Table 2. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Not seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 100 to 249 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 -4 547 519 28 551 518 33 December -29 555 529 26 584 551 33 1993 March -78 517 479 38 595 542 53 June 350 776 744 32 426 392 34 September 54 585 559 26 531 495 36 December 18 587 563 24 569 541 28 1994 March -65 537 494 43 602 548 54 June 393 827 790 37 434 398 36 September 71 610 580 30 539 508 31 December 23 606 581 25 583 552 31 1995 March -60 566 526 40 626 573 53 June 338 814 775 39 476 442 34 September 29 614 585 29 585 544 41 December 1 623 592 31 622 587 35 1996 March -102 567 527 40 669 609 60 June 336 829 787 42 493 458 35 September 21 625 590 35 604 562 42 December 36 640 612 28 604 571 33 1997 March -83 580 541 39 663 603 60 June 375 848 808 40 473 437 36 September 50 651 616 35 601 559 42 December 4 663 632 31 659 606 53 1998 March -88 629 567 62 717 640 77 June 367 894 840 54 527 475 52 September 2 630 599 31 628 585 43 December 10 643 620 23 633 598 35 1999 March -153 597 549 48 750 675 75 June 394 895 848 47 501 467 34 September -4 638 610 28 642 598 44 December 40 676 649 27 636 601 35 2000 March -68 636 591 45 704 639 65 June 380 899 865 34 519 483 36 September -22 637 611 26 659 615 44 December -46 631 608 23 677 642 35 2001 March -238 566 535 31 804 719 85 June 228 827 796 31 599 564 35 September -210 535 509 26 745 701 44 December -202 542 519 23 744 714 30 2002 March -189 529 496 33 718 661 57 June 294 800 768 32 506 474 32 September -90 532 512 20 622 589 33 December -117 528 512 16 645 619 26 2003 March -175 499 471 28 674 626 48 June 271 757 732 25 486 461 25 September -51 523 505 18 574 549 25 December -60 536 517 19 596 573 23 2004 March -68 525 500 25 593 549 44 June 363 804 777 27 441 417 24 September -10 555 535 20 565 537 28 December -18 563 546 17 581 562 19 2005 March -85 513 487 26 598 560 38 June 366 807 783 24 441 421 20 September -18 563 545 18 581 557 24 December -55 542 529 13 597 580 17 2006 March -22 522 504 18 544 520 24 June 365 808 788 20 443 426 17 September -56 522 509 13 578 560 18 December -37 547 535 12 584 570 14 2007 March -80 499 485 14 579 554 25 June 364 804 790 14 440 427 13 September -98 497 484 13 595 580 15 December -41 542 531 11 583 571 12 2008 March -130 463 447 16 593 570 23 June 277 746 731 15 469 455 14 September -155 471 460 11 626 612 14 December -284 452 441 11 736 723 13 2009 March -451 342 332 10 793 772 21 June 125 644 628 16 519 507 12 September -128 433 422 11 561 550 11 December -89 462 453 9 551 540 11 2010 March -108 391 380 11 499 486 13 June 383 739 724 15 356 348 8 September -23 467 457 10 490 479 11 December -11 499 489 10 510 500 10 2011 March -46 412 401 11 458 447 11 June 367 737 723 14 370 362 8 September 21 501 491 10 480 472 8 December -44 469 460 9 513 506 7 2012 March -1 452 442 10 453 443 10 June 362 742 728 14 380 372 8 September -41 471 461 10 512 503 9 December -18 486 477 9 504 495 9 2013 March -32 440 430 10 472 459 13 June 357 747 732 15 390 382 8 September -36 479 470 9 515 506 9 December -14 497 490 7 511 503 8 2014 March -36 446 436 10 482 468 14 June 404 782 770 12 378 370 8 September -16 500 488 12 516 506 10 December 13 524 514 10 511 499 12 2015 March -74 443 433 10 517 499 18 June 393 787 774 13 394 388 6 September -41 487 477 10 528 519 9 December -22 518 509 9 540 531 9 2016 March -89 433 423 10 522 510 12 June 350 767 754 13 417 408 9 September -19 511 501 10 530 521 9 December -55 486 478 8 541 533 8 2017 March -24 460 450 10 484 471 13 June 379 786 773 13 407 401 6 September -101 476 467 9 577 568 9 December 11 522 514 8 511 501 10 2018 March -34 456 447 9 490 480 10 June 380 787 773 14 407 399 8 September -95 482 473 9 577 567 10 December 0 515 508 7 515 506 9 2019 March -39 453 446 7 492 479 13 June 349 783 771 12 434 427 7 September -99 473 465 8 572 565 7 December -29 504 497 7 533 524 9 2020 March -162 409 401 8 571 557 14 June -1,095 388 380 8 1,483 1,451 32 September 183 673 658 15 490 482 8 December 131 585 577 8 454 447 7 2021 March -7 467 457 10 474 464 10 June 363 763 754 9 400 394 6 September 51 558 550 8 507 499 8 December 173 622 612 10 449 443 6 2022 March 34 495 485 10 461 450 11 June 376 795 782 13 419 413 6 September 72 586 577 9 514 505 9 December -4 529 521 8 533 526 7 2023 March 27 508 499 9 481 471 10 June 390 816 804 12 426 418 8 September -80 488 480 8 568 562 6 December -24 523 515 8 547 540 7 2024 March -54 467 458 9 521 510 11 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.