Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Michigan 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 140,023 469,518 315,864 153,654 329,495 200,235 129,260 March 1995 157,422 518,473 336,369 182,104 361,051 229,492 131,559 March 1996 64,618 487,870 303,863 184,007 423,252 273,331 149,921 March 1997 97,523 502,767 332,516 170,251 405,244 246,499 158,745 March 1998 60,438 548,061 345,794 202,267 487,623 273,071 214,552 March 1999 4,043 504,747 335,608 169,139 500,704 271,058 229,646 March 2000 125,485 572,446 337,616 234,830 446,961 289,147 157,814 March 2001 -76,454 467,242 306,249 160,993 543,696 348,449 195,247 March 2002 -130,249 433,195 258,833 174,362 563,444 380,155 183,289 March 2003 -63,220 415,791 258,173 157,618 479,011 308,301 170,710 March 2004 -31,444 399,211 251,803 147,408 430,655 282,148 148,507 March 2005 6,230 401,850 268,413 133,437 395,620 257,619 138,001 March 2006 -24,539 381,088 251,118 129,970 405,627 275,529 130,098 March 2007 -56,718 347,053 239,266 107,787 403,771 288,679 115,092 March 2008 -58,736 346,176 242,401 103,775 404,912 277,829 127,083 March 2009 -290,538 257,946 173,773 84,173 548,484 406,839 141,645 March 2010 -80,240 300,788 204,237 96,551 381,028 271,040 109,988 March 2011 106,190 356,497 274,741 81,756 250,307 159,254 91,053 March 2012 112,307 356,962 265,287 91,675 244,655 166,627 78,028 March 2013 90,399 348,788 253,835 94,953 258,389 182,208 76,181 March 2014 66,264 341,113 249,960 91,153 274,849 188,358 86,491 March 2015 69,332 344,672 257,216 87,456 275,340 192,324 83,016 March 2016 75,888 341,130 258,339 82,791 265,242 192,931 72,311 March 2017 63,554 340,678 261,520 79,158 277,124 205,457 71,667 March 2018 52,549 338,570 259,320 79,250 286,021 203,126 82,895 March 2019 19,550 319,006 237,790 81,216 299,456 215,377 84,079 March 2020 -25,133 315,941 229,875 86,066 341,074 236,756 104,318 March 2021 -209,910 288,826 205,621 83,205 498,736 406,659 92,077 March 2022 177,360 450,786 346,433 104,353 273,426 193,743 79,683 March 2023 69,338 387,203 291,523 95,680 317,865 230,113 87,752 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.