425 September -120 2,050 1,630 420 2,170 1,754 416 December 237 2,207 1,778 429 1,970 1,548 422 2018 March 235 2,206 1,765 441 1,971 1,583 388 June 89 2,213 1,776 437 2,124 1,692 432 September -73 2,115 1,687 428 2,188 1,763 425 December 209 2,222 1,784 438 2,013 1,580 433 2019 March 188 2,199 1,749 450 2,011 1,603 408 June -12 2,192 1,755 437 2,204 1,739 465 September -82 2,095 1,660 435 2,177 1,753 424 December 174 2,188 1,742 446 2,014 1,592 422 2020 March -221 2,040 1,625 415 2,261 1,788 473 June -4,269 1,508 1,117 391 5,777 4,847 930 September 1,298 3,314 2,619 695 2,016 1,554 462 December 422 2,426 1,920 506 2,004 1,551 453 2021 March 605 2,427 1,948 479 1,822 1,460 362 June 360 2,435 1,977 458 2,075 1,668 407 September 302 2,520 2,004 516 2,218 1,713 505 December 850 2,717 2,145 572 1,867 1,462 405 2022 March 508 2,485 2,013 472 1,977 1,514 463 June 129 2,381 1,873 508 2,252 1,780 472 September 376 2,539 2,032 507 2,163 1,690 473 December 187 2,272 1,803 469 2,085 1,631 454 2023 March 367 2,355 1,885 470 1,988 1,532 456 June 41 2,250 1,784 466 2,209 1,741 468 September -108 2,107 1,631 476 2,215 1,718 497 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.