Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Education and health services (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 381 1,319 902 417 938 585 353 March 1995 411 1,425 953 472 1,014 637 377 March 1996 387 1,517 990 527 1,130 690 440 March 1997 389 1,551 987 564 1,162 720 442 March 1998 367 1,620 1,054 566 1,253 757 496 March 1999 303 1,693 1,070 623 1,390 858 532 March 2000 326 1,614 1,066 548 1,288 779 509 March 2001 442 1,612 1,120 492 1,170 723 447 March 2002 548 1,675 1,170 505 1,127 690 437 March 2003 435 1,596 1,085 511 1,161 739 422 March 2004 343 1,513 1,039 474 1,170 758 412 March 2005 355 1,511 1,043 468 1,156 737 419 March 2006 463 1,616 1,117 499 1,153 745 408 March 2007 473 1,635 1,150 485 1,162 768 394 March 2008 525 1,674 1,185 489 1,149 759 390 March 2009 436 1,630 1,164 466 1,194 806 388 March 2010 304 1,545 1,086 459 1,241 845 396 March 2011 376 1,577 1,116 461 1,201 808 393 March 2012 463 1,689 1,192 497 1,226 844 382 March 2013 348 1,652 1,196 456 1,304 891 413 March 2014 282 1,649 1,200 449 1,367 941 426 March 2015 402 1,775 1,289 486 1,373 896 477 March 2016 570 1,915 1,408 507 1,345 898 447 March 2017 545 1,980 1,436 544 1,435 953 482 March 2018 454 1,942 1,400 542 1,488 1,001 487 March 2019 472 1,995 1,444 551 1,523 1,026 497 March 2020 344 2,011 1,412 599 1,667 1,134 533 March 2021 -820 1,720 1,141 579 2,540 1,993 547 March 2022 477 2,240 1,591 649 1,763 1,237 526 March 2023 932 2,648 1,975 673 1,716 1,045 671 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.