Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March North Carolina 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 111,437 367,460 263,031 104,429 256,023 176,653 79,370 March 1995 109,120 380,607 266,017 114,590 271,487 191,687 79,800 March 1996 70,688 389,303 264,272 125,031 318,615 228,782 89,833 March 1997 93,653 420,664 280,895 139,769 327,011 236,868 90,143 March 1998 50,005 425,991 297,969 128,022 375,986 245,037 130,949 March 1999 101,808 495,262 299,186 196,076 393,454 264,488 128,966 March 2000 61,782 449,030 300,551 148,479 387,248 258,990 128,258 March 2001 -18,043 433,048 287,366 145,682 451,091 302,246 148,845 March 2002 -125,362 386,501 249,273 137,228 511,863 354,684 157,179 March 2003 -14,520 402,696 242,071 160,625 417,216 282,631 134,585 March 2004 20,238 393,742 267,369 126,373 373,504 248,081 125,423 March 2005 72,188 407,848 287,307 120,541 335,660 220,284 115,376 March 2006 81,040 427,647 294,582 133,065 346,607 232,627 113,980 March 2007 118,459 472,610 293,533 179,077 354,151 242,046 112,105 March 2008 17,371 410,175 267,920 142,255 392,804 272,542 120,262 March 2009 -222,923 304,168 191,706 112,462 527,091 390,137 136,954 March 2010 -94,030 306,210 206,730 99,480 400,240 283,740 116,500 March 2011 61,544 368,881 260,727 108,154 307,337 203,759 103,578 March 2012 66,852 363,194 257,002 106,192 296,342 202,618 93,724 March 2013 54,968 351,978 249,518 102,460 297,010 206,388 90,622 March 2014 71,010 371,091 268,199 102,892 300,081 209,313 90,768 March 2015 92,272 383,075 274,687 108,388 290,803 199,678 91,125 March 2016 107,376 399,236 289,095 110,141 291,860 199,848 92,012 March 2017 75,114 394,896 281,996 112,900 319,782 225,406 94,376 March 2018 72,710 397,537 285,842 111,695 324,827 228,036 96,791 March 2019 83,907 409,725 299,885 109,840 325,818 224,794 101,024 March 2020 35,200 399,426 285,500 113,926 364,226 261,458 102,768 March 2021 -34,881 441,032 297,722 143,310 475,913 367,868 108,045 March 2022 206,415 552,238 415,297 136,941 345,823 253,138 92,685 March 2023 135,450 527,761 375,786 151,975 392,311 261,006 131,305 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.