Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Maine Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 6,250 41,717 32,456 9,261 35,467 27,985 7,482 December 188 35,959 28,138 7,821 35,771 27,671 8,100 1993 March -1,028 38,770 28,282 10,488 39,798 28,630 11,168 June 5,038 36,781 27,164 9,617 31,743 23,832 7,911 September 6,098 42,853 31,376 11,477 36,755 26,564 10,191 December 2,112 38,770 27,663 11,107 36,658 27,935 8,723 1994 March 4,149 41,698 30,650 11,048 37,549 28,561 8,988 June 872 37,583 28,265 9,318 36,711 25,693 11,018 September 9,903 46,593 34,164 12,429 36,690 26,460 10,230 December 1,249 38,248 29,470 8,778 36,999 28,657 8,342 1995 March 3,222 41,531 32,127 9,404 38,309 30,398 7,911 June -41 38,099 28,215 9,884 38,140 30,382 7,758 September 304 41,036 30,957 10,079 40,732 28,693 12,039 December -2,618 37,367 27,839 9,528 39,985 31,550 8,435 1996 March 5,783 43,039 34,095 8,944 37,256 29,035 8,221 June -1,288 38,141 29,343 8,798 39,429 30,255 9,174 September 5,646 42,802 32,972 9,830 37,156 27,570 9,586 December 3,027 40,914 30,997 9,917 37,887 28,644 9,243 1997 March 2,314 42,065 33,907 8,158 39,751 29,954 9,797 June 2,434 42,500 30,889 11,611 40,066 30,680 9,386 September 6,266 44,611 33,167 11,444 38,345 28,986 9,359 December 3,089 44,437 31,868 12,569 41,348 31,762 9,586 1998 March 6,598 47,084 34,758 12,326 40,486 31,035 9,451 June 1,040 40,208 30,155 10,053 39,168 30,508 8,660 September 6,567 43,627 35,178 8,449 37,060 28,804 8,256 December 3,192 41,603 31,813 9,790 38,411 30,328 8,083 1999 March 7,908 45,985 34,846 11,139 38,077 29,625 8,452 June -582 40,720 31,843 8,877 41,302 32,674 8,628 September 2,875 43,652 33,793 9,859 40,777 31,933 8,844 December 3,056 42,151 33,609 8,542 39,095 31,027 8,068 2000 March 13,779 50,722 38,367 12,355 36,943 29,581 7,362 June -1,009 40,962 31,905 9,057 41,971 34,399 7,572 September -2,885 42,807 34,722 8,085 45,692 36,852 8,840 December 2,714 43,239 35,289 7,950 40,525 32,475 8,050 2001 March 4,544 46,848 37,331 9,517 42,304 34,659 7,645 June -2,648 39,483 30,645 8,838 42,131 33,816 8,315 September -6,578 37,490 29,337 8,153 44,068 33,799 10,269 December -4,184 37,240 28,940 8,300 41,424 32,068 9,356 2002 March 8,532 47,331 35,246 12,085 38,799 29,730 9,069 June 33 38,189 29,888 8,301 38,156 30,876 7,280 September -2,478 35,498 27,778 7,720 37,976 30,775 7,201 December -395 38,260 30,652 7,608 38,655 29,673 8,982 2003 March 2,926 41,663 31,734 9,929 38,737 30,279 8,458 June -2,757 37,824 29,531 8,293 40,581 30,727 9,854 September 2,974 40,487 28,813 11,674 37,513 29,211 8,302 December 1,285 40,205 31,211 8,994 38,920 29,291 9,629 2004 March 2,546 40,685 32,233 8,452 38,139 30,005 8,134 June -1,633 39,068 30,126 8,942 40,701 33,490 7,211 September -272 40,222 29,350 10,872 40,494 30,643 9,851 December 3,385 41,689 30,804 10,885 38,304 29,701 8,603 2005 March -3,710 38,976 27,750 11,226 42,686 31,840 10,846 June -1,574 38,466 29,586 8,880 40,040 30,769 9,271 September -408 37,468 28,784 8,684 37,876 29,672 8,204 December 4,610 42,628 31,869 10,759 38,018 30,357 7,661 2006 March 1,439 39,051 29,582 9,469 37,612 29,252 8,360 June -336 38,578 29,754 8,824 38,914 31,178 7,736 September -4,017 36,204 