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

Texas

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

March 1994      170,131     974,339     616,649      357,690        804,208    494,881      309,327
March 1995      291,277   1,079,680     647,922      431,758        788,403    496,964      291,439
March 1996      188,925     999,654     655,222      344,432        810,729    528,291      282,438
March 1997      298,927   1,101,927     669,966      431,961        803,000    534,816      268,184
March 1998      328,494   1,194,554     790,342      404,212        866,060    563,412      302,648
March 1999      236,928   1,151,080     795,808      355,272        914,152    595,502      318,650
March 2000      211,766   1,177,370     806,388      370,982        965,604    642,152      323,452
March 2001      165,364   1,125,541     790,369      335,172        960,177    639,106      321,071
March 2002     -168,351   1,016,636     648,570      368,066      1,184,987    819,254      365,733
March 2003      -92,972     981,496     631,193      350,303      1,074,468    726,686      347,782
March 2004       62,408     987,211     649,871      337,340        924,803    615,137      309,666
March 2005      192,442   1,033,553     718,168      315,385        841,111    552,950      288,161
March 2006      341,464   1,125,612     797,439      328,173        784,148    518,246      265,902
March 2007      291,783   1,131,080     793,169      337,911        839,297    587,996      251,301
March 2008      231,774   1,096,947     783,978      312,969        865,173    596,619      268,554
March 2009     -226,795     889,309     608,851      280,458      1,116,104    842,345      273,759
March 2010     -179,960     817,771     571,562      246,209        997,731    768,465      229,266
March 2011      243,180     991,863     733,953      257,910        748,683    533,533      215,150
March 2012      319,557   1,070,312     792,194      278,118        750,755    532,406      218,349

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