Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 5 to 19 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 200 2,070 1,608 462 1,870 1,470 400 December 27 1,961 1,514 447 1,934 1,529 405 1993 March 99 1,998 1,538 460 1,899 1,495 404 June 316 2,103 1,663 440 1,787 1,400 387 September 323 2,150 1,685 465 1,827 1,449 378 December 148 2,064 1,620 444 1,916 1,517 399 1994 March 136 2,059 1,630 429 1,923 1,515 408 June 305 2,189 1,719 470 1,884 1,452 432 September 429 2,310 1,801 509 1,881 1,499 382 December 104 2,130 1,678 452 2,026 1,589 437 1995 March 218 2,197 1,740 457 1,979 1,574 405 June 168 2,179 1,708 471 2,011 1,604 407 September 270 2,281 1,812 469 2,011 1,582 429 December 64 2,184 1,706 478 2,120 1,667 453 1996 March 155 2,227 1,750 477 2,072 1,627 445 June 158 2,247 1,764 483 2,089 1,664 425 September 226 2,311 1,806 505 2,085 1,658 427 December 207 2,314 1,802 512 2,107 1,662 445 1997 March 259 2,324 1,839 485 2,065 1,633 432 June 191 2,258 1,781 477 2,067 1,647 420 September 256 2,389 1,901 488 2,133 1,654 479 December 196 2,392 1,863 529 2,196 1,698 498 1998 March 141 2,348 1,823 525 2,207 1,686 521 June 259 2,393 1,831 562 2,134 1,687 447 September 173 2,389 1,887 502 2,216 1,736 480 December 203 2,377 1,894 483 2,174 1,686 488 1999 March 134 2,408 1,871 537 2,274 1,769 505 June 174 2,418 1,903 515 2,244 1,784 460 September 173 2,488 1,958 530 2,315 1,816 499 December 276 2,482 1,967 515 2,206 1,724 482 2000 March 268 2,555 1,995 560 2,287 1,809 478 June 121 2,415 1,917 498 2,294 1,848 446 September 112 2,473 1,953 520 2,361 1,866 495 December 50 2,379 1,894 485 2,329 1,852 477 2001 March 69 2,417 1,894 523 2,348 1,850 498 June -201 2,266 1,774 492 2,467 1,999 468 September -316 2,177 1,684 493 2,493 1,981 512 December -246 2,166 1,677 489 2,412 1,932 480 2002 March -31 2,233 1,702 531 2,264 1,800 464 June -62 2,203 1,700 503 2,265 1,808 457 September -47 2,168 1,688 480 2,215 1,774 441 December -55 2,160 1,674 486 2,215 1,763 452 2003 March -170 2,081 1,605 476 2,251 1,800 451 June -24 2,166 1,704 462 2,190 1,734 456 September 58 2,141 1,683 458 2,083 1,671 412 December 85 2,183 1,706 477 2,098 1,661 437 2004 March 120 2,238 1,752 486 2,118 1,674 444 June 148 2,262 1,779 483 2,114 1,627 487 September 64 2,248 1,742 506 2,184 1,701 483 December 272 2,347 1,816 531 2,075 1,629 446 2005 March 68 2,251 1,752 499 2,183 1,716 467 June 169 2,321 1,801 520 2,152 1,677 475 September 195 2,367 1,847 520 2,172 1,709 463 December 170 2,339 1,826 513 2,169 1,727 442 2006 March 304 2,403 1,912 491 2,099 1,663 436 June 92 2,326 1,832 494 2,234 1,768 466 September 24 2,255 1,779 476 2,231 1,791 440 December 170 2,327 1,842 485 2,157 1,718 439 2007 March 157 2,329 1,848 481 2,172 1,737 435 June 30 2,281 1,809 472 2,251 1,777 474 September -97 2,199 1,714 485 2,296 1,848 448 December 83 2,287 1,816 471 2,204 1,760 444 2008 March -76 2,186 1,713 473 2,262 1,799 463 June -252 2,135 1,667 468 2,387 1,893 494 September -342 2,027 1,575 452 2,369 1,909 460 December -534 2,005 1,565 440 2,539 2,057 482 2009 March -871 1,742 1,334 408 2,613 2,137 476 June -580 1,869 1,442 427 2,449 1,969 480 September -370 1,793 1,394 399 2,163 1,710 453 December -94 1,925 1,493 432 2,019 1,601 418 2010 March -78 1,880 1,475 405 1,958 1,547 411 June 174 2,037 1,614 423 1,863 1,437 426 September 0 1,923 1,511 412 1,923 1,502 421 December 207 2,062 1,610 452 1,855 1,450 405 2011 March 115 1,963 1,555 408 1,848 1,452 396 June 198 2,063 1,629 434 1,865 1,421 444 September 182 2,073 1,609 464 1,891 1,496 395 December 154 2,030 1,592 438 1,876 1,459 417 2012 March 277 2,082 1,666 416 1,805 1,424 381 June 133 2,028 1,621 407 1,895 1,474 421 September -8 1,936 1,520 416 1,944 1,537 407 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.