Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies 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 28,007 85,962 73,669 12,293 57,955 47,020 10,935 December 11,954 76,550 64,565 11,985 64,596 54,841 9,755 1993 March -18,924 60,228 43,640 16,588 79,152 65,345 13,807 June 8,550 71,898 61,036 10,862 63,348 52,289 11,059 September 31,108 87,698 75,509 12,189 56,590 47,456 9,134 December 15,508 83,781 69,655 14,126 68,273 55,753 12,520 1994 March -6,207 65,554 52,857 12,697 71,761 60,925 10,836 June 10,749 77,728 66,250 11,478 66,979 55,759 11,220 September 40,104 97,353 81,565 15,788 57,249 48,240 9,009 December 15,986 89,025 71,684 17,341 73,039 59,856 13,183 1995 March -13,566 65,060 53,353 11,707 78,626 68,783 9,843 June -10,443 68,260 57,458 10,802 78,703 67,216 11,487 September 23,633 88,793 76,034 12,759 65,160 52,979 12,181 December 18,087 84,675 71,248 13,427 66,588 56,999 9,589 1996 March -15,769 64,990 50,663 14,327 80,759 68,463 12,296 June 8,227 80,334 67,840 12,494 72,107 59,076 13,031 September 27,419 92,198 79,150 13,048 64,779 53,354 11,425 December 24,031 91,076 76,369 14,707 67,045 57,798 9,247 1997 March -6,182 71,816 59,118 12,698 77,998 66,040 11,958 June -1,741 72,868 61,530 11,338 74,609 63,734 10,875 September 18,419 89,142 77,004 12,138 70,723 59,274 11,449 December 19,638 95,945 80,306 15,639 76,307 62,013 14,294 1998 March -15,009 67,503 55,187 12,316 82,512 68,856 13,656 June 5,786 79,335 66,649 12,686 73,549 58,604 14,945 September 25,146 92,810 78,274 14,536 67,664 54,636 13,028 December 30,604 98,094 82,724 15,370 67,490 56,739 10,751 1999 March -6,595 71,420 59,294 12,126 78,015 66,778 11,237 June 10,508 83,487 69,892 13,595 72,979 60,562 12,417 September 24,494 98,276 82,767 15,509 73,782 58,915 14,867 December 29,054 100,855 86,850 14,005 71,801 57,129 14,672 2000 March 4,046 83,836 68,076 15,760 79,790 63,113 16,677 June -12,300 72,817 60,044 12,773 85,117 73,218 11,899 September 6,853 80,925 68,807 12,118 74,072 62,282 11,790 December 13,249 85,211 71,386 13,825 71,962 61,203 10,759 2001 March -14,409 73,202 58,258 14,944 87,611 74,303 13,308 June -11,481 74,079 61,762 12,317 85,560 72,413 13,147 September 12,381 82,736 70,063 12,673 70,355 59,790 10,565 December 9,546 82,095 69,540 12,555 72,549 60,325 12,224 2002 March 18,690 92,980 76,230 16,750 74,290 64,350 9,940 June 21,878 91,956 76,374 15,582 70,078 60,844 9,234 September 25,448 96,405 72,022 24,383 70,957 61,243 9,714 December 5,536 79,629 66,383 13,246 74,093 64,885 9,208 2003 March -44,488 58,931 42,758 16,173 103,419 94,549 8,870 June 21,188 84,837 72,374 12,463 63,649 54,673 8,976 September 16,908 77,216 66,266 10,950 60,308 51,850 8,458 December 18,582 83,853 70,801 13,052 65,271 57,088 8,183 2004 March -3,127 72,427 55,017 17,410 75,554 66,855 8,699 June 17,356 87,827 72,145 15,682 70,471 62,027 8,444 September 17,635 89,168 73,562 15,606 71,533 60,986 10,547 December 19,342 87,834 73,510 14,324 68,492 59,270 9,222 2005 March 7,535 78,367 65,731 12,636 70,832 61,401 9,431 June 12,811 81,303 67,429 13,874 68,492 59,784 8,708 September 13,764 88,761 73,929 14,832 74,997 63,513 11,484 December 22,255 89,872 75,629 14,243 67,617 59,640 7,977 2006 March 23,654 86,547 75,323 11,224 62,893 54,655 8,238 June -3,162 79,236 64,389 14,847 82,398 72,924 9,474 September 10,297 86,509 69,996 16,513 76,212 67,441 8,771 December -7,347 73,428 56,493 16,935 80,775 72,452 8,323 2007 March 788 73,644 61,526 12,118 72,856 64,326 8,530 June 1,095 76,493 64,092 12,401 75,398 67,502 7,896 September -16,162 68,132 52,305 15,827 84,294 74,856 9,438 December -20,159 66,037 53,312 12,725 86,196 76,973 9,223 2008 March -14,772 62,143 50,511 11,632 76,915 67,636 9,279 June -7,361 