Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, not seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 Jobs (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September -127 2,032 1,683 349 2,159 1,840 319 December 85 2,128 1,743 385 2,043 1,700 343 1993 March -324 2,011 1,633 378 2,335 1,873 462 June 770 2,527 2,074 453 1,757 1,454 303 September -22 2,127 1,768 359 2,149 1,847 302 December 163 2,220 1,843 377 2,057 1,721 336 1994 March -331 2,061 1,699 362 2,392 1,926 466 June 809 2,624 2,149 475 1,815 1,502 313 September -5 2,214 1,845 369 2,219 1,904 315 December 126 2,277 1,887 390 2,151 1,795 356 1995 March -279 2,161 1,778 383 2,440 1,977 463 June 713 2,619 2,151 468 1,906 1,592 314 September -111 2,206 1,848 358 2,317 1,972 345 December 113 2,318 1,906 412 2,205 1,839 366 1996 March -307 2,192 1,792 400 2,499 2,001 498 June 737 2,680 2,195 485 1,943 1,614 329 September -105 2,253 1,868 385 2,358 2,014 344 December 177 2,406 1,972 434 2,229 1,855 374 1997 March -255 2,273 1,859 414 2,528 2,030 498 June 753 2,737 2,253 484 1,984 1,650 334 September -90 2,313 1,932 381 2,403 2,042 361 December 156 2,452 2,012 440 2,296 1,895 401 1998 March -326 2,280 1,849 431 2,606 2,070 536 June 847 2,818 2,287 531 1,971 1,649 322 September -150 2,318 1,932 386 2,468 2,101 367 December 210 2,491 2,062 429 2,281 1,898 383 1999 March -345 2,307 1,889 418 2,652 2,122 530 June 760 2,825 2,320 505 2,065 1,703 362 September -159 2,361 1,960 401 2,520 2,129 391 December 244 2,560 2,099 461 2,316 1,922 394 2000 March -319 2,388 1,937 451 2,707 2,170 537 June 727 2,845 2,347 498 2,118 1,765 353 September -197 2,386 1,976 410 2,583 2,183 400 December 111 2,517 2,059 458 2,406 2,003 403 2001 March -407 2,338 1,909 429 2,745 2,179 566 June 628 2,779 2,286 493 2,151 1,787 364 September -422 2,248 1,862 386 2,670 2,250 420 December -39 2,399 1,947 452 2,438 2,040 398 2002 March -484 2,250 1,828 422 2,734 2,176 558 June 645 2,754 2,247 507 2,109 1,752 357 September -250 2,292 1,901 391 2,542 2,166 376 December 35 2,435 1,976 459 2,400 2,004 396 2003 March -587 2,210 1,789 421 2,797 2,233 564 June 661 2,751 2,260 491 2,090 1,733 357 September -205 2,307 1,921 386 2,512 2,141 371 December 122 2,474 2,008 466 2,352 1,966 386 2004 March -392 2,333 1,899 434 2,725 2,168 557 June 753 2,837 2,332 505 2,084 1,726 358 September -212 2,357 1,947 410 2,569 2,169 400 December 215 2,586 2,086 500 2,371 1,985 386 2005 March -479 2,355 1,909 446 2,834 2,242 592 June 782 2,917 2,373 544 2,135 1,769 366 September -126 2,464 2,027 437 2,590 2,195 395 December 150 2,623 2,106 517 2,473 2,071 402 2006 March -334 2,484 2,017 467 2,818 2,228 590 June 742 2,958 2,420 538 2,216 1,836 380 September -294 2,424 2,006 418 2,718 2,296 422 December 137 2,656 2,126 530 2,519 2,091 428 2007 March -441 2,481 2,010 471 2,922 2,301 621 June 662 2,946 2,417 529 2,284 1,875 409 September -344 2,436 1,996 440 2,780 2,350 430 December 72 2,651 2,128 523 2,579 2,137 442 2008 March -656 2,387 1,934 453 3,043 2,381 662 June 432 2,823 2,295 528 2,391 1,949 442 September -537 2,297 1,882 415 2,834 2,379 455 December -421 2,365 1,863 502 2,786 2,282 504 2009 March -1,228 2,027 1,608 419 3,255 2,527 728 June 220 2,579 2,058 521 2,359 1,917 442 September -601 2,127 1,731 396 2,728 2,247 481 December -85 2,390 1,859 531 2,475 2,019 456 2010 March -729 2,149 1,719 430 2,878 2,214 664 June 701 2,769 2,236 533 2,068 1,681 387 September -274 2,264 1,849 415 2,538 2,108 430 December 153 2,506 1,971 535 2,353 1,919 434 2011 March -496 2,269 1,828 441 2,765 2,137 628 June 719 2,802 2,268 534 2,083 1,675 408 September -127 2,382 1,945 437 2,509 2,102 407 December 127 2,508 1,987 521 2,381 1,944 437 2012 March -348 2,366 1,918 448 2,714 2,103 611 June 745 2,820 2,310 510 2,075 1,700 375 September -249 2,313 1,909 404 2,562 2,151 411 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.