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

Alabama

                                         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       55,948     214,059     131,969       82,090        158,111     97,957       60,154
March 1996       23,003     203,060     126,813       76,247        180,057    120,332       59,725
March 1997       35,305     199,664     126,832       72,832        164,359    113,759       50,600
March 1998       26,159     203,731     129,510       74,221        177,572    127,496       50,076
March 1999       22,902     213,011     130,798       82,213        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       17,854     159,881     114,029       45,852        142,027    101,693       40,334

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