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

South Dakota

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

March 1994       12,179      33,328      23,559        9,769         21,149     14,382        6,767
March 1995       14,078      33,946      24,808        9,138         19,868     13,976        5,892
March 1996        5,599      31,449      22,396        9,053         25,850     17,862        7,988
March 1997        5,507      30,449      21,991        8,458         24,942     17,907        7,035
March 1998        5,102      32,663      22,019       10,644         27,561     18,054        9,507
March 1999        8,018      35,620      24,241       11,379         27,602     17,922        9,680
March 2000       12,178      37,776      26,136       11,640         25,598     17,306        8,292
March 2001       -4,515      34,353      22,627       11,726         38,868     24,125       14,743
March 2002       -5,794      31,029      21,909        9,120         36,823     25,661       11,162
March 2003        1,119      30,275      21,681        8,594         29,156     20,754        8,402
March 2004        3,135      31,111      22,726        8,385         27,976     18,893        9,083
March 2005        6,863      32,247      22,967        9,280         25,384     18,474        6,910
March 2006        8,243      33,072      24,195        8,877         24,829     17,624        7,205
March 2007        8,501      33,254      23,898        9,356         24,753     18,505        6,248
March 2008        6,590      31,623      24,575        7,048         25,033     18,971        6,062
March 2009       -7,329      26,916      18,682        8,234         34,245     26,495        7,750
March 2010       -6,978      25,325      18,129        7,196         32,303     24,617        7,686
March 2011        5,289      29,066      22,136        6,930         23,777     17,691        6,086
March 2012        8,846      32,051      23,983        8,068         23,205     16,895        6,310

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