Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Oil and Gas Extraction Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September -223 1,674 1,332 342 2,221 1,656 565 December -5 1,756 1,350 406 2,022 1,611 411 1993 March 36 1,666 1,294 372 2,019 1,683 336 June -34 1,752 1,372 380 1,879 1,465 414 September -97 1,597 1,268 329 1,932 1,506 426 December -183 1,527 1,276 251 2,021 1,587 434 1994 March -49 1,455 1,137 318 2,001 1,634 367 June 36 1,589 1,209 380 1,914 1,570 344 September -63 1,640 1,299 341 1,863 1,459 404 December -102 1,441 1,137 304 1,951 1,545 406 1995 March -40 1,493 1,142 351 1,930 1,539 391 June -46 1,498 1,155 343 2,011 1,622 389 September -72 1,467 1,182 285 1,867 1,510 357 December -182 1,433 1,196 237 1,853 1,434 419 1996 March -19 1,404 1,123 281 1,687 1,387 300 June 7 1,547 1,211 336 1,686 1,357 329 September -44 1,564 1,211 353 1,734 1,337 397 December 5 1,528 1,230 298 1,639 1,346 293 1997 March 100 1,784 1,412 372 1,451 1,179 272 June -26 1,607 1,305 302 1,627 1,299 328 September -1 1,576 1,260 316 1,692 1,375 317 December -55 1,652 1,374 278 1,639 1,306 333 1998 March 27 1,621 1,279 342 1,749 1,434 315 June -149 1,468 1,181 287 1,966 1,530 436 September -90 1,416 1,105 311 1,823 1,422 401 December -203 1,347 1,111 236 1,918 1,479 439 1999 March -124 1,213 985 228 1,909 1,557 352 June -156 1,206 923 283 2,154 1,715 439 September 2 1,347 1,055 292 1,607 1,317 290 December -86 1,391 1,144 247 1,609 1,276 333 2000 March 9 1,627 1,289 338 1,570 1,241 329 June -100 1,456 1,204 252 1,587 1,235 352 September -30 1,470 1,189 281 1,511 1,200 311 December -78 1,595 1,340 255 1,420 1,087 333 2001 March 3 1,652 1,370 282 1,337 1,058 279 June 1 1,615 1,352 263 1,288 1,026 262 September -52 1,465 1,213 252 1,394 1,090 304 December -101 1,349 1,123 226 1,496 1,169 327 2002 March -54 1,283 1,043 240 1,457 1,163 294 June -81 1,232 1,006 226 1,465 1,158 307 September -111 1,269 1,021 248 1,456 1,097 359 December -24 1,208 958 250 1,375 1,101 274 2003 March -125 1,406 1,166 240 1,310 945 365 June 24 1,303 1,073 230 1,243 1,037 206 September -29 1,349 1,140 209 1,261 1,023 238 December -12 1,336 1,092 244 1,330 1,074 256 2004 March -39 1,380 1,141 239 1,327 1,049 278 June -17 1,389 1,162 227 1,202 958 244 September 28 1,383 1,139 244 1,236 1,020 216 December 37 1,460 1,194 266 1,231 1,002 229 2005 March -26 1,488 1,252 236 1,251 989 262 June 19 1,574 1,312 262 1,167 924 243 September 28 1,632 1,360 272 1,239 995 244 December 123 1,663 1,341 322 1,164 965 199 2006 March 17 1,796 1,515 281 1,213 949 264 June 56 1,711 1,432 279 1,200 977 223 September 37 1,769 1,477 292 1,235 980 255 December 94 1,727 1,364 363 1,335 1,066 269 2007 March 8 1,770 1,456 314 1,315 1,009 306 June 118 1,844 1,516 328 1,224 1,014 210 September 63 1,782 1,445 337 1,415 1,141 274 December 102 1,890 1,509 381 1,417 1,138 279 2008 March 9 1,915 1,588 327 1,402 1,084 318 June 71 2,033 1,677 356 1,287 1,002 285 September 49 1,958 1,617 341 1,442 1,150 292 December 91 1,881 1,481 400 1,509 1,200 309 2009 March -87 1,436 1,134 302 1,820 1,431 389 June -108 1,375 1,108 267 1,843 1,468 375 September -48 1,417 1,145 272 1,621 1,301 320 December 75 1,566 1,172 394 1,477 1,158 319 2010 March -3 1,629 1,294 335 1,465 1,127 338 June 34 1,601 1,294 307 1,384 1,111 273 September 65 1,786 1,453 333 1,456 1,188 268 December 34 1,780 1,426 354 1,547 1,227 320 2011 March -6 1,813 1,474 339 1,532 1,187 345 June 47 1,843 1,509 334 1,531 1,244 287 September 29 2,084 1,736 348 1,530 1,211 319 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.