Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Massachusetts 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 54,716 309,876 207,496 102,380 255,160 174,291 80,869 March 1995 72,385 333,044 227,409 105,635 260,659 179,004 81,655 March 1996 40,128 327,787 223,648 104,139 287,659 183,736 103,923 March 1997 86,249 352,886 235,950 116,936 266,637 173,169 93,468 March 1998 48,412 353,461 244,151 109,310 305,049 203,241 101,808 March 1999 50,072 361,861 240,509 121,352 311,789 207,030 104,759 March 2000 77,609 385,194 266,271 118,923 307,585 200,337 107,248 March 2001 54,705 385,338 275,221 110,117 330,633 222,544 108,089 March 2002 -90,673 301,177 210,203 90,974 391,850 282,303 109,547 March 2003 -60,041 278,261 188,115 90,146 338,302 231,677 106,625 March 2004 -9,496 267,659 192,885 74,774 277,155 191,960 85,195 March 2005 5,500 272,732 190,468 82,264 267,232 187,480 79,752 March 2006 33,357 283,278 207,455 75,823 249,921 172,446 77,475 March 2007 34,472 278,058 202,458 75,600 243,586 169,909 73,677 March 2008 29,227 274,019 197,331 76,688 244,792 172,666 72,126 March 2009 -100,595 213,679 153,133 60,546 314,274 236,464 77,810 March 2010 -24,037 228,293 161,750 66,543 252,330 187,056 65,274 March 2011 43,672 251,327 186,868 64,459 207,655 145,963 61,692 March 2012 62,349 268,200 191,490 76,710 205,851 143,951 61,900 March 2013 40,996 252,753 182,592 70,161 211,757 150,713 61,044 March 2014 42,798 257,048 182,556 74,492 214,250 149,773 64,477 March 2015 64,836 283,908 198,295 85,613 219,072 152,371 66,701 March 2016 72,497 293,544 217,112 76,432 221,047 155,779 65,268 March 2017 51,320 289,843 206,873 82,970 238,523 170,010 68,513 March 2018 51,415 294,270 213,417 80,853 242,855 169,926 72,929 March 2019 47,743 304,444 222,194 82,250 256,701 177,557 79,144 March 2020 -4,466 286,348 209,499 76,849 290,814 199,835 90,979 March 2021 -205,204 254,246 174,987 79,259 459,450 364,135 95,315 March 2022 171,832 417,527 308,977 108,550 245,695 172,551 73,144 March 2023 55,735 326,644 249,839 76,805 270,909 191,451 79,458 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.