Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Wholesale trade (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 83 687 473 214 604 389 215 March 1995 152 726 515 211 574 362 212 March 1996 103 744 518 226 641 403 238 March 1997 137 782 535 247 645 406 239 March 1998 154 821 572 249 667 397 270 March 1999 97 810 550 260 713 430 283 March 2000 135 833 579 254 698 434 264 March 2001 90 824 566 258 734 468 266 March 2002 -185 696 455 241 881 577 304 March 2003 -74 663 440 223 737 474 263 March 2004 -7 657 457 200 664 427 237 March 2005 102 693 493 200 591 373 218 March 2006 128 702 505 197 574 368 206 March 2007 111 689 491 198 578 376 202 March 2008 45 650 464 186 605 397 208 March 2009 -325 479 327 152 804 580 224 March 2010 -213 466 321 145 679 482 197 March 2011 96 577 428 149 481 315 166 March 2012 149 613 454 159 464 301 163 March 2013 90 585 433 152 495 325 170 March 2014 109 596 448 148 487 321 166 March 2015 111 590 453 137 479 315 164 March 2016 52 581 447 134 529 355 174 March 2017 55 564 429 135 509 349 160 March 2018 85 578 438 140 493 331 162 March 2019 80 576 436 140 496 334 162 March 2020 6 540 407 133 534 361 173 March 2021 -191 497 358 139 688 526 162 March 2022 281 731 572 159 450 292 158 March 2023 184 685 528 157 501 330 171 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.