27,720 8,484 40,221 31,760 8,461 December 4,614 41,677 32,042 9,635 37,063 28,782 8,281 2007 March 2,824 41,320 30,082 11,238 38,496 30,995 7,501 June -2,123 38,363 29,945 8,418 40,486 30,577 9,909 September -2,452 37,940 29,201 8,739 40,392 31,672 8,720 December 5,169 41,048 31,712 9,336 35,879 27,899 7,980 2008 March -624 38,536 29,495 9,041 39,160 31,080 8,080 June -3,393 37,797 29,394 8,403 41,190 30,804 10,386 September -7,434 35,671 27,451 8,220 43,105 32,345 10,760 December -2,119 39,185 27,534 11,651 41,304 33,231 8,073 2009 March -10,966 32,065 23,584 8,481 43,031 34,975 8,056 June -4,223 35,728 27,606 8,122 39,951 31,853 8,098 September 50 36,591 27,728 8,863 36,541 28,855 7,686 December -812 36,357 27,277 9,080 37,169 29,342 7,827 2010 March -2,889 32,805 24,914 7,891 35,694 28,012 7,682 June -425 35,707 27,751 7,956 36,132 27,903 8,229 September 2,151 36,188 28,014 8,174 34,037 26,696 7,341 December 640 35,493 27,726 7,767 34,853 26,720 8,133 2011 March -1,075 33,083 25,953 7,130 34,158 26,655 7,503 June 617 36,629 28,268 8,361 36,012 27,908 8,104 September 4,500 37,171 28,804 8,367 32,671 25,907 6,764 December -1,427 33,459 26,353 7,106 34,886 27,488 7,398 2012 March 546 35,448 28,345 7,103 34,902 26,686 8,216 June 3,893 37,916 29,096 8,820 34,023 27,509 6,514 September -2,281 33,149 26,188 6,961 35,430 29,378 6,052 December -1,862 34,402 26,930 7,472 36,264 28,494 7,770 2013 March -1,400 32,781 26,087 6,694 34,181 27,284 6,897 June 7,103 38,755 30,170 8,585 31,652 25,763 5,889 September 1,170 37,026 29,668 7,358 35,856 30,285 5,571 December -2,057 34,621 27,633 6,988 36,678 28,905 7,773 2014 March -1,740 33,222 26,936 6,286 34,962 28,323 6,639 June 5,477 37,924 30,093 7,831 32,447 26,215 6,232 September -346 33,943 26,784 7,159 34,289 28,682 5,607 December -121 35,366 29,012 6,354 35,487 28,311 7,176 2015 March -2,570 32,691 26,466 6,225 35,261 28,511 6,750 June 7,102 39,438 30,934 8,504 32,336 26,636 5,700 September -1,767 33,692 27,052 6,640 35,459 28,713 6,746 December 363 35,949 29,055 6,894 35,586 27,941 7,645 2016 March 2,235 36,722 29,534 7,188 34,487 27,042 7,445 June 3,687 38,152 30,025 8,127 34,465 26,826 7,639 September -2,639 34,269 26,353 7,916 36,908 29,962 6,946 December 860 36,901 28,059 8,842 36,041 27,978 8,063 2017 March 2,821 36,640 28,462 8,178 33,819 26,971 6,848 June 4,217 39,053 30,616 8,437 34,836 27,999 6,837 September -4,240 33,941 26,397 7,544 38,181 30,446 7,735 December 1,995 36,327 29,059 7,268 34,332 26,921 7,411 2018 March -347 35,980 27,874 8,106 36,327 28,485 7,842 June 4,758 41,627 31,581 10,046 36,869 29,101 7,768 September -6,913 31,902 26,027 5,875 38,815 31,550 7,265 December 2,662 37,116 28,651 8,465 34,454 27,386 7,068 2019 March 3,776 38,883 30,685 8,198 35,107 27,304 7,803 June -93 38,753 30,274 8,479 38,846 30,817 8,029 September -4,057 34,024 27,088 6,936 38,081 30,964 7,117 December 2,273 38,413 29,939 8,474 36,140 28,736 7,404 2020 March -3,215 33,604 26,564 7,040 36,819 29,523 7,296 June -81,005 26,670 18,674 7,996 107,675 84,667 23,008 September 28,656 57,283 45,386 11,897 28,627 21,360 7,267 December 11,126 42,020 33,239 8,781 30,894 24,165 6,729 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.