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

Louisiana

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

March 1994       53,277     214,782     135,317       79,465        161,505     96,313       65,192
March 1995       45,133     221,183     139,826       81,357        176,050    110,698       65,352
March 1996       32,058     203,181     142,672       60,509        171,123    111,934       59,189
March 1997       34,772     206,011     136,487       69,524        171,239    116,634       54,605
March 1998       42,639     217,728     150,981       66,747        175,089    117,266       57,823
March 1999       14,786     222,144     144,836       77,308        207,358    139,600       67,758
March 2000       21,055     236,058     157,688       78,370        215,003    139,343       75,660
March 2001        9,940     230,634     158,548       72,086        220,694    139,110       81,584
March 2002      -30,350     198,274     124,360       73,914        228,624    155,438       73,186
March 2003         -574     194,364     129,274       65,090        194,938    129,638       65,300
March 2004       15,307     199,577     135,420       64,157        184,270    129,553       54,717
March 2005        7,817     190,396     128,924       61,472        182,579    130,619       51,960
March 2006      -48,954     224,771     152,340       72,431        273,725    181,972       91,753
March 2007       65,938     248,603     171,483       77,120        182,665    130,065       52,600
March 2008       17,478     205,593     138,224       67,369        188,115    133,933       54,182
March 2009      -25,393     178,891     121,465       57,426        204,284    148,752       55,532
March 2010      -45,360     158,610     105,114       53,496        203,970    150,187       53,783
March 2011       29,902     186,823     132,669       54,154        156,921    109,631       47,290
March 2012       29,081     192,520     136,458       56,062        163,439    115,041       48,398

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