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

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(In thousands)

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

March 1994          45         367         245          122            322        216          106
March 1995         124         446         298          148            322        214          108
March 1996          64         447         297          150            383        269          114
March 1997         175         533         345          188            358        230          128
March 1998         118         560         372          188            442        241          201
March 1999          90         558         365          193            468        272          196
March 2000         260         683         424          259            423        265          158
March 2001         122         653         457          196            531        324          207
March 2002        -292         441         269          172            733        498          235
March 2003        -209         333         222          111            542        383          159
March 2004         -74         329         239           90            403        288          115
March 2005         -56         317         240           77            373        242          131
March 2006           5         328         238           90            323        227           96
March 2007          14         324         245           79            310        225           85
March 2008           8         335         252           83            327        239           88
March 2009        -150         261         193           68            411        310          101
March 2010        -134         208         153           55            342        273           69
March 2011         -32         243         185           58            275        209           66
March 2012          -9         253         194           59            262        188           74

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