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

Montana

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

March 1994       10,345      35,645      23,300       12,345         25,300     16,770        8,530
March 1995       13,073      41,136      26,782       14,354         28,063     17,463       10,600
March 1996        7,589      39,644      25,279       14,365         32,055     22,036       10,019
March 1997        3,071      36,713      23,459       13,254         33,642     22,125       11,517
March 1998       10,019      44,587      25,628       18,959         34,568     22,049       12,519
March 1999        8,101      42,535      27,894       14,641         34,434     22,053       12,381
March 2000        6,802      39,595      27,489       12,106         32,793     20,046       12,747
March 2001        4,770      42,255      27,667       14,588         37,485     22,880       14,605
March 2002          880      39,879      25,265       14,614         38,999     24,915       14,084
March 2003        5,058      41,185      25,572       15,613         36,127     22,831       13,296
March 2004        7,118      44,329      28,565       15,764         37,211     22,647       14,564
March 2005       11,762      44,036      29,572       14,464         32,274     20,692       11,582
March 2006       12,561      44,865      31,035       13,830         32,304     21,080       11,224
March 2007       11,897      45,587      30,971       14,616         33,690     22,388       11,302
March 2008        3,443      42,261      28,753       13,508         38,818     25,938       12,880
March 2009      -19,559      32,442      22,064       10,378         52,001     37,327       14,674
March 2010       -6,501      31,940      21,640       10,300         38,441     26,932       11,509
March 2011        2,437      34,729      24,947        9,782         32,292     21,753       10,539
March 2012        8,549      38,652      27,638       11,014         30,103     20,241        9,862

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