Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Oregon 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 52,890 166,602 114,122 52,480 113,712 73,673 40,039 March 1995 60,455 180,764 126,285 54,479 120,309 76,951 43,358 March 1996 46,285 187,748 129,459 58,289 141,463 85,192 56,271 March 1997 54,063 208,214 131,530 76,684 154,151 92,402 61,749 March 1998 33,301 179,947 126,382 53,565 146,646 95,630 51,016 March 1999 19,312 197,063 136,241 60,822 177,751 106,268 71,483 March 2000 22,716 188,515 127,116 61,399 165,799 100,331 65,468 March 2001 8,544 185,083 122,126 62,957 176,539 112,134 64,405 March 2002 -44,806 152,882 99,408 53,474 197,688 133,409 64,279 March 2003 -1,277 155,930 106,675 49,255 157,207 104,986 52,221 March 2004 17,794 157,592 108,313 49,279 139,798 93,212 46,586 March 2005 45,611 173,315 123,752 49,563 127,704 80,753 46,951 March 2006 47,477 171,478 123,799 47,679 124,001 85,806 38,195 March 2007 32,686 164,823 118,850 45,973 132,137 93,854 38,283 March 2008 -395 152,128 109,083 43,045 152,523 107,304 45,219 March 2009 -115,246 111,399 72,901 38,498 226,645 170,696 55,949 March 2010 -31,594 120,886 85,947 34,939 152,480 108,692 43,788 March 2011 22,350 139,249 101,168 38,081 116,899 80,250 36,649 March 2012 27,909 144,426 103,618 40,808 116,517 80,217 36,300 March 2013 33,527 149,789 109,530 40,259 116,262 80,963 35,299 March 2014 41,487 156,408 116,670 39,738 114,921 79,877 35,044 March 2015 49,867 165,687 123,911 41,776 115,820 81,131 34,689 March 2016 52,399 173,489 128,548 44,941 121,090 86,530 34,560 March 2017 35,996 169,452 121,685 47,767 133,456 92,708 40,748 March 2018 58,664 190,980 125,799 65,181 132,316 95,317 36,999 March 2019 23,210 166,621 121,924 44,697 143,411 102,026 41,385 March 2020 24,243 176,809 122,703 54,106 152,566 106,919 45,647 March 2021 -76,587 167,124 115,404 51,720 243,711 184,673 59,038 March 2022 73,207 227,294 167,916 59,378 154,087 108,258 45,829 March 2023 21,525 198,074 140,903 57,171 176,549 119,317 57,232 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.