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

District of Columbia

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

March 2001        7,705      60,950      39,208       21,742         53,245     32,605       20,640
March 2002         -284      59,258      40,542       18,716         59,542     38,220       21,322
March 2003        2,834      54,451      34,710       19,741         51,617     34,837       16,780
March 2004        6,350      53,039      36,138       16,901         46,689     30,730       15,959
March 2005        5,832      50,291      36,425       13,866         44,459     28,326       16,133
March 2006        5,535      49,865      34,074       15,791         44,330     30,883       13,447
March 2007        9,876      54,641      39,352       15,289         44,765     30,089       14,676
March 2008        2,789      50,181      36,330       13,851         47,392     32,163       15,229
March 2009       -4,026      49,657      35,815       13,842         53,683     37,092       16,591
March 2010         -820      44,422      29,971       14,451         45,242     33,897       11,345
March 2011       10,384      52,675      37,705       14,970         42,291     27,364       14,927
March 2012       13,922      54,479      36,503       17,976         40,557     27,329       13,228

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