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

Virginia

Total private

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

March 1994                78,743      328,395       223,474      104,921       249,652        173,773      75,879
March 1995                81,757      360,520       239,069      121,451       278,763        195,445      83,318
March 1996                60,769      352,431       234,033      118,398       291,662        195,020      96,642
March 1997                85,117      394,752       257,260      137,492       309,635        220,284      89,351
March 1998                63,881      391,215       257,007      134,208       327,334        213,622     113,712
March 1999                74,053      406,688       272,407      134,281       332,635        223,694     108,941
March 2000               107,658      434,981       295,068      139,913       327,323        216,176     111,147
March 2001                45,261      393,200       280,828      112,372       347,939        241,732     106,207
March 2002               -59,666      332,950       227,375      105,575       392,616        281,143     111,473
March 2003               -19,948      329,546       224,310      105,236       349,494        241,068     108,426
March 2004                68,490      362,556       256,004      106,552       294,066        205,723      88,343
March 2005                70,666      359,448       255,363      104,085       288,782        200,279      88,503
March 2006                70,303      360,771       256,511      104,260       290,468        211,357      79,111
March 2007                25,167      340,357       237,592      102,765       315,190        228,652      86,538
March 2008                -1,675      324,859       217,477      107,382       326,534        237,757      88,777
March 2009              -116,383      275,288       181,507       93,781       391,671        292,786      98,885
March 2010               -55,214      268,493       185,502       82,991       323,707        233,952      89,755
March 2011                46,852      313,664       222,736       90,928       266,812        186,314      80,498
March 2012                43,795      311,905       220,239       91,666       268,110        189,415      78,695
March 2013                30,797      304,296       214,135       90,161       273,499        192,710      80,789
March 2014                 2,733      282,872       208,382       74,490       280,139        200,341      79,798
March 2015                39,055      313,491       220,693       92,798       274,436        192,140      82,296
March 2016                86,290      363,969       237,644      126,325       277,679        194,119      83,560
March 2017                42,429      336,279       238,387       97,892       293,850        197,810      96,040
March 2018                47,704      338,823       243,126       95,697       291,119        198,744      92,375
March 2019                47,154      349,760       241,866      107,894       302,606        208,539      94,067
March 2020                 9,709      338,288       234,525      103,763       328,579        228,005     100,574
March 2021              -115,317      328,634       227,648      100,986       443,951        335,895     108,056
March 2022               115,328      427,333       311,452      115,881       312,005        215,328      96,677
March 2023                92,174      412,709       288,058      124,651       320,535        213,623     106,912
 
(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.