Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, not seasonally adjusted 20 or more 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 275 2,756 2,073 683 2,481 1,888 593 December 69 2,876 2,269 607 2,807 2,275 532 1993 March -937 2,783 1,798 985 3,720 2,730 990 June 1,309 3,510 2,762 748 2,201 1,663 538 September 383 2,779 2,132 647 2,396 1,863 533 December 335 3,064 2,433 631 2,729 2,199 530 1994 March -766 2,864 1,974 890 3,630 2,701 929 June 1,519 3,790 2,916 874 2,271 1,693 578 September 550 2,962 2,268 694 2,412 1,917 495 December 305 3,117 2,503 614 2,812 2,277 535 1995 March -742 3,040 2,107 933 3,782 2,903 879 June 1,246 3,748 2,879 869 2,502 1,923 579 September 406 2,983 2,315 668 2,577 1,975 602 December 264 3,295 2,605 690 3,031 2,438 593 1996 March -1,006 3,130 2,139 991 4,136 3,167 969 June 1,545 4,048 3,094 954 2,503 1,910 593 September 293 3,085 2,334 751 2,792 2,150 642 December 493 3,458 2,713 745 2,965 2,382 583 1997 March -850 3,235 2,210 1,025 4,085 3,050 1,035 June 1,476 3,982 3,068 914 2,506 1,897 609 September 445 3,269 2,503 766 2,824 2,106 718 December 495 3,744 2,921 823 3,249 2,441 808 1998 March -825 3,678 2,434 1,244 4,503 3,183 1,320 June 1,430 4,377 3,228 1,149 2,947 2,120 827 September 424 3,244 2,410 834 2,820 2,121 699 December 472 3,572 2,865 707 3,100 2,455 645 1999 March -1,192 3,500 2,347 1,153 4,692 3,386 1,306 June 1,568 4,234 3,232 1,002 2,666 1,985 681 September 290 3,169 2,430 739 2,879 2,169 710 December 624 3,688 2,981 707 3,064 2,432 632 2000 March -895 3,454 2,457 997 4,349 3,243 1,106 June 1,488 4,157 3,340 817 2,669 2,024 645 September 131 3,106 2,418 688 2,975 2,280 695 December 299 3,512 2,869 643 3,213 2,589 624 2001 March -1,646 3,304 2,380 924 4,950 3,653 1,297 June 689 3,868 3,036 832 3,179 2,451 728 September -606 2,700 2,044 656 3,306 2,591 715 December -507 3,012 2,398 614 3,519 2,878 641 2002 March -1,247 3,146 2,217 929 4,393 3,327 1,066 June 1,188 3,840 2,996 844 2,652 1,998 654 September -84 2,672 2,090 582 2,756 2,165 591 December -57 2,922 2,396 526 2,979 2,428 551 2003 March -1,306 2,765 2,033 732 4,071 3,131 940 June 1,001 3,383 2,747 636 2,382 1,873 509 September 83 2,462 1,965 497 2,379 1,905 474 December 223 2,893 2,390 503 2,670 2,189 481 2004 March -873 2,689 2,018 671 3,562 2,745 817 June 1,442 3,578 2,931 647 2,136 1,640 496 September 112 2,540 2,009 531 2,428 1,886 542 December 382 2,936 2,440 496 2,554 2,084 470 2005 March -762 2,568 1,947 621 3,330 2,597 733 June 1,353 3,461 2,869 592 2,108 1,669 439 September 328 2,630 2,137 493 2,302 1,822 480 December 301 2,874 2,414 460 2,573 2,167 406 2006 March -680 2,385 1,842 543 3,065 2,497 568 June 1,305 3,415 2,827 588 2,110 1,709 401 September 80 2,346 1,916 430 2,266 1,876 390 December 289 2,824 2,379 445 2,535 2,170 365 2007 March -777 2,381 1,842 539 3,158 2,595 563 June 1,238 3,349 2,828 521 2,111 1,720 391 September -30 2,229 1,799 430 2,259 1,883 376 December 259 2,769 