Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Illinois

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               120,790      621,708       408,273      213,435       500,918        303,069     197,849
March 1995               145,290      659,026       430,191      228,835       513,736        321,838     191,898
March 1996                35,936      608,349       405,495      202,854       572,413        371,600     200,813
March 1997               107,885      611,866       406,190      205,676       503,981        344,431     159,550
March 1998                90,844      624,486       428,792      195,694       533,642        364,858     168,784
March 1999                83,780      642,266       430,099      212,167       558,486        382,657     175,829
March 2000                95,775      607,642       429,674      177,968       511,867        346,223     165,644
March 2001                -4,664      550,614       388,437      162,177       555,278        389,280     165,998
March 2002              -171,976      488,190       333,080      155,110       660,166        471,803     188,363
March 2003               -67,235      483,980       332,787      151,193       551,215        392,756     158,459
March 2004               -13,079      496,057       343,815      152,242       509,136        348,834     160,302
March 2005                34,974      495,714       351,335      144,379       460,740        313,828     146,912
March 2006                84,597      515,376       366,345      149,031       430,779        296,650     134,129
March 2007                59,721      491,735       358,357      133,378       432,014        304,939     127,075
March 2008                -3,363      451,603       331,665      119,938       454,966        320,540     134,426
March 2009              -250,954      354,410       242,949      111,461       605,364        461,599     143,765
March 2010              -137,026      360,461       253,238      107,223       497,487        372,115     125,372
March 2011                81,374      435,074       328,339      106,735       353,700        246,238     107,462
March 2012                92,699      455,493       339,494      115,999       362,794        251,462     111,332
March 2013                41,625      436,730       328,991      107,739       395,105        270,804     124,301
March 2014                67,854      476,761       341,977      134,784       408,907        285,564     123,343
March 2015                69,700      505,675       355,522      150,153       435,975        284,667     151,308
March 2016                70,806      510,745       358,943      151,802       439,939        296,568     143,371
March 2017                51,345      501,309       344,749      156,560       449,964        312,649     137,315
March 2018                56,280      496,701       368,879      127,822       440,421        303,906     136,515
March 2019                 3,415      457,005       333,396      123,609       453,590        318,895     134,695
March 2020               -39,836      437,562       323,725      113,837       477,398        342,869     134,529
March 2021              -278,365      434,813       307,806      127,007       713,178        576,784     136,394
March 2022               252,537      647,132       513,899      133,233       394,595        277,742     116,853
March 2023               108,013      546,338       425,430      120,908       438,325        313,244     125,081
 
(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.