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

Minnesota

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

March 1994       56,683     249,946     168,554       81,392        193,263    124,215       69,048
March 1995       72,392     285,587     182,150      103,437        213,195    119,277       93,918
March 1996       48,384     259,241     167,640       91,601        210,857    130,891       79,966
March 1997       39,047     269,204     173,958       95,246        230,157    140,817       89,340
March 1998       74,131     289,096     189,286       99,810        214,965    133,360       81,605
March 1999       42,216     274,291     178,164       96,127        232,075    143,060       89,015
March 2000       60,121     287,373     193,584       93,789        227,252    144,565       82,687
March 2001       15,497     276,546     177,490       99,056        261,049    167,464       93,585
March 2002      -55,568     244,177     152,048       92,129        299,745    201,716       98,029
March 2003       -3,465     242,348     153,064       89,284        245,813    162,368       83,445
March 2004        2,773     237,146     152,731       84,415        234,373    149,472       84,901
March 2005       31,835     254,716     168,638       86,078        222,881    137,967       84,914
March 2006       69,889     282,400     173,263      109,137        212,511    156,307       56,204
March 2007       -4,772     243,472     163,079       80,393        248,244    149,927       98,317
March 2008       18,121     241,068     148,371       92,697        222,947    149,326       73,621
March 2009     -108,809     174,846     119,540       55,306        283,655    202,348       81,307
March 2010      -42,367     186,151     123,451       62,700        228,518    166,097       62,421
March 2011       45,659     205,127     153,001       52,126        159,468    112,084       47,384
March 2012       52,588     236,968     172,254       64,714        184,380    119,775       64,605

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