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

Wyoming

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

March 1994        7,263      23,120      14,644        8,476         15,857     10,526        5,331
March 1995        4,085      22,426      15,199        7,227         18,341     12,178        6,163
March 1996          447      20,210      13,471        6,739         19,763     13,463        6,300
March 1997        3,164      22,530      14,787        7,743         19,366     12,805        6,561
March 1998        3,608      23,827      15,260        8,567         20,219     12,293        7,926
March 1999        4,090      25,297      17,112        8,185         21,207     13,543        7,664
March 2000        6,090      26,614      18,483        8,131         20,524     13,549        6,975
March 2001        4,862      26,358      18,051        8,307         21,496     14,024        7,472
March 2002        1,467      25,288      17,248        8,040         23,821     15,388        8,433
March 2003         -660      21,518      14,478        7,040         22,178     15,872        6,306
March 2004        6,014      25,577      17,904        7,673         19,563     13,184        6,379
March 2005        6,234      26,511      18,510        8,001         20,277     12,986        7,291
March 2006       11,866      30,471      21,320        9,151         18,605     12,554        6,051
March 2007       11,650      32,463      23,123        9,340         20,813     14,509        6,304
March 2008        6,531      30,818      21,059        9,759         24,287     16,933        7,354
March 2009       -7,472      24,806      17,093        7,713         32,278     22,145       10,133
March 2010      -11,979      19,243      12,287        6,956         31,222     24,115        7,107
March 2011        3,116      24,205      17,489        6,716         21,089     14,447        6,642
March 2012        6,125      26,052      18,914        7,138         19,927     13,416        6,511

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