Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Manufacturing (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 90 1,727 1,314 413 1,637 1,164 473 March 1995 500 1,961 1,519 442 1,461 1,038 423 March 1996 -55 1,687 1,261 426 1,742 1,284 458 March 1997 146 1,769 1,344 425 1,623 1,166 457 March 1998 320 1,933 1,410 523 1,613 1,090 523 March 1999 -264 1,646 1,225 421 1,910 1,376 534 March 2000 -11 1,699 1,295 404 1,710 1,234 476 March 2001 -506 1,462 1,153 309 1,968 1,482 486 March 2002 -1,459 1,032 766 266 2,491 1,949 542 March 2003 -704 1,109 857 252 1,813 1,353 460 March 2004 -402 1,100 877 223 1,502 1,121 381 March 2005 -20 1,183 987 196 1,203 866 337 March 2006 -49 1,117 937 180 1,166 910 256 March 2007 -232 1,024 863 161 1,256 1,007 249 March 2008 -336 928 780 148 1,264 1,021 243 March 2009 -1,449 569 455 114 2,018 1,752 266 March 2010 -736 670 550 120 1,406 1,156 250 March 2011 218 964 851 113 746 577 169 March 2012 228 946 830 116 718 563 155 March 2013 116 855 743 112 739 586 153 March 2014 109 834 717 117 725 580 145 March 2015 153 869 758 111 716 571 145 March 2016 -8 835 720 115 843 698 145 March 2017 9 825 712 113 816 665 151 March 2018 197 925 806 119 728 585 143 March 2019 193 919 803 116 726 577 149 March 2020 -122 774 659 115 896 736 160 March 2021 -473 759 633 126 1,232 1,077 155 March 2022 409 1,126 978 148 717 571 146 March 2023 183 1,021 874 147 838 666 172 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.