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

Arizona

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

March 1994       83,964     252,624     170,700       81,924        168,660    103,761       64,899
March 1995      108,799     296,829     194,734      102,095        188,030    109,544       78,486
March 1996       94,799     302,518     201,052      101,466        207,719    121,524       86,195
March 1997       71,838     292,479     197,051       95,428        220,641    132,447       88,194
March 1998       95,589     310,412     209,281      101,131        214,823    123,754       91,069
March 1999       60,602     304,900     221,715       83,185        244,298    140,993      103,305
March 2000       71,613     328,636     226,189      102,447        257,023    161,386       95,637
March 2001       33,759     310,131     214,922       95,209        276,372    165,174      111,198
March 2002      -39,606     275,508     177,056       98,452        315,114    206,570      108,544
March 2003       20,491     280,635     181,585       99,050        260,144    164,930       95,214
March 2004       57,662     287,116     202,483       84,633        229,454    138,185       91,269
March 2005      110,906     338,377     226,660      111,717        227,471    143,662       83,809
March 2006      153,362     361,935     239,099      122,836        208,573    138,904       69,669
March 2007       43,969     313,792     211,638      102,154        269,823    188,075       81,748
March 2008      -41,311     268,819     175,158       93,661        310,130    219,650       90,480
March 2009     -183,405     204,765     126,552       78,213        388,170    285,717      102,453
March 2010      -74,504     206,537     140,255       66,282        281,041    199,405       81,636
March 2011       22,868     219,810     155,971       63,839        196,942    130,047       66,895
March 2012       51,921     238,451     168,802       69,649        186,530    118,642       67,888

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