Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Alaska

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994          399       5,891       4,013        1,878          4,759      3,280        1,479
March 1995          363       5,921       4,013        1,908          5,085      3,540        1,545
March 1996          145       5,778       3,992        1,786          5,340      3,699        1,641
March 1997          236       6,006       4,113        1,893          5,391      3,734        1,657
March 1998          140       6,245       4,345        1,900          5,339      3,579        1,760
March 1999           38       6,029       4,261        1,768          5,529      3,799        1,730
March 2000           82       6,215       4,420        1,795          5,508      3,795        1,713
March 2001         -106       6,009       4,297        1,712          5,710      3,892        1,818
March 2002          254       6,254       4,310        1,944          5,585      3,895        1,690
March 2003          217       6,314       4,517        1,797          5,597      4,017        1,580
March 2004          292       6,377       4,504        1,873          5,689      4,108        1,581
March 2005           68       6,435       4,635        1,800          5,937      4,205        1,732
March 2006           37       6,328       4,599        1,729          6,079      4,387        1,692
March 2007          -78       6,210       4,506        1,704          6,258      4,476        1,782
March 2008           -8       6,205       4,487        1,718          6,076      4,350        1,726
March 2009          -74       5,881       4,156        1,725          6,418      4,619        1,799
March 2010          -95       5,894       4,228        1,666          6,178      4,417        1,761
March 2011          162       6,271       4,659        1,612          5,470      4,020        1,450
March 2012          161       6,280       4,582        1,698          5,731      4,194        1,537

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.