Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 Jobs (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 97 2,176 1,775 401 2,079 1,717 362 December 32 2,137 1,753 384 2,105 1,734 371 1993 March 80 2,174 1,767 407 2,094 1,728 366 June 195 2,245 1,834 411 2,050 1,687 363 September 216 2,278 1,865 413 2,062 1,721 341 December 115 2,233 1,854 379 2,118 1,754 364 1994 March 80 2,225 1,838 387 2,145 1,776 369 June 211 2,331 1,898 433 2,120 1,746 374 September 236 2,372 1,946 426 2,136 1,778 358 December 70 2,290 1,898 392 2,220 1,828 392 1995 March 152 2,339 1,925 414 2,187 1,824 363 June 94 2,322 1,901 421 2,228 1,850 378 September 130 2,364 1,949 415 2,234 1,842 392 December 57 2,329 1,917 412 2,272 1,872 400 1996 March 139 2,375 1,939 436 2,236 1,847 389 June 116 2,383 1,944 439 2,267 1,875 392 September 130 2,409 1,969 440 2,279 1,882 397 December 132 2,427 1,985 442 2,295 1,890 405 1997 March 201 2,467 2,021 446 2,266 1,872 394 June 110 2,440 1,993 447 2,330 1,926 404 September 166 2,483 2,038 445 2,317 1,906 411 December 94 2,464 2,024 440 2,370 1,932 438 1998 March 142 2,478 2,004 474 2,336 1,913 423 June 217 2,522 2,025 497 2,305 1,917 388 September 108 2,489 2,039 450 2,381 1,961 420 December 158 2,512 2,076 436 2,354 1,935 419 1999 March 125 2,506 2,049 457 2,381 1,959 422 June 85 2,518 2,051 467 2,433 1,983 450 September 93 2,541 2,071 470 2,448 1,988 460 December 211 2,603 2,115 488 2,392 1,961 431 2000 March 155 2,593 2,100 493 2,438 2,007 431 June 48 2,539 2,076 463 2,491 2,054 437 September 71 2,573 2,084 489 2,502 2,038 464 December 44 2,540 2,072 468 2,496 2,042 454 2001 March 81 2,547 2,069 478 2,466 2,012 454 June -43 2,486 2,021 465 2,529 2,081 448 September -160 2,427 1,962 465 2,587 2,099 488 December -104 2,424 1,960 464 2,528 2,081 447 2002 March -5 2,454 1,980 474 2,459 2,011 448 June -15 2,471 1,989 482 2,486 2,038 448 September 18 2,482 2,005 477 2,464 2,022 442 December -35 2,461 1,990 471 2,496 2,043 453 2003 March -97 2,420 1,939 481 2,517 2,062 455 June 13 2,473 2,001 472 2,460 2,015 445 September 54 2,497 2,025 472 2,443 1,999 444 December 55 2,504 2,023 481 2,449 2,006 443 2004 March 93 2,548 2,057 491 2,455 2,003 452 June 82 2,544 2,063 481 2,462 2,007 455 September 55 2,553 2,053 500 2,498 2,026 472 December 137 2,614 2,099 515 2,477 2,027 450 2005 March 30 2,581 2,070 511 2,551 2,072 479 June 100 2,622 2,101 521 2,522 2,056 466 September 155 2,671 2,138 533 2,516 2,049 467 December 70 2,648 2,120 528 2,578 2,112 466 2006 March 182 2,716 2,186 530 2,534 2,059 475 June 38 2,654 2,141 513 2,616 2,134 482 September -19 2,625 2,116 509 2,644 2,142 502 December 50 2,681 2,139 542 2,631 2,132 499 2007 March 95 2,718 2,178 540 2,623 2,124 499 June -48 2,649 2,138 511 2,697 2,178 519 September -72 2,642 2,106 536 2,714 2,194 520 December -4 2,684 2,141 543 