Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted District of Columbia Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change (1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 2000 March 4,012 33,339 25,805 7,534 29,327 25,061 4,266 June 6,731 33,443 26,508 6,935 26,712 20,114 6,598 September 3,570 35,254 27,036 8,218 31,684 21,745 9,939 December 7,567 35,579 29,580 5,999 28,012 20,537 7,475 2001 March -9,515 32,103 25,186 6,917 41,618 35,503 6,115 June -2,451 27,424 22,364 5,060 29,875 23,858 6,017 September -856 29,859 23,180 6,679 30,715 23,265 7,450 December 1,696 31,900 25,463 6,437 30,204 23,407 6,797 2002 March 251 29,848 23,449 6,399 29,597 23,205 6,392 June 1,218 27,639 21,275 6,364 26,421 21,167 5,254 September 1,973 26,232 21,600 4,632 24,259 19,049 5,210 December 1,929 26,737 20,440 6,297 24,808 19,997 4,811 2003 March -1,973 26,694 20,365 6,329 28,667 22,750 5,917 June -3,299 24,481 19,935 4,546 27,780 21,925 5,855 September 2,798 26,533 21,062 5,471 23,735 19,706 4,029 December 2,798 26,136 21,461 4,675 23,338 18,558 4,780 2004 March 4,915 30,104 24,146 5,958 25,189 20,461 4,728 June 2,658 28,104 23,565 4,539 25,446 20,017 5,429 September -158 25,688 21,160 4,528 25,846 20,998 4,848 December 509 26,351 21,898 4,453 25,842 21,236 4,606 2005 March 1,643 27,475 23,103 4,372 25,832 21,209 4,623 June 3,773 28,317 24,033 4,284 24,544 19,345 5,199 September -192 26,453 21,350 5,103 26,645 21,593 5,052 December -287 24,933 20,348 4,585 25,220 21,669 3,551 2006 March 2,039 25,823 21,205 4,618 23,784 19,988 3,796 June 2,676 29,025 23,999 5,026 26,349 20,895 5,454 September 1,740 26,725 21,126 5,599 24,985 20,470 4,515 December -315 25,846 21,369 4,477 26,161 20,554 5,607 2007 March 4,876 28,797 23,172 5,625 23,921 19,103 4,818 June 1,535 27,770 22,575 5,195 26,235 20,810 5,425 September -912 26,743 22,832 3,911 27,655 21,278 6,377 December 796 26,909 21,096 5,813 26,113 21,064 5,049 2008 March 1,606 28,124 23,076 5,048 26,518 21,794 4,724 June 1,035 28,147 23,224 4,923 27,112 22,638 4,474 September 2,587 28,425 23,384 5,041 25,838 21,089 4,749 December -5,905 25,216 19,957 5,259 31,121 24,929 6,192 2009 March -1,418 26,244 21,336 4,908 27,662 21,840 5,822 June -2,700 24,807 20,286 4,521 27,507 22,412 5,095 September -3,579 22,783 18,242 4,541 26,362 22,633 3,729 December 2,700 26,949 21,414 5,535 24,249 20,066 4,183 2010 March 2,623 23,768 19,443 4,325 21,145 17,455 3,690 June 3,492 26,649 22,317 4,332 23,157 18,658 4,499 September -4,853 25,171 20,225 4,946 30,024 22,687 7,337 December 3,166 28,065 21,062 7,003 24,899 19,643 5,256 2011 March 11,115 33,065 27,329 5,736 21,950 16,840 5,110 June 1,839 28,042 22,233 5,809 26,203 20,467 5,736 September 2,630 26,661 20,906 5,755 24,031 18,458 5,573 December 1,503 26,235 18,818 7,417 24,732 21,353 3,379 2012 March 6,904 28,339 23,671 4,668 21,435 17,159 4,276 June 2,457 27,236 22,158 5,078 24,779 20,200 4,579 September -1,356 27,329 21,601 5,728 28,685 21,915 6,770 December 5,988 31,878 24,248 7,630 25,890 19,899 5,991 2013 March 2,515 28,144 21,251 6,893 25,629 21,342 4,287 June 2,610 29,499 23,642 5,857 26,889 21,566 5,323 September 4,254 28,776 21,796 6,980 24,522 20,576 3,946 December 985 27,612 22,091 5,521 26,627 21,083 5,544 2014 March 2,178 28,594 22,958 5,636 26,416 21,739 4,677 June 3,652 30,679 25,847 4,832 27,027 21,690 5,337 September 526 27,656 22,308 5,348 27,130 22,752 4,378 December 642 26,785 22,989 3,796 26,143 19,733 6,410 2015 March 1,814 28,405 22,602 5,803 26,591 21,645 4,946 June 2,013 30,623 23,982 6,641 28,610 20,965 7,645 September 3,079 30,460 23,949 6,511 27,381 21,638 5,743 December 7,918 31,561 24,952 6,609 23,643 18,843 4,800 2016 March -1,597 26,874 20,955 5,919 28,471 22,011 6,460 June 450 29,953 22,002 7,951 29,503 23,322 6,181 September 2,379 31,846 24,966 6,880 29,467 23,358 6,109 December 93 28,788 22,227 6,561 28,695 23,621 5,074 2017 March 5,328 29,705 23,263 6,442 24,377 19,735 4,642 June 506 29,308 22,619 6,689 28,802 23,145 5,657 September 504 28,084 22,489 5,595 27,580 22,057 5,523 December 3,921 29,872 23,737 6,135 25,951 20,691 5,260 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.