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

Maine

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

March 1994       13,984      59,123      35,504       23,619         45,139     26,782       18,357
March 1995       12,340      57,276      38,273       19,003         44,936     28,171       16,765
March 1996        1,246      52,370      33,882       18,488         51,124     32,221       18,903
March 1997        7,519      57,036      40,934       16,102         49,517     29,951       19,566
March 1998       14,456      63,196      38,817       24,379         48,740     30,572       18,168
March 1999       14,536      61,001      41,658       19,343         46,465     31,210       15,255
March 2000       16,484      63,547      44,474       19,073         47,063     31,447       15,616
March 2001        4,358      60,157      42,900       17,257         55,799     39,594       16,205
March 2002       -6,222      55,060      36,897       18,163         61,282     40,256       21,026
March 2003       -1,352      49,139      33,051       16,088         50,491     33,232       17,259
March 2004        4,005      52,972      36,414       16,558         48,967     31,829       17,138
March 2005       -1,199      49,566      32,233       17,333         50,765     33,251       17,514
March 2006        4,213      49,898      33,420       16,478         45,685     30,558       15,127
March 2007        3,891      50,704      33,024       17,680         46,813     31,420       15,393
March 2008        2,497      49,075      33,424       15,651         46,578     31,123       15,455
March 2009      -21,111      40,874      25,452       15,422         61,985     44,220       17,765
March 2010       -5,826      41,098      27,327       13,771         46,924     33,394       13,530
March 2011        2,363      42,793      30,788       12,005         40,430     26,736       13,694
March 2012        4,572      44,356      31,948       12,408         39,784     26,992       12,792

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