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

Montana

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                10,336       35,636        23,302       12,334        25,300         16,770       8,530
March 1995                13,072       41,135        26,783       14,352        28,063         17,463      10,600
March 1996                 7,590       39,645        25,279       14,366        32,055         22,036      10,019
March 1997                 3,090       36,733        23,459       13,274        33,643         22,125      11,518
March 1998                 9,998       44,575        25,628       18,947        34,577         22,057      12,520
March 1999                 8,099       42,533        27,894       14,639        34,434         22,053      12,381
March 2000                 6,802       39,595        27,489       12,106        32,793         20,046      12,747
March 2001                 4,765       42,250        27,667       14,583        37,485         22,880      14,605
March 2002                   881       39,877        25,265       14,612        38,996         24,914      14,082
March 2003                 5,059       41,186        25,570       15,616        36,127         22,831      13,296
March 2004                 7,120       44,325        28,567       15,758        37,205         22,647      14,558
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                 2,439       34,730        24,947        9,783        32,291         21,753      10,538
March 2012                 8,625       38,274        27,320       10,954        29,649         20,261       9,388
March 2013                 7,863       39,023        27,528       11,495        31,160         21,351       9,809
March 2014                 2,868       37,329        26,363       10,966        34,461         22,602      11,859
March 2015                10,126       41,377        28,134       13,243        31,251         21,479       9,772
March 2016                 5,733       39,938        28,850       11,088        34,205         24,290       9,915
March 2017                 3,347       38,797        26,602       12,195        35,450         24,096      11,354
March 2018                 5,105       39,565        27,875       11,690        34,460         23,559      10,901
March 2019                 3,341       40,219        27,406       12,813        36,878         24,372      12,506
March 2020                 5,575       43,194        28,991       14,203        37,619         25,208      12,411
March 2021                 1,558       46,994        30,863       16,131        45,436         32,038      13,398
March 2022                19,779       59,235        40,038       19,197        39,456         26,198      13,258
March 2023                11,660       55,543        36,993       18,550        43,883         28,361      15,522
 
(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.