Table 1. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 500 to 999 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 26 272 261 11 246 235 11 December 25 269 263 6 244 232 12 1993 March 42 283 276 7 241 231 10 June 66 276 271 5 210 200 10 September 48 294 288 6 246 232 14 December 59 302 296 6 243 229 14 1994 March 54 312 302 10 258 248 10 June 60 300 292 8 240 226 14 September 84 322 315 7 238 233 5 December 57 314 310 4 257 249 8 1995 March 52 322 314 8 270 260 10 June 28 291 282 9 263 253 10 September 82 341 332 9 259 243 16 December 27 312 303 9 285 269 16 1996 March 7 323 313 10 316 303 13 June 52 322 312 10 270 261 9 September 52 340 328 12 288 274 14 December 65 341 331 10 276 264 12 1997 March 23 341 331 10 318 304 14 June 40 327 318 9 287 272 15 September 67 365 349 16 298 283 15 December 66 364 353 11 298 282 16 1998 March 80 404 391 13 324 307 17 June 14 347 336 11 333 315 18 September 55 355 344 11 300 285 15 December 44 355 346 9 311 295 16 1999 March 17 375 363 12 358 341 17 June 43 345 331 14 302 290 12 September 44 350 343 7 306 296 10 December 83 366 359 7 283 277 6 2000 March 70 395 387 8 325 316 9 June 45 348 342 6 303 295 8 September 28 349 343 6 321 309 12 December 14 344 338 6 330 319 11 2001 March -27 355 351 4 382 360 22 June -85 293 290 3 378 367 11 September -110 272 267 5 382 373 9 December -82 278 272 6 360 353 7 2002 March -23 322 314 8 345 331 14 June -19 295 288 7 314 302 12 September -7 293 290 3 300 290 10 December -15 289 285 4 304 296 8 2003 March -25 293 290 3 318 309 9 June -33 272 269 3 305 300 5 September 4 283 279 4 279 272 7 December 12 282 276 6 270 263 7 2004 March 29 302 299 3 273 264 9 June 44 302 297 5 258 254 4 September 12 288 284 4 276 269 7 December 48 306 302 4 258 250 8 2005 March 21 295 292 3 274 267 7 June 45 304 303 1 259 254 5 September 60 317 314 3 257 249 8 December 8 284 282 2 276 269 7 2006 March 64 296 293 3 232 230 2 June 43 300 298 2 257 255 2 September 14 280 276 4 266 264 2 December 23 290 288 2 267 264 3 2007 March 41 287 285 2 246 242 4 June 30 296 295 1 266 263 3 September -3 274 272 2 277 275 2 December 17 284 282 2 267 267 0 2008 March -5 258 256 2 263 261 2 June -23 272 270 2 295 292 3 September -57 251 250 1 308 305 3 December -111 243 242 1 354 351 3 2009 March -185 188 186 2 373 369 4 June -131 225 223 2 356 354 2 September -39 245 244 1 284 282 2 December -19 240 239 1 259 257 2 2010 March 11 234 232 2 223 222 1 June 55 283 280 3 228 227 1 September 37 277 275 2 240 235 5 December 40 279 277 2 239 238 1 2011 March 29 240 239 1 211 210 1 June 32 274 272 2 242 239 3 September 77 301 298 3 224 223 1 December 19 264 261 3 245 244 1 2012 March 65 266 265 1 201 200 1 June 61 294 292 2 233 231 2 September 34 284 282 2 250 248 2 December 30 277 276 1 247 244 3 2013 March 68 284 283 1 216 215 1 June 40 290 288 2 250 248 2 September 33 280 279 1 247 246 1 December 41 290 288 2 249 249 0 2014 March 48 276 274 2 228 227 1 June 61 301 301 0 240 237 3 September 34 287 286 1 253 251 2 December 58 302 300 2 244 242 2 2015 March 24 268 267 1 244 242 2 June 48 307 305 2 259 257 2 September 37 293 292 1 256 254 2 December 46 302 299 3 256 255 1 2016 March 5 256 255 1 251 250 1 June 22 297 296 1 275 273 2 September 60 318 317 1 258 257 1 December 3 277 277 0 274 273 1 2017 March 61 285 285 0 224 223 1 June 47 311 310 1 264 263 1 September 1 288 286 2 287 285 2 December 49 297 296 1 248 247 1 2018 March 65 287 285 2 222 221 1 June 40 310 308 2 270 268 2 September 12 298 297 1 286 284 2 December 41 292 288 4 251 250 1 2019 March 48 288 288 0 240 237 3 June 39 311 309 2 272 270 2 September 2 284 283 1 282 281 1 December 25 291 289 2 266 265 1 2020 March -29 257 256 1 286 284 2 June -1,105 137 136 1 1,242 1,228 14 September 270 494 489 5 224 223 1 December 148 363 361 2 215 215 0 2021 March 98 330 326 4 232 231 1 June 35 310 309 1 275 274 1 September 96 343 341 2 247 246 1 December 176 385 384 1 209 207 2 2022 March 128 342 340 2 214 213 1 June 44 329 328 1 285 284 1 September 157 385 385 0 228 227 1 December 27 299 299 0 272 271 1 2023 March 90 320 320 0 230 229 1 June 29 323 323 0 294 292 2 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.