Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March New Hampshire 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 18,618 65,934 42,565 23,369 47,316 28,384 18,932 March 1995 19,034 66,234 43,619 22,615 47,200 30,868 16,332 March 1996 12,507 68,577 41,766 26,811 56,070 32,012 24,058 March 1997 13,978 67,015 45,613 21,402 53,037 32,704 20,333 March 1998 18,716 68,211 45,164 23,047 49,495 32,649 16,846 March 1999 13,465 69,498 46,373 23,125 56,033 37,092 18,941 March 2000 14,011 72,780 49,004 23,776 58,769 37,883 20,886 March 2001 10,829 74,363 49,619 24,744 63,534 41,032 22,502 March 2002 -15,486 63,580 43,488 20,092 79,066 53,693 25,373 March 2003 -4,169 57,511 37,590 19,921 61,680 41,279 20,401 March 2004 8,176 59,157 40,804 18,353 50,981 33,950 17,031 March 2005 4,708 59,101 41,122 17,979 54,393 36,736 17,657 March 2006 9,917 61,685 42,225 19,460 51,768 36,526 15,242 March 2007 1,857 55,100 39,433 15,667 53,243 38,804 14,439 March 2008 879 55,446 40,962 14,484 54,567 38,032 16,535 March 2009 -21,680 44,386 30,682 13,704 66,066 49,868 16,198 March 2010 -10,806 47,259 33,594 13,665 58,065 42,939 15,126 March 2011 7,005 50,266 37,528 12,738 43,261 29,584 13,677 March 2012 7,483 52,039 36,937 15,102 44,556 31,107 13,449 March 2013 5,153 50,888 36,599 14,289 45,735 33,592 12,143 March 2014 7,680 48,793 36,275 12,518 41,113 28,759 12,354 March 2015 9,174 51,492 38,280 13,212 42,318 29,945 12,373 March 2016 11,548 53,632 39,460 14,172 42,084 30,065 12,019 March 2017 8,160 53,126 39,878 13,248 44,966 31,632 13,334 March 2018 5,216 51,838 37,849 13,989 46,622 34,235 12,387 March 2019 7,282 55,063 40,606 14,457 47,781 33,613 14,168 March 2020 1,450 53,190 37,515 15,675 51,740 36,054 15,686 March 2021 -20,285 53,485 36,646 16,839 73,770 58,870 14,900 March 2022 25,673 77,030 55,632 21,398 51,357 36,166 15,191 March 2023 13,339 67,873 47,201 20,672 54,534 38,563 15,971 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.