Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Alabama Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 29,479 193,626 115,997 77,629 164,147 99,560 64,587 March 1995 55,954 214,065 131,975 82,090 158,111 97,957 60,154 March 1996 23,000 203,060 126,813 76,247 180,060 120,335 59,725 March 1997 35,298 199,661 126,832 72,829 164,363 113,763 50,600 March 1998 26,159 203,731 129,510 74,221 177,572 127,496 50,076 March 1999 22,899 213,008 130,803 82,205 190,109 124,766 65,343 March 2000 5,797 192,480 132,049 60,431 186,683 128,955 57,728 March 2001 -9,773 196,089 130,385 65,704 205,862 142,050 63,812 March 2002 -33,791 194,271 120,957 73,314 228,062 158,007 70,055 March 2003 -10,128 185,569 121,471 64,098 195,697 137,844 57,853 March 2004 14,548 190,305 129,841 60,464 175,757 120,702 55,055 March 2005 35,667 202,140 140,725 61,415 166,473 115,933 50,540 March 2006 43,274 207,481 147,646 59,835 164,207 116,750 47,457 March 2007 22,199 190,568 133,615 56,953 168,369 123,940 44,429 March 2008 -12,135 181,816 123,500 58,316 193,951 142,971 50,980 March 2009 -102,651 134,939 87,994 46,945 237,590 185,779 51,811 March 2010 -43,499 142,518 99,561 42,957 186,017 135,332 50,685 March 2011 7,970 158,792 112,601 46,191 150,822 107,424 43,398 March 2012 18,309 159,272 114,360 44,912 140,963 101,993 38,970 March 2013 17,902 155,974 111,658 44,316 138,072 100,736 37,336 March 2014 13,213 152,973 108,529 44,444 139,760 102,129 37,631 March 2015 23,984 158,464 113,201 45,263 134,480 99,338 35,142 March 2016 30,455 167,343 116,972 50,371 136,888 99,536 37,352 March 2017 22,086 166,746 115,968 50,778 144,660 104,456 40,204 March 2018 18,224 166,046 117,716 48,330 147,822 104,283 43,539 March 2019 27,096 178,912 127,031 51,881 151,816 109,092 42,724 March 2020 1,115 168,927 119,122 49,805 167,812 119,902 47,910 March 2021 -36,803 171,717 125,790 45,927 208,520 157,473 51,047 March 2022 57,303 211,044 152,257 58,787 153,741 113,127 40,614 March 2023 51,965 220,643 148,994 71,649 168,678 119,203 49,475 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.