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 |