Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Florida Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 214,497 891,257 586,605 304,652 676,760 404,357 272,403 March 1995 212,013 935,334 584,145 351,189 723,321 430,769 292,552 March 1996 131,515 966,676 585,028 381,648 835,161 509,832 325,329 March 1997 185,358 1,023,415 622,174 401,241 838,057 442,632 395,425 March 1998 157,286 1,065,469 663,648 401,821 908,183 437,862 470,321 March 1999 253,823 1,198,573 663,674 534,899 944,750 516,113 428,637 March 2000 225,646 1,118,605 697,375 421,230 892,959 485,827 407,132 March 2001 156,871 1,148,628 671,752 476,876 991,757 568,151 423,606 March 2002 -88,811 985,650 586,569 399,081 1,074,461 680,258 394,203 March 2003 96,246 1,067,603 652,270 415,333 971,357 563,292 408,065 March 2004 109,218 1,052,653 633,040 419,613 943,435 582,953 360,482 March 2005 293,134 1,172,033 768,992 403,041 878,899 504,390 374,509 March 2006 282,183 1,096,344 676,787 419,557 814,161 488,968 325,193 March 2007 49,623 976,231 610,982 365,249 926,608 574,693 351,915 March 2008 -196,720 911,853 510,625 401,228 1,108,573 700,487 408,086 March 2009 -532,504 710,686 384,239 326,447 1,243,190 791,472 451,718 March 2010 -179,616 699,217 413,423 285,794 878,833 568,249 310,584 March 2011 78,916 783,721 501,250 282,471 704,805 418,164 286,641 March 2012 165,354 831,759 517,014 314,745 666,405 405,436 260,969 March 2013 150,873 854,152 532,541 321,611 703,279 408,341 294,938 March 2014 214,792 893,385 565,694 327,691 678,593 404,140 274,453 March 2015 272,482 940,482 606,525 333,957 668,000 393,338 274,662 March 2016 269,538 961,495 625,896 335,599 691,957 423,775 268,182 March 2017 214,764 943,805 616,594 327,211 729,041 447,145 281,896 March 2018 179,783 926,277 606,892 319,385 746,494 486,453 260,041 March 2019 167,646 947,068 615,464 331,604 779,422 488,261 291,161 March 2020 73,539 927,899 588,437 339,462 854,360 535,885 318,475 March 2021 -233,698 971,451 611,886 359,565 1,205,149 892,327 312,822 March 2022 553,757 1,350,466 921,129 429,337 796,709 494,117 302,592 March 2023 361,532 1,253,031 831,227 421,804 891,499 538,828 352,671 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.