Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Oklahoma 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 25,059 152,950 96,828 56,122 127,891 72,279 55,612 March 1995 33,911 154,461 97,707 56,754 120,550 74,244 46,306 March 1996 37,948 168,809 103,411 65,398 130,861 74,297 56,564 March 1997 36,157 179,238 108,096 71,142 143,081 80,248 62,833 March 1998 45,205 185,163 119,553 65,610 139,958 81,359 58,599 March 1999 19,948 187,475 117,222 70,253 167,527 96,188 71,339 March 2000 10,961 180,920 114,441 66,479 169,959 96,025 73,934 March 2001 10,327 182,859 114,674 68,185 172,532 103,612 68,920 March 2002 -17,568 170,056 97,580 72,476 187,624 115,870 71,754 March 2003 -28,247 148,022 91,012 57,010 176,269 113,121 63,148 March 2004 1,970 155,951 96,866 59,085 153,981 94,592 59,389 March 2005 27,381 162,743 103,256 59,487 135,362 84,056 51,306 March 2006 43,583 168,210 111,604 56,606 124,627 83,418 41,209 March 2007 24,654 164,765 109,240 55,525 140,111 89,738 50,373 March 2008 21,237 158,555 105,501 53,054 137,318 90,987 46,331 March 2009 -37,717 132,984 85,490 47,494 170,701 119,933 50,768 March 2010 -47,927 108,988 70,491 38,497 156,915 111,150 45,765 March 2011 27,183 138,823 97,506 41,317 111,640 74,236 37,404 March 2012 35,017 146,937 105,995 40,942 111,920 75,780 36,140 March 2013 19,757 139,299 96,246 43,053 119,542 82,817 36,725 March 2014 18,765 141,958 93,464 48,494 123,193 86,199 36,994 March 2015 19,889 142,215 97,526 44,689 122,326 88,986 33,340 March 2016 -17,076 133,333 91,592 41,741 150,409 109,350 41,059 March 2017 -5,101 138,107 93,851 44,256 143,208 94,899 48,309 March 2018 30,995 158,541 105,096 53,445 127,546 84,585 42,961 March 2019 14,608 149,150 98,621 50,529 134,542 90,535 44,007 March 2020 -13,339 141,182 92,697 48,485 154,521 108,260 46,261 March 2021 -38,630 144,194 91,229 52,965 182,824 135,452 47,372 March 2022 41,028 172,994 119,418 53,576 131,966 84,333 47,633 March 2023 54,155 180,940 118,023 62,917 126,785 83,181 43,604 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.