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

California

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

March 1994      102,232   1,658,565   1,043,190      615,375      1,556,333    960,494      595,839
March 1995      187,715   1,701,507   1,118,076      583,431      1,513,792    950,271      563,521
March 1996      332,636   1,889,389   1,261,638      627,751      1,556,753    929,239      627,514
March 1997      371,893   1,983,197   1,255,143      728,054      1,611,304    972,935      638,369
March 1998      417,616   2,044,612   1,308,816      735,796      1,626,996    925,487      701,509
March 1999      260,680   2,045,791   1,298,753      747,038      1,785,111  1,063,157      721,954
March 2000      479,753   2,094,117   1,367,225      726,892      1,614,364    960,565      653,799
March 2001      314,862   2,062,774   1,410,618      652,156      1,747,912  1,056,519      691,393
March 2002     -366,260   1,821,992   1,135,302      686,690      2,188,252  1,437,217      751,035
March 2003      -73,509   1,732,370   1,131,034      601,336      1,805,879  1,174,115      631,764
March 2004      113,566   1,774,544   1,202,976      571,568      1,660,978  1,051,743      609,235
March 2005      179,113   1,754,918   1,172,629      582,289      1,575,805    968,071      607,734
March 2006      306,596   1,768,902   1,215,486      553,416      1,462,306    956,537      505,769
March 2007      107,980   1,672,073   1,176,121      495,952      1,564,093  1,061,208      502,885
March 2008      -96,519   1,585,264   1,091,948      493,316      1,681,783  1,164,852      516,931
March 2009     -804,424   1,197,671     799,747      397,924      2,002,095  1,459,428      542,667
March 2010     -407,029   1,206,806     815,768      391,038      1,613,835  1,120,888      492,947
March 2011      207,901   1,404,589     971,731      432,858      1,196,688    825,350      371,338
March 2012      320,210   1,511,799   1,081,478      430,321      1,191,589    746,425      445,164

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