Table 1.  Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Alaska

                                         Gross job gains                       Gross job losses
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994        7,650      30,067      19,851       10,216         22,417     15,134        7,283
March 1995        1,636      27,022      18,506        8,516         25,386     16,478        8,908
March 1996        1,715      26,985      19,217        7,768         25,270     16,606        8,664
March 1997        3,017      28,742      20,473        8,269         25,725     15,880        9,845
March 1998        7,981      30,386      21,747        8,639         22,405     14,723        7,682
March 1999          252      26,414      18,002        8,412         26,162     17,562        8,600
March 2000        3,458      30,028      19,878       10,150         26,570     16,907        9,663
March 2001        6,719      33,972      24,139        9,833         27,253     15,823       11,430
March 2002        3,512      30,630      20,033       10,597         27,118     18,934        8,184
March 2003        3,181      28,987      21,153        7,834         25,806     18,401        7,405
March 2004        2,884      27,192      19,631        7,561         24,308     16,987        7,321
March 2005        5,671      28,034      20,628        7,406         22,363     14,913        7,450
March 2006        5,471      28,040      21,336        6,704         22,569     15,476        7,093
March 2007        3,205      26,936      19,886        7,050         23,731     17,162        6,569
March 2008        3,053      26,225      19,457        6,768         23,172     16,483        6,689
March 2009         -813      24,724      17,742        6,982         25,537     18,992        6,545
March 2010         -796      23,430      16,328        7,102         24,226     17,469        6,757
March 2011        6,565      25,235      18,897        6,338         18,670     13,994        4,676
March 2012        6,056      25,942      18,863        7,079         19,886     14,835        5,051

(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.