Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Iowa Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 29,902 129,360 87,547 41,813 99,458 71,246 28,212 March 1995 53,341 144,287 98,128 46,159 90,946 61,949 28,997 March 1996 23,813 133,784 92,074 41,710 109,971 79,213 30,758 March 1997 15,193 134,263 93,599 40,664 119,070 83,410 35,660 March 1998 36,051 147,971 99,666 48,305 111,920 80,158 31,762 March 1999 14,591 150,218 103,110 47,108 135,627 85,589 50,038 March 2000 28,360 148,857 93,742 55,115 120,497 83,186 37,311 March 2001 -10,059 133,580 92,457 41,123 143,639 99,241 44,398 March 2002 -27,813 122,582 83,492 39,090 150,395 100,355 50,040 March 2003 -10,961 110,033 75,280 34,753 120,994 87,179 33,815 March 2004 14,743 119,430 83,265 36,165 104,687 74,220 30,467 March 2005 26,298 127,806 92,675 35,131 101,508 71,882 29,626 March 2006 22,659 131,114 92,677 38,437 108,455 75,827 32,628 March 2007 11,474 123,148 87,356 35,792 111,674 83,196 28,478 March 2008 10,205 120,594 84,657 35,937 110,389 78,506 31,883 March 2009 -40,545 99,587 71,947 27,640 140,132 107,117 33,015 March 2010 -22,268 93,443 68,023 25,420 115,711 89,555 26,156 March 2011 11,655 106,014 82,679 23,335 94,359 69,241 25,118 March 2012 27,812 117,489 85,287 32,202 89,677 65,557 24,120 March 2013 14,967 110,500 81,903 28,597 95,533 71,564 23,969 March 2014 20,926 117,079 84,913 32,166 96,153 70,751 25,402 March 2015 19,086 122,975 91,839 31,136 103,889 75,933 27,956 March 2016 11,549 120,692 88,667 32,025 109,143 83,571 25,572 March 2017 -1,068 114,866 84,144 30,722 115,934 86,750 29,184 March 2018 7,614 113,249 84,228 29,021 105,635 80,772 24,863 March 2019 -130 109,073 82,629 26,444 109,203 82,084 27,119 March 2020 -3,673 108,855 77,995 30,860 112,528 83,412 29,116 March 2021 -39,545 104,012 78,273 25,739 143,557 116,088 27,469 March 2022 32,744 138,655 105,304 33,351 105,911 82,078 23,833 March 2023 11,087 130,415 99,056 31,359 119,328 86,613 32,715 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.