2,688 2,179 509 2008 March -123 2,615 2,094 521 2,738 2,200 538 June -276 2,549 2,033 516 2,825 2,266 559 September -259 2,503 1,983 520 2,762 2,221 541 December -515 2,396 1,876 520 2,911 2,328 583 2009 March -683 2,236 1,740 496 2,919 2,332 587 June -456 2,336 1,826 510 2,792 2,231 561 September -348 2,318 1,824 494 2,666 2,100 566 December -185 2,413 1,870 543 2,598 2,061 537 2010 March -234 2,353 1,860 493 2,587 2,046 541 June 35 2,499 1,983 516 2,464 1,950 514 September -11 2,477 1,950 527 2,488 1,969 519 December 68 2,538 1,989 549 2,470 1,958 512 2011 March 4 2,493 1,983 510 2,489 1,977 512 June 65 2,538 2,010 528 2,473 1,945 528 September 124 2,584 2,055 529 2,460 1,963 497 December 35 2,527 2,000 527 2,492 1,986 506 2012 March 226 2,666 2,089 577 2,440 1,954 486 June 108 2,566 2,058 508 2,458 1,988 470 September 12 2,516 2,025 491 2,504 2,024 480 December 183 2,600 2,072 528 2,417 1,968 449 2013 March 83 2,583 2,098 485 2,500 2,010 490 June 118 2,614 2,111 503 2,496 2,007 489 September 129 2,621 2,113 508 2,492 2,030 462 December 130 2,637 2,122 515 2,507 2,040 467 2014 March 100 2,641 2,138 503 2,541 2,060 481 June 145 2,681 2,181 500 2,536 2,055 481 September 132 2,669 2,156 513 2,537 2,077 460 December 200 2,728 2,208 520 2,528 2,054 474 2015 March 67 2,691 2,167 524 2,624 2,125 499 June 133 2,731 2,219 512 2,598 2,104 494 September 93 2,716 2,192 524 2,623 2,141 482 December 200 2,819 2,251 568 2,619 2,130 489 2016 March 119 2,753 2,226 527 2,634 2,141 493 June -46 2,698 2,183 515 2,744 2,220 524 September 119 2,784 2,237 547 2,665 2,165 500 December 74 2,780 2,218 562 2,706 2,188 518 2017 March 185 2,843 2,287 556 2,658 2,159 499 June -2 2,757 2,228 529 2,759 2,238 521 September -94 2,700 2,169 531 2,794 2,269 525 December 191 2,864 2,282 582 2,673 2,161 512 2018 March 132 2,862 2,299 563 2,730 2,202 528 June 13 2,819 2,260 559 2,806 2,282 524 September -60 2,760 2,216 544 2,820 2,291 529 December 157 2,885 2,301 584 2,728 2,202 526 2019 March 161 2,901 2,319 582 2,740 2,208 532 June -63 2,805 2,256 549 2,868 2,313 555 September -11 2,791 2,234 557 2,802 2,284 518 December 120 2,896 2,282 614 2,776 2,237 539 2020 March -174 2,792 2,190 602 2,966 2,353 613 June -1,963 2,205 1,620 585 4,168 3,225 943 September 724 3,351 2,508 843 2,627 2,014 613 December 467 3,071 2,361 710 2,604 2,047 557 2021 March 522 3,129 2,409 720 2,607 2,086 521 June 291 3,079 2,403 676 2,788 2,208 580 September 336 3,212 2,481 731 2,876 2,255 621 December 658 3,392 2,625 767 2,734 2,158 576 2022 March 490 3,321 2,567 754 2,831 2,233 598 June 80 3,133 2,431 702 3,053 2,400 653 September 277 3,202 2,535 667 2,925 2,302 623 December 173 3,127 2,428 699 2,954 2,338 616 2023 March 321 3,179 2,503 676 2,858 2,254 604 June 12 3,031 2,396 635 3,019 2,392 627 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.