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

Illinois

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

March 1994      121,430     622,326     408,107      214,219        500,896    303,049      197,847
March 1995      145,294     659,018     430,171      228,847        513,724    321,812      191,912
March 1996       35,890     608,291     405,440      202,851        572,401    371,595      200,806
March 1997      108,007     611,970     406,138      205,832        503,963    344,414      159,549
March 1998       90,855     624,496     428,781      195,715        533,641    364,858      168,783
March 1999       83,781     642,267     430,092      212,175        558,486    382,654      175,832
March 2000       95,791     607,659     429,664      177,995        511,868    346,221      165,647
March 2001       -4,636     550,636     388,433      162,203        555,272    389,274      165,998
March 2002     -171,987     488,193     333,080      155,113        660,180    471,803      188,377
March 2003      -67,556     483,660     332,789      150,871        551,216    392,756      158,460
March 2004      -12,804     496,246     343,815      152,431        509,050    348,794      160,256
March 2005       34,957     495,708     351,317      144,391        460,751    313,829      146,922
March 2006       84,566     515,377     366,323      149,054        430,811    296,650      134,161
March 2007       59,672     491,710     358,325      133,385        432,038    304,939      127,099
March 2008       -3,425     451,550     331,607      119,943        454,975    320,540      134,435
March 2009     -251,061     354,309     242,880      111,429        605,370    461,599      143,771
March 2010     -137,158     360,332     253,200      107,132        497,490    372,113      125,377
March 2011       81,267     434,936     328,249      106,687        353,669    246,189      107,480
March 2012       90,085     456,382     340,599      115,783        366,297    251,837      114,460

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