Table 6. Firm size class 50-99 employees: private sector quarterly gross job gains and gross job losses, levels and rates, seasonally adjusted

 Table 6. Firm size class 50 - 99 employees: private sector quarterly gross job gains and gross job losses, levels and rates, seasonally adjusted
																
	                                Levels (in thousands)			                   Rates (percent)
							
	3 months ended            Gross job gains         Gross job losses                Gross job gains         Gross job losses	
		
Year		       Net     Total	Ex-	Open-	Total	Con-	 Clos-	 Net   Total   Ex-	Open-  Total   Con-	Clos-	 
		     change1	      panding    ing	      tracting    ing  change1	     panding     ing         tracting    ing
				        firms	firms		firms	 firms		       firms	firms	       firms	firms																	
																
1992	   September 	60	580	533	 47	520	473	 47	0.7	7.5	6.9	0.6	6.8	6.2	0.6	
	   December	38	576	527	 49	538	487	 51	0.4	7.4	6.8	0.6	7.0	6.3	0.7	
																
1993	   March	36	559	514	 45	523	475	 48	0.6	7.3	6.7	0.6	6.7	6.1	0.6	
	   June		64	566	525	 41	502	455	 47	0.8	7.3	6.8	0.5	6.5	5.9	0.6	
	   September   100	597	554	 43	497	452	 45	1.2	7.6	7.1	0.5	6.4	5.8	0.6	
	   December	80	596	552	 44	516	470	 46	1.0	7.6	7.0	0.6	6.6	6.0	0.6	
																
1994	   March	60	584	537	 47	524	475	 49	0.8	7.4	6.8	0.6	6.6	6.0	0.6	
	   June		82	596	549	 47	514	462	 52	1.1	7.5	6.9	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.6	
	   September   121	626	576	 50	505	464	 41	1.5	7.7	7.1	0.6	6.2	5.7	0.5	
	   December	69	601	559	 42	532	483	 49	0.8	7.3	6.8	0.5	6.5	5.9	0.6	
																
1995	   March	83	615	568	 47	532	484	 48	1.0	7.5	6.9	0.6	6.5	5.9	0.6	
	   June		30	589	540	 49	559	510	 49	0.4	7.1	6.5	0.6	6.7	6.1	0.6	
	   September 	81	627	579	 48	546	493	 53	1.0	7.5	6.9	0.6	6.5	5.9	0.6	
	   December	58	624	573	 51	566	510	 56	0.6	7.4	6.8	0.6	6.8	6.1	0.7	
																
1996	   March	51	614	568	 46	563	511	 52	0.5	7.2	6.7	0.5	6.7	6.1	0.6	
	   June		30	605	555	 50	575	520	 55	0.4	7.1	6.5	0.6	6.7	6.1	0.6	
	   September 	60	623	570	 53	563	512	 51	0.7	7.3	6.7	0.6	6.6	6.0	0.6	
	   December	87	636	585	 51	549	498	 51	1.0	7.4	6.8	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.6	
																
1997	   March	78	634	586	 48	556	503	 53	1.0	7.4	6.8	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.6	
	   June		44	604	557	 47	560	507	 53	0.4	6.9	6.4	0.5	6.5	5.9	0.6	
	   September 	89	649	598	 51	560	508	 52	1.1	7.5	6.9	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.6	
	   December	59	650	597	 53	591	515	 76	0.6	7.4	6.8	0.6	6.8	5.9	0.9	
																
1998	   March	53	656	589	 67	603	531	 72	0.6	7.5	6.7	0.8	6.9	6.1	0.8	
	   June		39	633	574	 59	594	527	 67	0.4	7.2	6.5	0.7	6.8	6.0	0.8	
	   September 	46	627	578	 49	581	522	 59	0.5	7.1	6.5	0.6	6.6	5.9	0.7	
	   December	86	646	603	 43	560	505	 55	1.0	7.3	6.8	0.5	6.3	5.7	0.6	
																
1999	   March	24	639	584	 55	615	550	 65	0.2	7.1	6.5	0.6	6.9	6.2	0.7	
	   June		46	646	590	 56	600	543	 57	0.5	7.2	6.6	0.6	6.7	6.1	0.6	
	   September 	57	666	612	 54	609	545	 64	0.6	7.4	6.8	0.6	6.8	6.1	0.7	
	   December    102	689	628	 61	587	524	 63	1.1	7.6	6.9	0.7	6.5	5.8	0.7	
																
2000	   March	82	682	627	 55	600	540	 60	0.9	7.5	6.9	0.6	6.6	5.9	0.7	
	   June		37	656	607	 49	619	558	 61	0.3	7.1	6.6	0.5	6.8	6.1	0.7	
	   September 	32	662	609	 53	630	567	 63	0.3	7.2	6.6	0.6	6.9	6.2	0.7	
	   December	14	631	585	 46	617	558	 59	0.2	6.9	6.4	0.5	6.7	6.1	0.6	
																
2001	   March       -27	620	574	 46	647	583	 64    -0.3	6.8	6.3	0.5	7.1	6.4	0.7	
	   June        -68	606	558	 48	674	616	 58    -0.7	6.6	6.1	0.5	7.3	6.7	0.6	
	   September  -112	562	515	 47	674	609	 65    -1.2	6.2	5.7	0.5	7.4	6.7	0.7	
	   December    -93	562	514	 48	655	599	 56    -1.1	6.2	5.7	0.5	7.3	6.7	0.6	
																
2002	   March       -21	578	534	 44	599	548	 51    -0.2	6.5	6.0	0.5	6.7	6.1	0.6	
	   June		12	595	548	 47	583	534	 49	0.1	6.6	6.1	0.5	6.5	6.0	0.5	
	   September   -30	558	516	 42	588	541	 47    -0.3	6.3	5.8	0.5	6.6	6.1	0.5	
	   December    -35	545	506	 39	580	533	 47    -0.4	6.1	5.7	0.4	6.5	6.0	0.5	
																
2003	   March       -29	548	509	 39	577	533	 44    -0.4	6.1	5.7	0.4	6.5	6.0	0.5	
	   June		-1	566	527	 39	567	522	 45	0.0	6.4	6.0	0.4	6.4	5.9	0.5	
	   September 	 3	548	510	 38	545	505	 40	0.0	6.2	5.8	0.4	6.2	5.7	0.5	
	   December	 8	552	513	 39	544	503	 41	0.0	6.2	5.8	0.4	6.2	5.7	0.5	
																
2004	   March	62	586	547	 39	524	485	 39	0.7	6.5	6.1	0.4	5.8	5.4	0.4	
	   June		74	593	554	 39	519	478	 41	0.8	6.6	6.2	0.4	5.8	5.3	0.5	
	   September 	32	571	529	 42	539	496	 43	0.4	6.4	5.9	0.5	6.0	5.5	0.5	
	   December	40	576	535	 41	536	498	 38	0.5	6.4	5.9	0.5	5.9	5.5	0.4	
																
2005	  March		31	564	527	 37	533	495	 38	0.4	6.2	5.8	0.4	5.8	5.4	0.4	
								 								
																
 1  Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.																

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