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Table 10. Firm size class 1,000 or more employees: private sector quarterly gross job gains and gross job losses, levels and rates, seasonally adjusted

 Table 10. Firm size class 1,000 or more employees: private sector quarterly gross job gains and gross job losses, levels and rates, seasonally adjusted
																
	                                Levels (in thousands)			                   Rates (percent)
							
	3 months ended            Gross job gains         Gross job losses                Gross job gains         Gross job losses	
		
Year		       Net     Total	Ex-	Open-	Total	Con-	 Clos-	 Net   Total   Ex-	Open-  Total   Con-	Clos-	 
		     change1	      panding    ing	      tracting    ing  change1	      panding    ing         tracting    ing
				        firms	firms		firms	 firms		       firms	firms	       firms	firms																	
																
1992	   September 	135	 1,016 	 1,003 	 13	881	 857	  24	0.4	3.2	3.2	0.0	2.8	2.7	0.1	
	   December	 10	   927	   921	  6	917	 910	   7	0.0	2.9	2.9	0.0	2.9	2.9	0.0	
																
1993	   March         -7	   903	   897	  6	910	 893	  17   -0.1	2.8	2.8	0.0	2.9	2.8	0.1	
	   June	        201	 1,062 	 1,055 	  7	861	 835	  26	0.6	3.3	3.3	0.0	2.7	2.6	0.1	
	   September    188	 1,089 	 1,076 	 13	901	 892	   9	0.5	3.3	3.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.0	
	   December      93	 1,014 	 1,010 	  4	921	 908	  13	0.3	3.1	3.1	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.0	
																
1994	   March	 63	 1,011 	   995	 16	948	 938	  10	0.1	3.0	3.0	0.0	2.9	2.9	0.0	
	   June	        368	 1,177 	 1,154 	 23	809	 773	  36	1.2	3.6	3.5	0.1	2.4	2.3	0.1	
	   September    299	 1,199 	 1,191 	  8	900	 896	   4	0.8	3.5	3.5	0.0	2.7	2.7	0.0	
	   December     113	 1,084 	 1,081 	  3	971	 962	   9	0.4	3.2	3.2	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.0	
																
1995	   March	149	 1,101 	 1,093 	  8	952	 941	  11	0.4	3.2	3.2	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.0	
	   June	        124	 1,106 	 1,100 	  6	982	 971	  11	0.4	3.2	3.2	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.0	
	   September    309	 1,215 	 1,209 	  6	906	 891	  15	0.9	3.5	3.5	0.0	2.6	2.6	0.0	
	   December	 27	 1,114 	 1,094 	 20   1,087    1,067 	  20	0.0	3.2	3.1	0.1	3.2	3.1	0.1	
																
1996	   March	166	 1,230 	 1,214 	 16   1,064    1,046 	  18	0.4	3.5	3.5	0.0	3.1	3.0	0.1	
	   June   	294	 1,268 	 1,260 	  8	974	 955	  19	0.8	3.6	3.6	0.0	2.8	2.7	0.1	
	   September    169	 1,247 	 1,232 	 15   1,078    1,042 	  36	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.0	3.0	2.9	0.1	
	   December     254	 1,226 	 1,208 	 18	972	 970	   2	0.8	3.5	3.4	0.1	2.7	2.7	0.0	
																
1997	   March	262	 1,307 	 1,288 	 19   1,045    1,025 	  20	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.1	2.9	2.8	0.1	
	   June		254	 1,254 	 1,236 	 18   1,000 	 972	  28	0.6	3.4	3.4	0.0	2.8	2.7	0.1	
	   September 	352	 1,417 	 1,389 	 28   1,065    1,023 	  42	1.0	3.9	3.8	0.1	2.9	2.8	0.1	
	   December	233	 1,394 	 1,373 	 21   1,161    1,126 	  35	0.7	3.8	3.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	0.1	
																
