Table 2. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Not seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 50 to 99 employees (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change (1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing firms firms firms firms 1992 September -6 525 484 41 531 488 43 December -81 511 473 38 592 548 44 1993 March -87 476 428 48 563 502 61 June 367 760 713 47 393 353 40 September 25 540 502 38 515 469 46 December -33 535 497 38 568 529 39 1994 March -68 497 447 50 565 502 63 June 395 798 745 53 403 359 44 September 45 566 523 43 521 480 41 December -45 540 504 36 585 543 42 1995 March -49 524 473 51 573 512 61 June 352 790 734 56 438 396 42 September 5 568 526 42 563 510 53 December -62 560 517 43 622 574 48 1996 March -84 523 473 50 607 541 66 June 361 811 754 57 450 403 47 September -21 561 516 45 582 531 51 December -33 571 528 43 604 560 44 1997 March -61 539 488 51 600 532 68 June 372 811 757 54 439 394 45 September 6 585 542 43 579 527 52 December -63 582 538 44 645 580 65 1998 March -91 560 491 69 651 561 90 June 379 848 780 68 469 411 58 September -34 563 522 41 597 540 57 December -39 574 537 37 613 567 46 1999 March -115 541 485 56 656 575 81 June 397 854 795 59 457 413 44 September -25 586 544 42 611 554 57 December -34 593 553 40 627 578 49 2000 March -68 572 514 58 640 564 76 June 392 861 808 53 469 423 46 September -46 580 540 40 626 570 56 December -112 553 518 35 665 618 47 2001 March -173 521 473 48 694 612 82 June 285 803 753 50 518 472 46 September -187 495 457 38 682 626 56 December -218 493 458 35 711 667 44 2002 March -154 487 441 46 641 579 62 June 339 787 737 50 448 409 39 September -98 499 465 34 597 553 44 December -155 480 450 30 635 598 37 2003 March -156 461 420 41 617 561 56 June 321 756 714 42 435 401 34 September -68 491 460 31 559 522 37 December -104 492 460 32 596 563 33 2004 March -69 490 450 40 559 510 49 June 394 793 750 43 399 366 33 September -43 505 472 33 548 509 39 December -82 505 475 30 587 558 29 2005 March -87 473 434 39 560 515 45 June 396 793 753 40 397 369 28 September -43 516 487 29 559 522 37 December -102 497 470 27 599 572 27 2006 March -29 495 464 31 524 488 36 June 379 791 753 38 412 386 26 September -61 497 471 26 558 528 30 December -95 498 472 26 593 568 25 2007 March -78 469 441 28 547 511 36 June 373 784 751 33 411 387 24 September -97 474 450 24 571 545 26 December -114 491 467 24 605 580 25 2008 March -125 440 412 28 565 530 35 June 299 732 699 33 433 409 24 September -142 447 424 23 589 563 26 December -311 406 384 22 717 693 24 2009 March -382 336 314 22 718 682 36 June 188 646 616 30 458 437 21 September -125 406 385 21 531 508 23 December -146 410 388 22 556 536 20 2010 March -101 372 350 22 473 448 25 June 382 714 683 31 332 316 16 September -34 432 412 20 466 446 20 December -86 438 416 22 524 504 20 2011 March -43 397 374 23 440 416 24 June 370 708 678 30 338 323 15 September -3 456 433 23 459 441 18 December -97 421 400 21 518 500 18 2012 March -3 425 402 23 428 406 22 June 375 720 691 29 345 330 15 September -51 435 413 22 486 468 18 December -76 432 413 19 508 489 19 2013 March -35 415 393 22 450 423 27 June 363 716 688 28 353 337 16 September -51 437 415 22 488 469 19 December -71 440 421 19 511 493 18 2014 March -36 414 392 22 450 424 26 June 406 748 718 30 342 325 17 September -36 452 430 22 488 469 19 December -51 460 438 22 511 489 22 2015 March -73 409 384 25 482 452 30 June 404 758 728 30 354 338 16 September -53 447 424 23 500 482 18 December -77 458 438 20 535 514 21 2016 March -75 405 385 20 480 456 24 June 371 743 711 32 372 353 19 September -58 460 436 24 518 499 19 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.