Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Pennsylvania

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994       -1,256      89,086      65,188       23,898         82,872     57,718       25,154
March 1995        3,017      94,939      70,110       24,829         77,485     55,673       21,812
March 1996         -268      88,027      64,278       23,749         85,601     61,584       24,017
March 1997        4,000      95,367      67,879       27,488         81,710     58,222       23,488
March 1998        4,315      97,090      68,266       28,824         85,674     61,165       24,509
March 1999        1,789      96,515      69,841       26,674         87,947     63,062       24,885
March 2000        6,096     103,064      72,640       30,424         87,515     63,187       24,328
March 2001        4,425      99,243      70,704       28,539         93,211     69,097       24,114
March 2002        2,484      99,499      68,494       31,005        100,143     71,622       28,521
March 2003         -529      96,338      68,613       27,725        100,523     72,269       28,254
March 2004        1,116     101,954      73,471       28,483         95,810     68,443       27,367
March 2005        4,375     104,164      73,214       30,950         98,147     71,572       26,575
March 2006        7,893     110,632      75,504       35,128         99,140     71,905       27,235
March 2007        1,312     103,695      74,546       29,149        102,584     74,747       27,837
March 2008         -136     104,548      75,621       28,927        103,322     74,259       29,063
March 2009       -1,406      92,867      64,136       28,731        115,814     85,677       30,137
March 2010         -962      94,392      66,696       27,696        107,816     79,158       28,658
March 2011        3,077     105,529      76,326       29,203         95,555     69,429       26,126
March 2012        2,534     109,683      77,648       32,035         98,210     68,709       29,501

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.