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

New Jersey

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

March 1994       33,819     377,909     251,448      126,461        344,090    215,661      128,429
March 1995       85,775     433,968     264,695      169,273        348,193    224,622      123,571
March 1996       15,433     404,764     245,321      159,443        389,331    250,493      138,838
March 1997       68,273     451,116     303,605      147,511        382,843    233,983      148,860
March 1998       78,645     518,369     309,479      208,890        439,724    244,985      194,739
March 1999       88,605     530,654     306,159      224,495        442,049    248,301      193,748
March 2000       88,750     543,028     322,239      220,789        454,278    268,553      185,725
March 2001       21,636     501,679     313,350      188,329        480,043    286,379      193,664
March 2002      -38,787     476,305     287,739      188,566        515,092    330,825      184,267
March 2003      -43,984     422,348     264,748      157,600        466,332    305,703      160,629
March 2004       11,422     403,915     259,528      144,387        392,493    256,557      135,936
March 2005       18,637     414,931     263,931      151,000        396,294    256,443      139,851
March 2006       61,657     419,074     273,262      145,812        357,417    245,649      111,768
March 2007       -8,760     373,299     249,057      124,242        382,059    258,014      124,045
March 2008       12,573     380,493     251,567      128,926        367,920    249,796      118,124
March 2009     -164,750     291,452     186,889      104,563        456,202    336,588      119,614
March 2010      -65,604     302,120     198,659      103,461        367,724    258,251      109,473
March 2011       17,085     325,068     225,136       99,932        307,983    207,295      100,688
March 2012       59,354     359,792     249,501      110,291        300,438    204,882       95,556

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