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

Washington

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                40,959      267,288       182,861       84,427       226,329        158,017      68,312
March 1995                56,877      286,086       188,937       97,149       229,209        154,534      74,675
March 1996                18,959      284,500       180,202      104,298       265,541        178,893      86,648
March 1997               102,646      349,500       238,005      111,495       246,854        156,110      90,744
March 1998                83,826      343,064       222,895      120,169       259,238        161,920      97,318
March 1999                50,939      345,924       230,791      115,133       294,985        180,985     114,000
March 2000                57,270      351,980       230,565      121,415       294,710        183,686     111,024
March 2001                10,192      329,887       220,014      109,873       319,695        192,209     127,486
March 2002               -97,403      268,730       164,020      104,710       366,133        242,966     123,167
March 2003                 7,075      285,624       183,418      102,206       278,549        188,904      89,645
March 2004                30,657      283,202       191,868       91,334       252,545        161,900      90,645
March 2005                62,141      285,218       206,548       78,670       223,077        145,707      77,370
March 2006                80,703      301,778       217,973       83,805       221,075        151,406      69,669
March 2007                84,447      307,044       222,717       84,327       222,597        150,799      71,798
March 2008                46,621      291,582       208,747       82,835       244,961        172,754      72,207
March 2009              -122,956      229,998       159,386       70,612       352,954        262,732      90,222
March 2010               -59,338      224,968       151,564       73,404       284,306        212,254      72,052
March 2011                36,391      248,817       180,026       68,791       212,426        146,607      65,819
March 2012                51,241      261,973       193,569       68,404       210,732        142,264      68,468
March 2013                58,095      266,602       199,352       67,250       208,507        136,588      71,919
March 2014                71,723      275,366       198,248       77,118       203,643        147,149      56,494
March 2015                72,546      291,398       219,403       71,995       218,852        143,831      75,021
March 2016                76,295      300,197       223,748       76,449       223,902        156,764      67,138
March 2017                72,226      315,602       239,998       75,604       243,376        165,842      77,534
March 2018                75,824      318,918       228,306       90,612       243,094        170,346      72,748
March 2019                58,515      312,566       223,576       88,990       254,051        191,729      62,322
March 2020                45,799      314,166       237,728       76,438       268,367        197,327      71,040
March 2021              -137,713      276,891       201,339       75,552       414,604        334,259      80,345
March 2022               186,135      423,505       311,868      111,637       237,370        179,270      58,100
March 2023                76,739      383,413       295,138       88,275       306,674        226,871      79,803
 
(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.