Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Wisconsin 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 55,861 237,390 163,356 74,034 181,529 125,577 55,952 March 1995 78,359 266,132 183,241 82,891 187,773 128,179 59,594 March 1996 32,859 247,372 167,681 79,691 214,513 147,390 67,123 March 1997 34,769 243,937 159,462 84,475 209,168 148,918 60,250 March 1998 58,454 264,573 178,894 85,679 206,119 142,703 63,416 March 1999 48,745 267,031 183,285 83,746 218,286 156,157 62,129 March 2000 62,417 268,692 198,409 70,283 206,275 146,922 59,353 March 2001 -18,670 228,711 169,294 59,417 247,381 181,909 65,472 March 2002 -52,855 220,530 147,716 72,814 273,385 203,797 69,588 March 2003 -7,793 215,846 153,575 62,271 223,639 159,607 64,032 March 2004 18,933 216,797 155,883 60,914 197,864 146,551 51,313 March 2005 42,796 225,583 164,639 60,944 182,787 130,495 52,292 March 2006 22,872 220,334 159,846 60,488 197,462 142,155 55,307 March 2007 15,458 223,076 163,806 59,270 207,618 150,408 57,210 March 2008 4,419 202,830 151,910 50,920 198,411 143,391 55,020 March 2009 -118,654 164,069 115,280 48,789 282,723 222,572 60,151 March 2010 -52,685 168,381 124,359 44,022 221,066 168,616 52,450 March 2011 40,199 205,997 157,326 48,671 165,798 119,531 46,267 March 2012 39,034 200,670 152,254 48,416 161,636 117,809 43,827 March 2013 27,690 194,764 145,454 49,310 167,074 125,166 41,908 March 2014 29,581 193,558 144,976 48,582 163,977 123,925 40,052 March 2015 41,156 205,777 156,923 48,854 164,621 121,693 42,928 March 2016 39,608 213,826 160,659 53,167 174,218 132,499 41,719 March 2017 30,542 212,571 159,853 52,718 182,029 140,135 41,894 March 2018 30,790 207,548 158,394 49,154 176,758 135,513 41,245 March 2019 5,884 196,845 149,991 46,854 190,961 143,066 47,895 March 2020 -6,767 195,523 149,457 46,066 202,290 151,990 50,300 March 2021 -82,886 195,227 145,592 49,635 278,113 229,506 48,607 March 2022 82,167 267,227 204,694 62,533 185,060 140,700 44,360 March 2023 48,976 252,229 183,221 69,008 203,253 145,705 57,548 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.