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

Manufacturing                                

(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          91       1,727       1,314          413          1,636      1,163          473
March 1995         500       1,961       1,519          442          1,461      1,038          423
March 1996         -56       1,686       1,260          426          1,742      1,284          458
March 1997         147       1,769       1,344          425          1,622      1,165          457
March 1998         320       1,933       1,410          523          1,613      1,090          523
March 1999        -265       1,644       1,224          420          1,909      1,376          533
March 2000         -16       1,694       1,294          400          1,710      1,234          476
March 2001        -519       1,447       1,151          296          1,966      1,481          485
March 2002      -1,465       1,024         765          259          2,489      1,948          541
March 2003        -711       1,101         856          245          1,812      1,352          460
March 2004        -411       1,091         876          215          1,502      1,121          381
March 2005         -27       1,175         986          189          1,202        866          336
March 2006         -55       1,110         936          174          1,165        910          255
March 2007        -238       1,018         862          156          1,256      1,007          249
March 2008        -341         922         780          142          1,263      1,021          242
March 2009      -1,451         566         455          111          2,017      1,752          265
March 2010        -740         666         550          116          1,406      1,156          250
March 2011         215         960         850          110            745        577          168
March 2012         223         951         832          119            728        559          169

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