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

West 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                15,204       69,660        46,302       23,358        54,456         34,174      20,282
March 1995                11,356       70,598        46,271       24,327        59,242         39,051      20,191
March 1996                 4,652       69,541        42,817       26,724        64,889         42,877      22,012
March 1997                 8,874       70,722        45,123       25,599        61,848         41,874      19,974
March 1998                 7,324       72,062        46,251       25,811        64,738         43,906      20,832
March 1999                 3,203       71,002        44,379       26,623        67,799         45,934      21,865
March 2000                 8,065       74,620        47,272       27,348        66,555         42,051      24,504
March 2001                 1,119       67,787        47,164       20,623        66,668         46,065      20,603
March 2002                -3,263       66,254        46,291       19,963        69,517         48,284      21,233
March 2003                -8,352       58,938        40,057       18,881        67,290         47,201      20,089
March 2004                 7,491       66,545        44,959       21,586        59,054         41,363      17,691
March 2005                 7,284       66,612        46,642       19,970        59,328         40,466      18,862
March 2006                13,740       69,546        47,452       22,094        55,806         38,211      17,595
March 2007                 1,159       65,395        44,311       21,084        64,236         45,735      18,501
March 2008                 1,440       61,922        42,567       19,355        60,482         42,627      17,855
March 2009               -12,502       57,948        41,059       16,889        70,450         49,986      20,464
March 2010               -12,394       52,689        37,727       14,962        65,083         46,993      18,090
March 2011                 8,056       61,040        45,844       15,196        52,984         37,568      15,416
March 2012                15,052       65,361        45,985       19,376        50,309         36,074      14,235
March 2013                -4,390       57,984        40,579       17,405        62,374         44,873      17,501
March 2014                -5,385       56,050        40,251       15,799        61,435         44,089      17,346
March 2015                -1,205       56,606        39,317       17,289        57,811         40,496      17,315
March 2016               -10,289       53,385        38,543       14,842        63,674         45,975      17,699
March 2017                -4,329       54,300        37,576       16,724        58,629         41,521      17,108
March 2018                 8,407       61,255        42,081       19,174        52,848         36,681      16,167
March 2019                 2,007       58,225        41,717       16,508        56,218         40,539      15,679
March 2020               -12,657       54,667        36,345       18,322        67,324         47,587      19,737
March 2021               -19,869       55,750        36,244       19,506        75,619         55,537      20,082
March 2022                19,248       71,549        49,908       21,641        52,301         35,111      17,190
March 2023                11,707       68,231        45,815       22,416        56,524         38,968      17,556
 
(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.