Figure 10. Net employment change, BED versus JOLTS, all sizes of firms, 2001–17
Year |
BED net change |
JOLTS net change |
2002
|
-2,703,595 |
-2,432,851 |
2003
|
-695,717 |
-465,500 |
2004
|
897,329 |
863,798 |
2005
|
2,003,262 |
1,673,888 |
2006
|
2,601,592 |
2,682,187 |
2007
|
1,514,578 |
1,772,378 |
2008
|
110,981 |
305,944 |
2009
|
-5,820,915 |
-5,646,390 |
2010
|
-2,684,188 |
-2,627,849 |
2011
|
1,908,912 |
1,722,810 |
2012
|
2,669,334 |
2,720,307 |
2013
|
2,120,900 |
1,991,219 |
2014
|
2,274,389 |
2,458,034 |
2015
|
2,717,966 |
2,744,117 |
2016
|
2,511,589 |
2,514,745 |
2017
|
2,052,342 |
2,138,994 |