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

Maryland

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

March 1994       40,715     228,004     150,854       77,150        187,289    123,829       63,460
March 1995       47,106     241,275     158,800       82,475        194,169    134,284       59,885
March 1996       15,621     235,253     155,678       79,575        219,632    139,940       79,692
March 1997       54,232     264,975     170,152       94,823        210,743    138,153       72,590
March 1998       42,225     267,693     171,319       96,374        225,468    141,996       83,472
March 1999       53,663     284,484     177,203      107,281        230,821    149,369       81,452
March 2000       60,557     294,777     197,925       96,852        234,220    143,160       91,060
March 2001       21,137     266,595     182,149       84,446        245,458    156,761       88,697
March 2002           76     260,744     163,123       97,621        260,668    170,364       90,304
March 2003      -10,587     238,303     155,885       82,418        248,890    166,594       82,296
March 2004       34,324     248,778     173,388       75,390        214,454    139,928       74,526
March 2005       30,738     252,570     167,988       84,582        221,832    147,147       74,685
March 2006       41,380     246,717     171,605       75,112        205,337    143,414       61,923
March 2007       11,604     226,713     157,390       69,323        215,109    152,394       62,715
March 2008       -6,112     222,196     155,042       67,154        228,308    160,048       68,260
March 2009      -86,912     199,632     136,666       62,966        286,544    207,708       78,836
March 2010      -40,286     198,146     137,884       60,262        238,432    168,865       69,567
March 2011       28,040     220,107     156,334       63,773        192,067    132,466       59,601
March 2012       37,993     229,451     160,306       69,145        191,458    132,484       58,974

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