Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Mississippi 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 53,060 137,322 88,935 48,387 84,262 55,327 28,935 March 1995 26,968 130,231 93,220 37,011 103,263 71,593 31,670 March 1996 10,176 121,963 80,527 41,436 111,787 76,069 35,718 March 1997 16,437 118,283 79,088 39,195 101,846 70,758 31,088 March 1998 23,271 126,934 89,600 37,334 103,663 68,158 35,505 March 1999 18,931 132,343 92,883 39,460 113,412 74,628 38,784 March 2000 2,495 117,120 79,399 37,721 114,625 78,041 36,584 March 2001 -26,371 107,965 69,644 38,321 134,336 91,449 42,887 March 2002 -13,909 108,732 74,333 34,399 122,641 87,001 35,640 March 2003 -13,219 98,462 66,872 31,590 111,681 79,204 32,477 March 2004 7,145 105,735 74,009 31,726 98,590 72,037 26,553 March 2005 13,641 107,762 75,182 32,580 94,121 64,339 29,782 March 2006 4,906 123,333 85,391 37,942 118,427 82,713 35,714 March 2007 10,096 118,696 83,219 35,477 108,600 81,472 27,128 March 2008 5,652 111,900 78,461 33,439 106,248 77,988 28,260 March 2009 -52,960 82,824 54,564 28,260 135,784 99,849 35,935 March 2010 -20,759 83,336 57,312 26,024 104,095 76,704 27,391 March 2011 11,408 93,525 66,284 27,241 82,117 58,475 23,642 March 2012 9,004 94,371 66,980 27,391 85,367 62,710 22,657 March 2013 6,137 92,010 66,570 25,440 85,873 60,393 25,480 March 2014 9,249 89,592 63,373 26,219 80,343 58,407 21,936 March 2015 5,888 92,208 66,667 25,541 86,320 62,026 24,294 March 2016 18,213 97,916 71,397 26,519 79,703 56,935 22,768 March 2017 4,151 89,353 62,079 27,274 85,202 64,362 20,840 March 2018 3,937 85,928 61,866 24,062 81,991 60,117 21,874 March 2019 4,228 88,017 62,918 25,099 83,789 61,637 22,152 March 2020 -3,382 85,711 61,119 24,592 89,093 64,778 24,315 March 2021 -17,926 92,602 66,893 25,709 110,528 85,400 25,128 March 2022 34,565 118,370 84,950 33,420 83,805 62,365 21,440 March 2023 17,389 117,168 81,008 36,160 99,779 70,785 28,994 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.