Table 7. Firm size class 100-249 employees: private sector quarterly gross job gains and gross job losses, levels and rates, seasonally adjusted

 Table 7. Firm size class 100 - 249 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 	46	595	562	 33	549	511	 38	0.5	6.4	6.0	0.4	5.9	5.5	0.4	
	   December	47	605	568	 37	558	515	 43	0.4	6.4	6.0	0.4	6.0	5.5	0.5	
																
1993	   March	60	599	563	 36	539	500	 39	0.6	6.3	5.9	0.4	5.7	5.3	0.4	
	   June		87	606	577	 29	519	479	 40	0.9	6.3	6.0	0.3	5.4	5.0	0.4	
	   September   115	638	607	 31	523	485	 38	1.2	6.6	6.3	0.3	5.4	5.0	0.4	
	   December	88	630	600	 30	542	506	 36	0.9	6.5	6.2	0.3	5.6	5.2	0.4	
																
1994	   March	78	621	583	 38	543	505	 38	0.8	6.3	5.9	0.4	5.5	5.1	0.4	
	   June	       120	649	614	 35	529	486	 43	1.3	6.6	6.2	0.4	5.3	4.9	0.4	
	   September   135	666	630	 36	531	499	 32	1.4	6.7	6.3	0.4	5.3	5.0	0.3	
	   December	92	650	619	 31	558	517	 41	0.9	6.4	6.1	0.3	5.5	5.1	0.4	
																
1995	   March	89	655	620	 35	566	528	 38	0.8	6.4	6.1	0.3	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   June		56	636	601	 35	580	540	 40	0.5	6.1	5.8	0.3	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   September 	91	668	635	 33	577	534	 43	0.9	6.4	6.1	0.3	5.5	5.1	0.4	
	   December	76	670	630	 40	594	549	 45	0.8	6.4	6.0	0.4	5.6	5.2	0.4	
																
1996	   March	52	656	621	 35	604	561	 43	0.5	6.2	5.9	0.3	5.7	5.3	0.4	
	   June		46	649	610	 39	603	561	 42	0.5	6.2	5.8	0.4	5.7	5.3	0.4	
	   September 	88	684	642	 42	596	551	 45	0.9	6.5	6.1	0.4	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   December    111	688	652	 36	577	534	 43	1.0	6.4	6.1	0.3	5.4	5.0	0.4	
																
1997	   March	74	673	638	 35	599	556	 43	0.7	6.2	5.9	0.3	5.5	5.1	0.4	
	   June		83	662	626	 36	579	536	 43	0.8	6.1	5.8	0.3	5.3	4.9	0.4	
	   September   120	712	669	 43	592	548	 44	1.1	6.5	6.1	0.4	5.4	5.0	0.4	
	   December	76	714	672	 42	638	568	 70	0.7	6.5	6.1	0.4	5.8	5.2	0.6	
																
1998	   March	80	725	667	 58	645	589	 56	0.7	6.5	6.0	0.5	5.8	5.3	0.5	
	   June		57	699	651	 48	642	580	 62	0.5	6.3	5.9	0.4	5.8	5.2	0.6	
	   September 	69	693	653	 40	624	575	 49	0.7	6.3	5.9	0.4	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   December	92	700	669	 31	608	561	 47	0.9	6.3	6.0	0.3	5.4	5.0	0.4	
																
1999	   March	14	699	652	 47	685	629	 56	0.1	6.2	5.8	0.4	6.1	5.6	0.5	
	   June		78	716	669	 47	638	591	 47	0.7	6.3	5.9	0.4	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   September 	67	720	678	 42	653	600	 53	0.6	6.4	6.0	0.4	5.8	5.3	0.5	
	   December    123	754	707	 47	631	579	 52	1.0	6.6	6.2	0.4	5.6	5.1	0.5	
																
2000	   March       109	750	710	 40	641	594	 47	0.9	6.5	6.2	0.3	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   June		60	717	683	 34	657	607	 50	0.6	6.2	5.9	0.3	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   September 	45	722	684	 38	677	623	 54	0.4	6.2	5.9	0.3	5.8	5.3	0.5	
	   December	31	696	663	 33	665	615	 50	0.3	6.0	5.7	0.3	5.7	5.3	0.4	
																
2001	   March       -55	672	642	 30	727	666	 61    -0.4	5.8	5.5	0.3	6.2	5.7	0.5	
	   June	       -95	655	622	 33	750	702	 48    -0.8	5.6	5.3	0.3	6.4	6.0	0.4	
	   September  -151	600	567	 33	751	697	 54    -1.4	5.2	4.9	0.3	6.6	6.1	0.5	
	   December   -127	597	562	 35	724	679	 45    -1.2	5.2	4.9	0.3	6.4	6.0	0.4	
																
2002	   March       -28	622	592	 30	650	607	 43    -0.3	5.5	5.2	0.3	5.8	5.4	0.4	
	   June		 3	637	605	 32	634	591	 43	0.1	5.7	5.4	0.3	5.6	5.2	0.4	
	   September   -38	589	564	 25	627	588	 39    -0.3	5.2	5.0	0.2	5.5	5.2	0.3	
	   December    -42	579	553	 26	621	584	 37    -0.4	5.1	4.9	0.2	5.5	5.2	0.3	
																
2003	   March       -30	586	562	 24	616	581	 35    -0.3	5.2	5.0	0.2	5.5	5.2	0.3	
	   June	        -9	598	573	 25	607	573	 34    -0.1	5.3	5.1	0.2	5.4	5.1	0.3	
	   September   	 2	574	552	 22	572	543	 29    -0.1	5.1	4.9	0.2	5.2	4.9	0.3	
	   December	 6	578	554	 24	572	539	 33	0.1	5.2	5.0	0.2	5.1	4.8	0.3	
																
2004	   March	79	618	596	 22	539	509	 30	0.7	5.5	5.3	0.2	4.8	4.5	0.3	
	   June		78	629	605	 24	551	522	 29	0.6	5.5	5.3	0.2	4.9	4.6	0.3	
	   September 	52	621	593	 28	569	534	 35	0.4	5.4	5.2	0.2	5.0	4.7	0.3	
	   December	60	618	592	 26	558	530	 28	0.6	5.4	5.2	0.2	4.8	4.6	0.2	
																
2005	  March		51	604	581	 23	553	524	 29	0.4	5.2	5.0	0.2	4.8	4.5	0.3	
								 								
																
 1  Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.																

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