Table 2. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Not seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 250 to 499 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 28 328 316 12 300 286 14 December 7 334 324 10 327 313 14 1993 March -55 301 284 17 356 331 25 June 183 435 423 12 252 238 14 September 67 354 345 9 287 271 16 December 42 360 352 8 318 306 12 1994 March -37 330 308 22 367 342 25 June 219 484 470 14 265 251 14 September 74 379 366 13 305 294 11 December 41 377 369 8 336 323 13 1995 March -51 340 323 17 391 365 26 June 160 457 442 15 297 282 15 September 52 376 364 12 324 304 20 December 33 386 372 14 353 338 15 1996 March -86 344 324 20 430 401 29 June 198 494 477 17 296 282 14 September 41 380 365 15 339 321 18 December 46 392 380 12 346 331 15 1997 March -53 362 342 20 415 384 31 June 200 498 481 17 298 282 16 September 47 400 383 17 353 333 20 December 52 419 406 13 367 346 21 1998 March -48 399 368 31 447 409 38 June 169 519 496 23 350 325 25 September 47 400 386 14 353 335 18 December 41 412 403 9 371 357 14 1999 March -120 376 353 23 496 456 40 June 195 516 496 20 321 307 14 September 36 401 392 9 365 347 18 December 60 432 422 10 372 357 15 2000 March -38 409 390 19 447 419 28 June 188 521 509 12 333 319 14 September 13 396 385 11 383 367 16 December -4 397 389 8 401 387 14 2001 March -186 347 336 11 533 482 51 June 59 455 445 10 396 381 15 September -120 319 309 10 439 423 16 December -115 334 325 9 449 438 11 2002 March -127 337 322 15 464 433 31 June 121 449 435 14 328 313 15 September -21 327 321 6 348 335 13 December -46 332 326 6 378 367 11 2003 March -129 303 293 10 432 407 25 June 112 427 418 9 315 307 8 September -4 329 322 7 333 323 10 December 2 347 340 7 345 336 9 2004 March -62 313 304 9 375 352 23 June 169 452 442 10 283 275 8 September 28 343 336 7 315 304 11 December 18 351 346 5 333 325 8 2005 March -54 316 307 9 370 351 19 June 180 454 448 6 274 267 7 September 41 356 350 6 315 307 8 December 0 342 339 3 342 336 6 2006 March -21 312 305 7 333 325 8 June 184 460 455 5 276 271 5 September 8 330 326 4 322 316 6 December -18 338 335 3 356 352 4 2007 March -62 297 292 5 359 350 9 June 182 458 454 4 276 272 4 September -19 310 306 4 329 325 4 December 7 338 336 2 331 328 3 2008 March -92 279 273 6 371 363 8 June 112 411 407 4 299 295 4 September -55 296 293 3 351 346 5 December -150 285 282 3 435 430 5 2009 March -308 200 197 3 508 499 9 June 11 359 355 4 348 344 4 September -63 271 268 3 334 331 3 December -36 281 279 2 317 314 3 2010 March -59 240 236 4 299 296 3 June 189 418 414 4 229 226 3 September 26 304 301 3 278 273 5 December 29 318 316 2 289 286 3 2011 March -31 246 243 3 277 273 4 June 176 414 410 4 238 235 3 September 50 323 319 4 273 270 3 December 9 304 302 2 295 294 1 2012 March -4 272 268 4 276 273 3 June 196 432 428 4 236 234 2 September 12 304 301 3 292 288 4 December 30 324 322 2 294 290 4 2013 March -31 264 262 2 295 291 4 June 175 425 420 5 250 247 3 September 5 299 297 2 294 291 3 December 29 324 322 2 295 293 2 2014 March -29 270 267 3 299 294 5 June 193 445 442 3 252 248 4 September 24 319 316 3 295 292 3 December 56 349 347 2 293 291 2 2015 March -66 260 258 2 326 321 5 June 207 458 454 4 251 249 2 September 6 314 312 2 308 305 3 December 33 348 344 4 315 312 3 2016 March -72 260 257 3 332 328 4 June 166 439 436 3 273 269 4 September 30 334 332 2 304 301 3 December -3 323 321 2 326 323 3 2017 March -26 282 280 2 308 303 5 June 181 456 452 4 275 272 3 September -15 310 308 2 325 322 3 December 44 345 343 2 301 299 2 2018 March -28 279 275 4 307 304 3 June 199 470 466 4 271 267 4 September -22 312 310 2 334 331 3 December 30 335 332 3 305 302 3 2019 March -36 281 280 1 317 310 7 June 168 453 450 3 285 284 1 September -15 311 309 2 326 324 2 December 11 329 327 2 318 315 3 2020 March -117 247 245 2 364 359 5 June -877 222 220 2 1,099 1,085 14 September 194 481 474 7 287 284 3 December 137 400 398 2 263 261 2 2021 March -9 299 294 5 308 304 4 June 173 444 441 3 271 269 2 September 77 371 368 3 294 291 3 December 169 421 417 4 252 251 1 2022 March 41 326 321 5 285 281 4 June 195 475 472 3 280 278 2 September 104 393 389 4 289 287 2 December 16 341 339 2 325 324 1 2023 March 2 307 305 2 305 302 3 June 186 474 472 2 288 284 4 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.