2,353 416 2,510 2,154 356 2008 March -1,066 2,198 1,657 541 3,264 2,696 568 June 1,019 3,204 2,682 522 2,185 1,779 406 September -266 2,133 1,743 390 2,399 2,032 367 December -720 2,365 2,006 359 3,085 2,702 383 2009 March -2,171 1,681 1,279 402 3,852 3,294 558 June 374 2,778 2,317 461 2,404 2,066 338 September -111 2,024 1,701 323 2,135 1,809 326 December 22 2,349 2,039 310 2,327 2,019 308 2010 March -752 1,812 1,431 381 2,564 2,154 410 June 1,396 3,065 2,624 441 1,669 1,417 252 September 229 2,070 1,746 324 1,841 1,552 289 December 292 2,495 2,157 338 2,203 1,905 298 2011 March -618 1,796 1,432 364 2,414 2,036 378 June 1,213 2,945 2,514 431 1,732 1,461 271 September 474 2,246 1,893 353 1,772 1,508 264 December 189 2,380 2,055 325 2,191 1,906 285 2012 March -484 1,959 1,564 395 2,443 2,085 358 June 1,296 3,044 2,595 449 1,748 1,490 258 September 211 2,136 1,795 341 1,925 1,646 279 December 304 2,493 2,163 330 2,189 1,892 297 2013 March -641 1,930 1,550 380 2,571 2,176 395 June 1,266 3,034 2,583 451 1,768 1,501 267 September 236 2,140 1,796 344 1,904 1,631 273 December 391 2,578 2,257 321 2,187 1,901 286 2014 March -776 1,902 1,508 394 2,678 2,285 393 June 1,434 3,219 2,761 458 1,785 1,502 283 September 317 2,235 1,884 351 1,918 1,631 287 December 580 2,776 2,420 356 2,196 1,887 309 2015 March -912 1,925 1,516 409 2,837 2,412 425 June 1,425 3,282 2,819 463 1,857 1,586 271 September 310 2,253 1,886 367 1,943 1,654 289 December 524 2,796 2,431 365 2,272 1,963 309 2016 March -960 1,911 1,523 388 2,871 2,442 429 June 1,309 3,241 2,770 471 1,932 1,627 305 September 447 2,433 2,045 388 1,986 1,679 307 December 276 2,621 2,261 360 2,345 2,038 307 2017 March -824 1,986 1,597 389 2,810 2,406 404 June 1,430 3,356 2,889 467 1,926 1,635 291 September 153 2,296 1,938 358 2,143 1,827 316 December 553 2,770 2,421 349 2,217 1,910 307 2018 March -665 2,035 1,627 408 2,700 2,330 370 June 1,343 3,288 2,829 459 1,945 1,643 302 September 198 2,341 1,983 358 2,143 1,817 326 December 452 2,668 2,324 344 2,216 1,903 313 2019 March -851 1,990 1,601 389 2,841 2,428 413 June 1,277 3,297 2,846 451 2,020 1,712 308 September 139 2,240 1,894 346 2,101 1,806 295 December 585 2,847 2,494 353 2,262 1,952 310 2020 March -1,370 1,848 1,485 363 3,218 2,727 491 June -6,355 2,302 1,969 333 8,657 7,781 876 September 1,718 3,648 3,190 458 1,930 1,663 267 December 1,309 3,413 3,019 394 2,104 1,822 282 2021 March -414 2,327 1,912 415 2,741 2,386 355 June 1,300 3,346 2,884 462 2,046 1,789 257 September 730 2,749 2,363 386 2,019 1,727 292 December 1,552 3,545 3,114 431 1,993 1,705 288 2022 March -412 2,351 1,918 433 2,763 2,285 478 June 1,085 3,408 2,865 543 2,323 1,952 371 September 636 2,777 2,344 433 2,141 1,772 369 December 279 2,755 2,345 410 2,476 2,115 361 2023 March -681 2,147 1,697 450 2,828 2,353 475 June 1,195 3,441 2,903 538 2,246 1,881 365 September 40 2,321 1,909 412 2,281 1,866 415 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.