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

Virgin Islands

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

March 1994       -4,047       6,449       2,256        4,193         10,496      3,786        6,710
March 1995       -1,220       3,895       2,238        1,657          5,115      3,139        1,976
March 1996       -3,285       4,979       2,580        2,399          8,264      4,151        4,113
March 1997        1,174       6,011       3,296        2,715          4,837      2,592        2,245
March 1998          280       5,312       2,936        2,376          5,032      2,672        2,360
March 1999          418       4,514       2,634        1,880          4,096      2,298        1,798
March 2000       -1,425       3,299       2,570          729          4,724      2,577        2,147
March 2001        5,164       9,069       4,557        4,512          3,905      2,730        1,175
March 2002         -927       4,531       2,649        1,882          5,458      4,293        1,165
March 2003       -2,216       4,651       3,185        1,466          6,867      4,989        1,878
March 2004          915       4,584       2,710        1,874          3,669      2,352        1,317
March 2005        1,482       5,061       3,098        1,963          3,579      2,185        1,394
March 2006        1,563       5,084       3,117        1,967          3,521      2,175        1,346
March 2007         -156       4,582       2,930        1,652          4,738      3,209        1,529
March 2008          137       4,609       2,973        1,636          4,472      2,475        1,997
March 2009       -1,838       3,239       1,896        1,343          5,077      3,758        1,319
March 2010          220       4,433       2,613        1,820          4,213      2,692        1,521
March 2011          629       4,296       2,865        1,431          3,667      2,084        1,583
March 2012       -1,481       3,175       2,150        1,025          4,656      3,245        1,411

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