Figure 11. BED gross job gains, BED gross job losses, JOLTS total hires, and JOLTS total separations, all sizes of firms, 2002–17
Year BED gains BED losses JOLTS hires JOLTS total seps

2002

13,642,776 16,346,371 56,628,806 59,061,656

2003

13,272,436 13,968,153 54,439,335 54,904,835

2004

13,378,519 12,481,190 53,927,268 53,063,471

2005

13,829,278 11,826,016 57,173,694 55,499,805

2006

14,095,288 11,493,696 59,270,238 56,588,051

2007

13,516,251 12,001,673 58,985,172 57,212,794

2008

12,785,509 12,674,528 56,425,500 56,119,555

2009

10,148,873 15,969,788 48,281,904 53,928,294

2010

10,075,081 12,759,269 41,988,456 44,616,305

2011

11,629,458 9,720,546 44,980,021 43,257,212

2012

12,215,721 9,546,387 47,481,343 44,761,036

2013

12,044,755 9,923,855 48,570,340 46,579,121

2014

12,282,242 10,007,853 51,375,664 48,917,630

2015

12,833,679 10,115,713 55,343,900 52,599,783

2016

13,167,936 10,656,347 58,364,583 55,849,837

2017

12,931,760 10,879,418 58,883,425 56,744,431

Notes: BED = Business Employment Dynamics, JOLTS = Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, and seps = separations.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.