1998	   March	443	 1,616 	 1,602 	 14   1,173    1,164 	   9	1.1	4.2	4.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.0	
	   June		206	 1,422 	 1,394 	 28   1,216    1,195 	  21	0.5	3.7	3.6	0.1	3.2	3.1	0.1	
	   September 	415	 1,516 	 1,498 	 18   1,101    1,087 	  14	1.1	3.9	3.9	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.0	
	   December	187	 1,357 	 1,345 	 12   1,170    1,136 	  34	0.4	3.4	3.4	0.0	3.0	2.9	0.1	
																
1999	   March	315	 1,564 	 1,527 	 37   1,249    1,228 	  21	0.8	4.0	3.9	0.1	3.2	3.1	0.1	
	   June		209	 1,457 	 1,412 	 45   1,248    1,219 	  29	0.5	3.7	3.6	0.1	3.2	3.1	0.1	
	   September 	248	 1,476 	 1,459 	 17   1,228    1,216 	  12	0.6	3.6	3.6	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	
	   December	227	 1,431 	 1,421 	 10   1,204    1,198 	   6	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	
															
2000	   March	238	 1,403 	 1,372 	 31   1,165    1,152 	  13	0.7	3.5	3.4	0.1	2.8	2.8	0.0	
	   June		227	 1,373 	 1,363 	 10   1,146    1,128 	  18	0.6	3.3	3.3	0.0	2.7	2.7	0.0	
	   September 	35	 1,362 	 1,352 	 10   1,327    1,310  	  17	0.1	3.3	3.3	0.0	3.2	3.2	0.0	
	   December	176	 1,412 	 1,392 	 20   1,236    1,218 	  18	0.4	3.3	3.3	0.0	2.9	2.9	0.0	
																
2001	   March	139	 1,483 	 1,474 	  9   1,344    1,318 	  26	0.2	3.5	3.5	0.0	3.3	3.2	0.1	
	   June	       -381	 1,187 	 1,181 	  6   1,568    1,552 	  16   -0.9	2.8	2.8	0.0	3.7	3.7	0.0	
	   September   -578	 1,032 	 1,027 	  5   1,610    1,592 	  18   -1.4	2.5	2.5	0.0	3.9	3.9	0.0	
	   December    -456	 1,182 	 1,134 	 48   1,638    1,627 	  11   -1.1	2.9	2.8	0.1	4.0	4.0	0.0	
																
2002	   March	 95	 1,326 	 1,310 	 16   1,231    1,212 	  19	0.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	
	   June	       -172	 1,174 	 1,170 	  4   1,346    1,338 	   8   -0.4	2.9	2.9	0.0	3.3	3.3	0.0	
	   September 	-79	 1,135 	 1,128 	  7   1,214    1,177 	  37   -0.2	2.8	2.8	0.0	3.0	2.9	0.1	
	   December    -106	 1,146 	 1,140 	  6   1,252    1,241 	  11   -0.3	2.8	2.8	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.0	
																
2003	   March       -129	 1,060 	 1,056 	  4  1,189     1,171 	  18   -0.3	2.6	2.6	0.0	2.9	2.9	0.0	
	   June	       -237	 1,027 	 1,022 	  5  1,264     1,256 	   8   -0.6	2.6	2.6	0.0	3.2	3.2	0.0	
	   September 	 20	 1,070 	 1,054 	 16  1,050     1,046 	   4	0.1	2.7	2.7	0.0	2.6	2.6	0.0	
	   December	182	 1,177 	 1,171 	  6    995	 988	   7	0.4	2.9	2.9	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	
																
2004	   March	  1	 1,035 	 1,031 	  4  1,034     1,023 	  11	0.0	2.6	2.6	0.0	2.6	2.6	0.0	
	   June		168	 1,224 	 1,197 	 27  1,056     1,050 	   6	0.5	3.1	3.0	0.1	2.6	2.6	0.0	
	   September 	  4	 1,105 	 1,104 	  1  1,101     1,094 	   7	0.0	2.7	2.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	0.0	
	   December	372	 1,253 	 1,248 	  5    881	 856	  25	0.9	3.1	3.1	0.0	2.2	2.1	0.1	
																
2005	   March	 95	 1,076 	 1,074 	  2    981	 977	   4	0.2	2.6	2.6	0.0	2.4	2.4	0.0	
																
																
 1  Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.																

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Last Modified Date: December 08, 2005