Table 4.  Private sector percentage share (1) of gross job gains and losses, seasonally adjusted                                                                                                                                                        										

(Percent)										
			
							   3 months ended
								
			      June 2006	     Sept. 2006	     Dec. 2006 	     March 2007	     June 2007
										
Total private.................										
Gross job gains...............	100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
   Expanding firms............ 	100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
   Opening firms.............. 	100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
Gross job losses..............  100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
   Contracting firms.......... 	100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
   Closing firms.............. 	100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
										
Firm size 1 - 4 employees	

Gross job gains............... 	 15.2		 15.6		 15.8		 15.7		 14.8
   Expanding firms........ ... 	  7.2		  7.5		  7.2		  7.4		  7.1
   Opening firms .............   57.0		 58.6		 60.6		 60.4		 58.8
Gross job losses..............   15.9		 15.8		 15.9		 16.7		 16.2
   Contracting firms..........    8.0		  7.8		  8.0		  8.2		  7.9
   Closing firms .............	 58.2		 58.8		 58.5		 60.6		 59.6
										
Firm size 5 - 9 employees

Gross job gains .............. 	 11.9		 12.1		 11.6		 12.3		 11.6
   Expanding firms............ 	 11.1		 11.3		 10.8		 11.5		 10.8
   Opening firms .............   16.6		 16.6		 15.8		 16.6		 16.6
Gross job losses .............   12.5		 12.2		 12.4		 12.6		 12.4
   Contracting firms..........   11.8		 11.5		 11.7		 11.9		 11.6
   Closing firms..............	 16.3		 16.0		 16.1		 15.9		 16.6
										
Firm size 10 - 19 employees	

Gross job gains .............. 	 12.3		 12.3		 11.7		 12.5		 12.1
   Expanding firms............	 12.4		 12.5		 12.0		 12.8		 12.2
   Opening firms.............. 	 11.4		 11.0		 10.3		 10.8		 11.3
Gross job losses.............. 	 12.6		 12.4		 12.4		 12.5		 12.5
   Contracting firms.......... 	 13.0		 12.7		 12.8		 12.9		 12.8
   Closing firms.............. 	 10.7		 10.6		 10.6		 10.3		 10.9
									
Firm size 20 - 49 employees	

Gross job gains ..............	 14.6		 14.4		 13.8		 14.6		 14.6
   Expanding firms............	 15.8		 15.6		 14.9		 15.9		 15.6
   Opening firms..............	  8.6		  8.3		  7.9		  7.7		  8.5
Gross job losses..............	 14.4		 14.5		 14.4		 14.4		 14.3
   Contracting firms..........   15.6		 15.7		 15.6		 15.7		 15.5
   Closing firms.............. 	  8.3		  8.1		  8.0		  7.5		  7.9
									
Firm size 50 - 99 employees	

Gross job gains .............. 	  9.1		  9.1		  8.7		  9.0		  9.2
   Expanding firms ........... 	 10.3		 10.2		  9.8		 10.2		 10.3
   Opening firms.............. 	  3.2		  3.1		  3.0		  2.5		  2.9
Gross job losses..............    8.9		  8.9		  8.9		  8.8		  8.7
   Contracting firms..........    9.9		  9.9		 10.0		 10.0		  9.8
   Closing firms.............. 	  3.3		  3.1		  3.1		  2.9		  2.7

Firm size 100 - 249 employees	

Gross job gains...............	  9.8		  9.3		  9.2		  9.4		  9.9
   Expanding firms............ 	 11.3		 10.8		 10.6		 11.0		 11.4
   Opening firms..............    1.7		  1.5		  1.5		  1.0		  1.3
Gross job losses..............    9.1		  9.3		  9.3		  9.0		  8.8
   Contracting firms.......... 	 10.4		 10.7		 10.6		 10.5		 10.3
   Closing firms.............. 	  2.1		  2.0		  1.9		  1.7		  1.3
										
Firm size 250 - 499 employees	

Gross job gains...............    5.9		  5.8		  5.5		  5.5		  5.9
   Expanding firms............    6.9		  6.8		  6.4		  6.4		  6.9
   Opening firms..............     .4		   .4		   .5		   .3		   .3
Gross job losses..............    5.4		  5.5		  5.8		  5.3		  5.3
   Contracting firms..........    6.2		  6.4		  6.8		  6.3		  6.2
   Closing firms.............. 	   .7		   .7		   .6		   .5		   .5
										
Firm size 500 - 999 employees	

Gross job gains...............	  4.8		  4.6		  4.5		  4.5		  4.8
   Expanding firms............    5.6		  5.4		  5.4		  5.3		  5.6
   Opening firms..............     .2		   .4		   .2		   .2		   .2
Gross job losses..............    4.4		  4.5		  4.6		  4.1		  4.4
   Contracting firms..........    5.2		  5.3		  5.3		  4.8		  5.2
   Closing firms.............. 	   .3		   .2		   .4		   .3		   .3
										
Firm size 1,000 or more employees	

Gross job gains...............   16.4		 16.8		 19.2		 16.5		 17.1
   Expanding firms............   19.4		 19.9		 22.9		 19.5		 20.1
   Opening firms..............     .9		   .1		   .2		   .5		   .1
Gross job losses..............   16.8		 16.9		 16.3		 16.6		 17.4
   Contracting firms..........   19.9		 20.0		 19.2		 19.7		 20.7
   Closing firms .............	   .1		   .5		   .8		   .3		   .2
										
										
(1) Share measures the percent of the category represented by each firm size class.