Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March South 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 45,625 180,162 118,047 62,115 134,537 90,321 44,216 March 1995 50,418 194,196 132,222 61,974 143,778 97,560 46,218 March 1996 26,320 202,669 127,031 75,638 176,349 121,325 55,024 March 1997 51,110 217,652 141,457 76,195 166,542 111,002 55,540 March 1998 30,991 212,512 144,910 67,602 181,521 115,028 66,493 March 1999 42,898 251,279 145,479 105,800 208,381 130,119 78,262 March 2000 33,665 218,594 148,628 69,966 184,929 125,141 59,788 March 2001 -18,843 203,697 131,034 72,663 222,540 140,732 81,808 March 2002 -45,837 181,156 110,783 70,373 226,993 156,267 70,726 March 2003 8,342 196,864 120,018 76,846 188,522 134,246 54,276 March 2004 7,521 180,940 125,366 55,574 173,419 119,777 53,642 March 2005 24,008 192,724 130,449 62,275 168,716 113,620 55,096 March 2006 28,375 199,610 141,326 58,284 171,235 114,433 56,802 March 2007 50,234 215,741 134,851 80,890 165,507 117,378 48,129 March 2008 -5,800 176,539 125,348 51,191 182,339 130,945 51,394 March 2009 -115,332 128,067 84,067 44,000 243,399 184,441 58,958 March 2010 -35,294 142,280 96,672 45,608 177,574 130,279 47,295 March 2011 32,232 163,339 119,200 44,139 131,107 92,004 39,103 March 2012 31,637 161,004 115,748 45,256 129,367 93,853 35,514 March 2013 20,755 151,436 109,809 41,627 130,681 95,657 35,024 March 2014 48,410 174,788 124,045 50,743 126,378 91,789 34,589 March 2015 42,234 173,438 127,563 45,875 131,204 92,839 38,365 March 2016 49,059 186,062 131,169 54,893 137,003 99,484 37,519 March 2017 45,330 189,375 136,908 52,467 144,045 104,202 39,843 March 2018 42,541 202,111 143,731 58,380 159,570 117,452 42,118 March 2019 37,231 226,313 156,806 69,507 189,082 129,345 59,737 March 2020 2,399 190,363 128,739 61,624 187,964 129,580 58,384 March 2021 -34,674 191,092 133,407 57,685 225,766 175,411 50,355 March 2022 83,810 254,054 177,802 76,252 170,244 117,565 52,679 March 2023 69,011 259,139 173,138 86,001 190,128 130,382 59,746 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.