Table 2. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Not seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 50 to 99 employees (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change (1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing firms firms firms firms 1992 September -7 525 484 41 532 489 43 December -81 512 473 39 593 549 44 1993 March -86 477 428 49 563 502 61 June 366 760 713 47 394 354 40 September 25 540 502 38 515 469 46 December -32 536 498 38 568 529 39 1994 March -67 498 447 51 565 503 62 June 395 799 745 54 404 359 45 September 46 567 523 44 521 480 41 December -46 540 504 36 586 544 42 1995 March -48 525 473 52 573 512 61 June 352 791 734 57 439 397 42 September 3 567 525 42 564 511 53 December -61 561 517 44 622 574 48 1996 March -83 524 473 51 607 541 66 June 361 812 754 58 451 404 47 September -20 562 516 46 582 531 51 December -33 572 528 44 605 561 44 1997 March -60 540 488 52 600 532 68 June 372 811 757 54 439 394 45 September 7 586 542 44 579 527 52 December -62 583 538 45 645 580 65 1998 March -89 563 490 73 652 561 91 June 379 849 780 69 470 412 58 September -34 564 522 42 598 540 58 December -39 575 537 38 614 568 46 1999 March -115 543 483 60 658 576 82 June 398 855 794 61 457 413 44 September -25 587 544 43 612 555 57 December -33 595 554 41 628 579 49 2000 March -67 573 514 59 640 564 76 June 392 862 809 53 470 424 46 September -45 581 540 41 626 570 56 December -112 553 518 35 665 618 47 2001 March -174 521 473 48 695 613 82 June 285 803 753 50 518 472 46 September -187 495 457 38 682 626 56 December -218 494 458 36 712 668 44 2002 March -154 488 441 47 642 580 62 June 340 788 737 51 448 409 39 September -97 500 465 35 597 553 44 December -155 480 450 30 635 598 37 2003 March -156 461 420 41 617 561 56 June 320 756 714 42 436 402 34 September -68 492 460 32 560 523 37 December -103 493 460 33 596 563 33 2004 March -68 491 450 41 559 510 49 June 394 793 750 43 399 366 33 September -44 505 472 33 549 510 39 December -82 505 475 30 587 558 29 2005 March -87 474 434 40 561 516 45 June 396 793 753 40 397 369 28 September -42 517 487 30 559 522 37 December -101 498 470 28 599 572 27 2006 March -29 495 464 31 524 488 36 June 379 791 753 38 412 386 26 September -61 497 471 26 558 528 30 December -95 498 472 26 593 568 25 2007 March -79 469 441 28 548 512 36 June 373 784 751 33 411 387 24 September -97 474 450 24 571 545 26 December -115 490 466 24 605 580 25 2008 March -126 439 411 28 565 530 35 June 299 732 699 33 433 409 24 September -142 447 424 23 589 563 26 December -310 407 384 23 717 693 24 2009 March -382 336 313 23 718 682 36 June 187 645 615 30 458 437 21 September -125 406 385 21 531 508 23 December -145 411 388 23 556 536 20 2010 March -101 372 350 22 473 448 25 June 382 714 683 31 332 316 16 September -34 432 412 20 466 446 20 December -87 438 416 22 525 504 21 2011 March -43 397 374 23 440 416 24 June 370 708 678 30 338 323 15 September -3 456 433 23 459 441 18 December -97 422 400 22 519 500 19 2012 March -5 424 402 22 429 406 23 June 369 716 689 27 347 330 17 September -52 433 412 21 485 466 19 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.