Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Kansas 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 26,151 129,541 81,825 47,716 103,390 65,162 38,228 March 1995 33,190 133,571 89,677 43,894 100,381 61,713 38,668 March 1996 26,163 140,833 91,453 49,380 114,670 68,615 46,055 March 1997 32,321 152,824 101,154 51,670 120,503 72,426 48,077 March 1998 42,596 166,366 106,782 59,584 123,770 76,401 47,369 March 1999 19,321 159,982 103,455 56,527 140,661 86,229 54,432 March 2000 14,135 163,186 97,762 65,424 149,051 86,882 62,169 March 2001 10,408 152,828 91,701 61,127 142,420 95,991 46,429 March 2002 -22,583 134,441 89,413 45,028 157,024 105,170 51,854 March 2003 -18,279 136,647 80,515 56,132 154,926 100,136 54,790 March 2004 4,390 125,726 81,068 44,658 121,336 83,676 37,660 March 2005 9,844 129,680 88,582 41,098 119,836 76,128 43,708 March 2006 19,903 132,234 91,016 41,218 112,331 72,232 40,099 March 2007 28,745 138,318 96,400 41,918 109,573 69,891 39,682 March 2008 12,199 137,320 97,540 39,780 125,121 84,843 40,278 March 2009 -39,346 104,263 68,958 35,305 143,609 107,435 36,174 March 2010 -40,386 91,012 61,754 29,258 131,398 100,084 31,314 March 2011 11,266 106,414 76,509 29,905 95,148 66,423 28,725 March 2012 22,310 116,050 79,724 36,326 93,740 64,517 29,223 March 2013 9,626 111,451 78,237 33,214 101,825 72,143 29,682 March 2014 22,590 119,511 84,493 35,018 96,921 67,309 29,612 March 2015 13,791 115,348 82,877 32,471 101,557 72,649 28,908 March 2016 6,862 115,812 80,298 35,514 108,950 76,109 32,841 March 2017 4,593 113,046 80,256 32,790 108,453 74,419 34,034 March 2018 2,043 106,672 78,951 27,721 104,629 74,646 29,983 March 2019 8,483 111,480 81,803 29,677 102,997 73,068 29,929 March 2020 1,532 112,050 78,825 33,225 110,518 79,154 31,364 March 2021 -39,207 112,972 80,189 32,783 152,179 117,079 35,100 March 2022 36,113 140,139 100,740 39,399 104,026 75,273 28,753 March 2023 31,453 141,752 98,460 43,292 110,299 76,588 33,711 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.