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

Utah

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

March 1994       47,232     113,373      74,255       39,118         66,141     39,115       27,026
March 1995       46,666     121,249      80,045       41,204         74,583     46,652       27,931
March 1996       43,209     126,547      80,552       45,995         83,338     56,683       26,655
March 1997       39,839     135,897      82,274       53,623         96,058     60,878       35,180
March 1998       24,461     129,313      81,725       47,588        104,852     68,388       36,464
March 1999       21,861     134,598      80,935       53,663        112,737     73,064       39,673
March 2000       22,027     133,267      82,813       50,454        111,240     69,281       41,959
March 2001       14,494     127,757      80,041       47,716        113,263     72,923       40,340
March 2002      -20,815     117,145      71,314       45,831        137,960     88,403       49,557
March 2003       -5,540     113,297      69,707       43,590        118,837     74,587       44,250
March 2004       22,596     124,363      78,525       45,838        101,767     65,601       36,166
March 2005       38,588     132,967      85,071       47,896         94,379     59,451       34,928
March 2006       52,033     149,196      97,716       51,480         97,163     61,577       35,586
March 2007       54,228     149,579     100,189       49,390         95,351     62,585       32,766
March 2008       11,112     132,650      94,077       38,573        121,538     82,936       38,602
March 2009      -61,458      98,578      62,920       35,658        160,036    115,600       44,436
March 2010      -28,560     100,513      67,087       33,426        129,073     90,526       38,547
March 2011       17,695     111,547      78,966       32,581         93,852     63,162       30,690
March 2012       35,901     125,099      88,133       36,966         89,198     59,035       30,163

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