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

New Hampshire

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

March 1994       18,589      65,905      42,564       23,341         47,316     28,384       18,932
March 1995       19,024      66,224      43,610       22,614         47,200     30,868       16,332
March 1996       12,533      68,598      41,761       26,837         56,065     32,005       24,060
March 1997       13,990      67,018      45,613       21,405         53,028     32,703       20,325
March 1998       18,704      68,196      45,149       23,047         49,492     32,649       16,843
March 1999       13,466      69,498      46,373       23,125         56,032     37,091       18,941
March 2000       14,026      72,795      49,003       23,792         58,769     37,883       20,886
March 2001       10,833      74,367      49,619       24,748         63,534     41,032       22,502
March 2002      -15,487      63,582      43,488       20,094         79,069     53,693       25,376
March 2003       -4,169      57,511      37,590       19,921         61,680     41,279       20,401
March 2004        8,174      59,157      40,804       18,353         50,983     33,950       17,033
March 2005        4,708      59,101      41,122       17,979         54,393     36,736       17,657
March 2006        9,917      61,685      42,225       19,460         51,768     36,526       15,242
March 2007        1,857      55,100      39,433       15,667         53,243     38,804       14,439
March 2008          879      55,446      40,962       14,484         54,567     38,032       16,535
March 2009      -21,680      44,386      30,682       13,704         66,066     49,868       16,198
March 2010      -10,806      47,259      33,594       13,665         58,065     42,939       15,126
March 2011        7,005      50,266      37,528       12,738         43,261     29,584       13,677
March 2012        7,651      52,484      37,345       15,139         44,833     31,061       13,772

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