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

Colorado

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

March 1994       66,170     235,380     149,058       86,322        169,210    117,121       52,089
March 1995       89,388     268,301     165,103      103,198        178,913    129,687       49,226
March 1996       47,914     259,185     161,040       98,145        211,271    156,589       54,682
March 1997       68,473     272,527     172,794       99,733        204,054    140,474       63,580
March 1998       74,890     294,708     191,683      103,025        219,818    150,723       69,095
March 1999       66,468     292,110     187,341      104,769        225,642    157,472       68,170
March 2000       81,883     302,911     201,703      101,208        221,028    149,763       71,265
March 2001       51,061     292,114     195,693       96,421        241,053    165,597       75,456
March 2002      -78,238     237,702     154,240       83,462        315,940    228,120       87,820
March 2003      -44,600     215,580     137,950       77,630        260,180    184,809       75,371
March 2004       11,069     237,203     156,538       80,665        226,134    149,932       76,202
March 2005       48,158     248,269     165,217       83,052        200,111    129,773       70,338
March 2006       47,027     250,769     165,753       85,016        203,742    135,038       68,704
March 2007       44,600     253,294     168,970       84,324        208,694    141,620       67,074
March 2008       28,773     247,348     165,894       81,454        218,575    148,842       69,733
March 2009      -95,869     187,954     122,461       65,493        283,823    204,547       79,276
March 2010      -63,904     174,962     115,743       59,219        238,866    169,746       69,120
March 2011       30,936     207,401     144,380       63,021        176,465    117,080       59,385
March 2012       49,796     215,617     153,367       62,250        165,821    108,838       56,983

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