Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Nebraska 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 18,868 79,639 56,247 23,392 60,771 40,196 20,575 March 1995 32,462 90,147 63,727 26,420 57,685 36,219 21,466 March 1996 18,623 85,530 61,918 23,612 66,907 43,265 23,642 March 1997 14,918 79,949 55,875 24,074 65,031 46,028 19,003 March 1998 12,069 78,272 55,905 22,367 66,203 47,142 19,061 March 1999 20,346 89,930 69,055 20,875 69,584 46,423 23,161 March 2000 14,440 87,859 62,889 24,970 73,419 49,419 24,000 March 2001 3,741 85,074 56,848 28,226 81,333 57,072 24,261 March 2002 -10,184 75,815 50,744 25,071 85,999 64,736 21,263 March 2003 -1,671 76,949 51,022 25,927 78,620 55,766 22,854 March 2004 5,434 73,124 52,095 21,029 67,690 48,611 19,079 March 2005 12,423 77,294 55,736 21,558 64,871 46,300 18,571 March 2006 8,002 74,964 54,557 20,407 66,962 48,490 18,472 March 2007 9,273 78,420 56,397 22,023 69,147 51,101 18,046 March 2008 13,464 79,880 59,128 20,752 66,416 49,120 17,296 March 2009 -20,889 64,108 45,055 19,053 84,997 65,136 19,861 March 2010 -16,781 56,632 41,963 14,669 73,413 56,223 17,190 March 2011 7,954 65,594 47,480 18,114 57,640 42,679 14,961 March 2012 19,163 73,773 51,135 22,638 54,610 40,460 14,150 March 2013 9,531 68,193 48,823 19,370 58,662 41,905 16,757 March 2014 13,736 74,308 51,843 22,465 60,572 44,852 15,720 March 2015 13,374 77,489 56,308 21,181 64,115 45,309 18,806 March 2016 11,640 77,377 56,797 20,580 65,737 47,502 18,235 March 2017 5,490 73,984 52,226 21,758 68,494 48,073 20,421 March 2018 2,815 73,249 52,681 20,568 70,434 50,292 20,142 March 2019 1,362 74,421 50,846 23,575 73,059 52,175 20,884 March 2020 4,773 77,533 55,704 21,829 72,760 50,632 22,128 March 2021 -18,722 78,217 56,372 21,845 96,939 72,765 24,174 March 2022 16,966 91,698 67,397 24,301 74,732 54,538 20,194 March 2023 21,077 95,807 67,823 27,984 74,730 50,902 23,828 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.