Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Leisure and hospitality (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 414 1,748 901 847 1,334 757 577 March 1995 406 1,812 943 869 1,406 803 603 March 1996 295 1,780 937 843 1,485 871 614 March 1997 274 1,812 928 884 1,538 911 627 March 1998 157 1,762 918 844 1,605 939 666 March 1999 278 1,877 987 890 1,599 913 686 March 2000 354 1,877 1,032 845 1,523 900 623 March 2001 93 1,791 986 805 1,698 974 724 March 2002 -43 1,720 868 852 1,763 1,102 661 March 2003 118 1,678 868 810 1,560 973 587 March 2004 289 1,746 939 807 1,457 902 555 March 2005 272 1,763 950 813 1,491 906 585 March 2006 277 1,840 991 849 1,563 985 578 March 2007 284 1,816 1,000 816 1,532 979 553 March 2008 136 1,761 953 808 1,625 1,033 592 March 2009 -434 1,481 758 723 1,915 1,295 620 March 2010 -198 1,392 742 650 1,590 1,085 505 March 2011 280 1,570 900 670 1,290 819 471 March 2012 434 1,722 999 723 1,288 796 492 March 2013 379 1,723 996 727 1,344 845 499 March 2014 404 1,766 1,023 743 1,362 861 501 March 2015 390 1,822 1,054 768 1,432 909 523 March 2016 496 1,932 1,140 792 1,436 924 512 March 2017 350 1,914 1,091 823 1,564 1,027 537 March 2018 259 1,908 1,089 819 1,649 1,091 558 March 2019 250 1,914 1,114 800 1,664 1,086 578 March 2020 -389 1,707 951 756 2,096 1,401 695 March 2021 -2,881 1,378 736 642 4,259 3,363 896 March 2022 2,185 3,355 2,462 893 1,170 716 454 March 2023 878 2,436 1,577 859 1,558 935 623 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.