Table 1. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 250 to 499 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 43 350 337 13 307 292 15 December 27 348 333 15 321 302 19 1993 March 42 353 339 14 311 295 16 June 56 349 338 11 293 275 18 September 83 378 368 10 295 277 18 December 61 373 362 11 312 296 16 1994 March 64 385 367 18 321 305 16 June 80 388 375 13 308 290 18 September 93 405 391 14 312 300 12 December 61 391 380 11 330 312 18 1995 March 58 400 386 14 342 325 17 June 22 367 353 14 345 326 19 September 69 401 388 13 332 311 21 December 56 402 383 19 346 326 20 1996 March 25 402 386 16 377 358 19 June 53 396 381 15 343 326 17 September 57 405 389 16 348 328 20 December 69 408 391 17 339 319 20 1997 March 63 425 409 16 362 342 20 June 53 399 384 15 346 326 20 September 65 426 408 18 361 340 21 December 75 437 418 19 362 334 28 1998 March 75 465 440 25 390 365 25 June 8 416 396 20 408 376 32 September 64 426 411 15 362 342 20 December 64 428 415 13 364 345 19 1999 March 6 439 421 18 433 407 26 June 41 414 396 18 373 355 18 September 54 428 418 10 374 354 20 December 83 448 434 14 365 345 20 2000 March 88 480 465 15 392 374 18 June 31 417 407 10 386 369 17 September 30 423 411 12 393 375 18 December 20 411 400 11 391 373 18 2001 March -53 410 401 9 463 430 33 June -95 364 355 9 459 440 19 September -108 341 330 11 449 432 17 December -90 348 335 13 438 423 15 2002 March -9 397 385 12 406 386 20 June -20 361 348 13 381 362 19 September -9 348 342 6 357 342 15 December -26 344 336 8 370 355 15 2003 March -22 358 350 8 380 364 16 June -24 341 333 8 365 355 10 September 11 352 344 8 341 330 11 December 23 360 350 10 337 324 13 2004 March 41 370 363 7 329 314 15 June 33 362 353 9 329 318 11 September 43 366 358 8 323 311 12 December 39 364 356 8 325 314 11 2005 March 47 373 366 7 326 314 12 June 46 364 358 6 318 309 9 September 59 380 374 6 321 313 8 December 21 354 349 5 333 325 8 2006 March 75 370 364 6 295 290 5 June 47 367 363 4 320 314 6 September 23 351 347 4 328 322 6 December 5 350 345 5 345 340 5 2007 March 34 352 348 4 318 312 6 June 46 366 363 3 320 315 5 September -7 330 326 4 337 332 5 December 28 349 346 3 321 317 4 2008 March 1 330 325 5 329 324 5 June -18 329 325 4 347 342 5 September -44 315 312 3 359 354 5 December -125 296 291 5 421 415 6 2009 March -214 237 235 2 451 445 6 June -116 287 283 4 403 398 5 September -53 289 286 3 342 338 4 December -19 290 287 3 309 304 5 2010 March 18 284 281 3 266 264 2 June 69 334 331 3 265 262 3 September 41 325 321 4 284 279 5 December 48 328 325 3 280 276 4 2011 March 47 294 291 3 247 244 3 June 53 329 326 3 276 272 4 September 67 345 341 4 278 275 3 December 28 314 311 3 286 284 2 2012 March 79 325 322 3 246 244 2 June 71 345 341 4 274 271 3 September 27 325 321 4 298 294 4 December 49 334 332 2 285 280 5 2013 March 53 316 314 2 263 261 2 June 48 337 333 4 289 285 4 September 22 320 317 3 298 295 3 December 49 335 332 3 286 283 3 2014 March 55 323 321 2 268 265 3 June 62 352 350 2 290 286 4 September 42 341 338 3 299 295 4 December 77 361 358 3 284 281 3 2015 March 21 314 312 2 293 290 3 June 72 362 358 4 290 287 3 September 25 336 334 2 311 308 3 December 53 359 354 5 306 303 3 2016 March 16 314 311 3 298 295 3 June 33 347 344 3 314 309 5 September 53 359 356 3 306 303 3 December 13 332 329 3 319 315 4 2017 March 65 341 340 1 276 273 3 June 48 361 358 3 313 310 3 September 5 332 329 3 327 324 3 December 58 354 351 3 296 293 3 2018 March 60 337 334 3 277 275 2 June 65 374 371 3 309 304 5 September -4 332 330 2 336 333 3 December 42 342 338 4 300 296 4 2019 March 57 341 340 1 284 280 4 June 37 362 359 3 325 323 2 September 3 331 329 2 328 326 2 December 23 335 333 2 312 308 4 2020 March -28 300 298 2 328 325 3 June -1,075 177 175 2 1,252 1,235 17 September 225 513 505 8 288 285 3 December 151 408 405 3 257 255 2 2021 March 84 362 357 5 278 276 2 June 45 354 352 2 309 306 3 September 100 395 392 3 295 292 3 December 182 429 424 5 247 245 2 2022 March 136 393 389 4 257 255 2 June 60 379 376 3 319 316 3 September 127 418 414 4 291 289 2 December 29 347 345 2 318 316 2 2023 March 97 372 370 2 275 273 2 June 50 378 376 2 328 323 5 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.