71,739 60,794 10,945 79,100 67,876 11,224 September -17,075 59,596 46,935 12,661 76,671 66,830 9,841 December -33,674 52,050 42,326 9,724 85,724 75,621 10,103 2009 March -37,619 46,069 36,017 10,052 83,688 74,486 9,202 June -8,213 65,484 56,442 9,042 73,697 64,857 8,840 September -23,786 46,773 39,460 7,313 70,559 61,864 8,695 December -12,606 49,616 43,165 6,451 62,222 53,604 8,618 2010 March 11,910 65,004 57,575 7,429 53,094 45,028 8,066 June 9,831 61,597 52,392 9,205 51,766 44,749 7,017 September -21,290 46,199 39,790 6,409 67,489 59,507 7,982 December -10,497 46,074 38,658 7,416 56,571 48,943 7,628 2011 March 17,941 64,430 58,009 6,421 46,489 39,642 6,847 June 8,060 62,599 54,149 8,450 54,539 47,144 7,395 September -8,572 52,074 44,355 7,719 60,646 53,375 7,271 December -10,827 43,968 37,690 6,278 54,795 46,410 8,385 2012 March 46,636 89,796 82,033 7,763 43,160 35,837 7,323 June -23,597 52,322 44,263 8,059 75,919 69,209 6,710 September -11,639 47,538 40,601 6,937 59,177 52,505 6,672 December 453 62,608 55,196 7,412 62,155 55,196 6,959 2013 March 47,517 91,553 84,168 7,385 44,036 37,436 6,600 June 8,363 65,513 57,375 8,138 57,150 51,105 6,045 September 3,325 60,198 54,018 6,180 56,873 51,236 5,637 December -192 54,591 48,894 5,697 54,783 48,468 6,315 2014 March 16,033 62,866 56,261 6,605 46,833 40,923 5,910 June 11,029 64,945 57,730 7,215 53,916 47,571 6,345 September -12,648 52,192 46,416 5,776 64,840 58,744 6,096 December 4,087 56,673 50,636 6,037 52,586 46,368 6,218 2015 March 17,011 63,850 57,024 6,826 46,839 41,526 5,313 June 11,108 64,176 57,125 7,051 53,068 47,812 5,256 September -13,554 53,280 45,807 7,473 66,834 61,087 5,747 December 14,050 62,712 56,085 6,627 48,662 42,655 6,007 2016 March 34,415 79,679 72,990 6,689 45,264 39,507 5,757 June 7,025 63,400 56,195 7,205 56,375 50,314 6,061 September -15,617 54,796 48,534 6,262 70,413 64,323 6,090 December 198 55,936 49,632 6,304 55,738 49,193 6,545 2017 March 22,628 69,015 63,155 5,860 46,387 40,786 5,601 June 9,939 65,122 57,616 7,506 55,183 48,721 6,462 September -10,884 52,957 46,877 6,080 63,841 57,504 6,337 December 17,393 66,850 60,864 5,986 49,457 43,624 5,833 2018 March 42,566 89,306 82,712 6,594 46,740 41,828 4,912 June -11,125 58,047 49,989 8,058 69,172 63,557 5,615 September -23,640 51,838 44,389 7,449 75,478 69,886 5,592 December -11,436 51,386 46,331 5,055 62,822 54,543 8,279 2019 March 28,906 77,448 71,792 5,656 48,542 42,067 6,475 June -6,882 58,127 50,471 7,656 65,009 59,085 5,924 September -19,489 50,525 43,808 6,717 70,014 64,377 5,637 December 9,259 62,104 56,279 5,825 52,845 47,303 5,542 2020 March 41,389 93,971 88,403 5,568 52,582 44,669 7,913 June 16,199 89,192 83,037 6,155 72,993 65,925 7,068 September 27,593 85,080 77,950 7,130 57,487 51,250 6,237 December 23,850 79,132 72,886 6,246 55,282 50,054 5,228 2021 March 3,376 57,923 50,881 7,042 54,547 49,705 4,842 June 7,755 66,583 59,655 6,928 58,828 52,456 6,372 September -31,463 56,779 49,076 7,703 88,242 79,997 8,245 December 24,625 78,208 69,265 8,943 53,583 47,222 6,361 2022 March 29,018 82,779 74,348 8,431 53,761 46,432 7,329 June -27,354 57,296 49,127 8,169 84,650 76,809 7,841 September 4,629 72,129 64,201 7,928 67,500 60,467 7,033 December 7,780 71,593 63,278 8,315 63,813 56,932 6,881 2023 March -2,557 58,766 50,784 7,982 61,323 54,365 6,958 June -16,213 59,724 51,770 7,954 75,937 68,257 7,680 September -9,086 58,518 50,278 8,240 67,604 60,373 7,231 December -4,477 55,946 47,800 8,146 60,423 54,350 6,073 2024 March -1,082 55,140 47,963 7,177 56,222 49,601 6,621 June -5,831 57,212 50,816 6,396 63,043 56,840 6,203 September -14,458 52,552 45,600 6,952 67,010 59,953 7,057 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.