Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Health and Personal Care Stores 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 1,852 55,194 45,194 10,000 53,342 44,268 9,074 December -9,340 48,833 38,124 10,709 58,173 47,633 10,540 1993 March 4,116 65,987 41,722 24,265 61,871 40,102 21,769 June 502 56,964 46,603 10,361 56,462 47,638 8,824 September -3,487 53,493 43,531 9,962 56,980 45,914 11,066 December -4,061 50,693 39,744 10,949 54,754 44,549 10,205 1994 March 15,159 63,364 50,834 12,530 48,205 37,474 10,731 June -1,314 54,670 45,650 9,020 55,984 45,511 10,473 September 7,172 60,371 48,775 11,596 53,199 43,162 10,037 December -11,289 50,335 38,248 12,087 61,624 50,318 11,306 1995 March 23,932 72,861 59,082 13,779 48,929 36,660 12,269 June 2,033 61,471 49,191 12,280 59,438 47,430 12,008 September 6,637 63,858 53,919 9,939 57,221 45,718 11,503 December -2,240 55,165 43,237 11,928 57,405 46,743 10,662 1996 March 6,938 58,673 48,349 10,324 51,735 41,466 10,269 June 128 56,564 44,856 11,708 56,436 46,727 9,709 September 9,584 65,224 51,824 13,400 55,640 45,139 10,501 December 9,219 64,914 49,352 15,562 55,695 44,821 10,874 1997 March 7,611 74,247 51,816 22,431 66,636 44,777 21,859 June -2,776 61,983 49,866 12,117 64,759 52,859 11,900 September 18,707 71,997 60,860 11,137 53,290 42,285 11,005 December 11,302 72,734 55,931 16,803 61,432 46,478 14,954 1998 March 8,445 74,511 58,430 16,081 66,066 50,996 15,070 June -16,402 64,650 49,142 15,508 81,052 63,405 17,647 September 4,865 70,110 52,872 17,238 65,245 52,107 13,138 December 14,416 73,067 59,191 13,876 58,651 45,624 13,027 1999 March 10,738 81,656 63,245 18,411 70,918 54,477 16,441 June 2,247 76,014 53,933 22,081 73,767 61,041 12,726 September 14,668 73,869 58,958 14,911 59,201 46,467 12,734 December 4,275 73,714 58,268 15,446 69,439 55,655 13,784 2000 March -1,157 77,523 56,138 21,385 78,680 65,320 13,360 June 13,194 77,081 60,211 16,870 63,887 52,552 11,335 September 10,402 71,036 57,165 13,871 60,634 50,697 9,937 December 10,629 78,442 62,280 16,162 67,813 56,740 11,073 2001 March 9,300 74,075 64,938 9,137 64,775 53,959 10,816 June -4,379 66,121 54,249 11,872 70,500 57,990 12,510 September -6,650 64,867 50,468 14,399 71,517 56,392 15,125 December 301 66,015 54,232 11,783 65,714 54,979 10,735 2002 March 714 63,984 49,385 14,599 63,270 52,874 10,396 June -7,619 58,134 45,830 12,304 65,753 55,907 9,846 September -1,278 59,398 47,502 11,896 60,676 51,439 9,237 December 2,837 61,598 50,930 10,668 58,761 50,445 8,316 2003 March -527 57,710 48,153 9,557 58,237 48,933 9,304 June 6,945 60,474 50,418 10,056 53,529 46,619 6,910 September 12,053 64,824 53,848 10,976 52,771 45,903 6,868 December -5,033 62,702 52,385 10,317 67,735 58,707 9,028 2004 March 5,832 64,137 53,487 10,650 58,305 51,369 6,936 June 4,561 61,737 51,622 10,115 57,176 48,212 8,964 September -1,681 71,689 52,727 18,962 73,370 56,020 17,350 December 8,365 62,594 50,450 12,144 54,229 45,184 9,045 2005 March -2,241 58,043 47,428 10,615 60,284 50,973 9,311 June 4,697 62,725 51,443 11,282 58,028 50,426 7,602 September 5,582 64,126 52,711 11,415 58,544 49,680 8,864 December 2,229 61,888 51,808 10,080 59,659 51,858 7,801 2006 March 634 61,701 53,052 8,649 61,067 54,749 6,318 June 15,163 72,874 62,153 10,721 57,711 48,484 9,227 September -4,287 64,456 52,516 11,940 68,743 56,922 11,821 December 16,495 72,465 62,977 9,488 55,970 48,078 7,892 2007 March 5,132 69,471 58,580 10,891 64,339 56,140 8,199 June 14,020 70,367 60,906 9,461 56,347 47,909 8,438 September 5,597 68,015 55,786 12,229 62,418 55,198 7,220 December 7,057 66,992 56,150 10,842 59,935 52,343 7,592 2008 March -335 64,897 54,188 10,709 65,232 58,166 7,066 June 8,353 73,900 60,323 13,577 65,547 56,845 8,702 September -6,387 60,236 49,354 10,882 66,623 58,213 8,410 December -12,798 59,809 48,446 11,363 72,607 65,170 7,437 2009 March -4,756 58,935 49,134 9,801 63,691 55,506 8,185 June 23 60,457 50,366 10,091 60,434 52,133 8,301 September -10,291 52,661 42,224 10,437 62,952 55,894 7,058 December 5,409 59,489 50,896 8,593 54,080 47,953 6,127 2010 March -1,155 57,202 47,974 9,228 58,357 51,072 7,285 June 9,790 61,034 52,539 8,495 51,244 44,148 7,096 September -18,272 48,619 40,478 8,141 66,891 59,710 7,181 December 10,198 66,463 57,772 8,691 56,265 47,046 9,219 2011 March -7,739 52,172 44,740 7,432 59,911 53,245 6,666 June 12,035 62,598 53,196 9,402 50,563 43,900 6,663 September 17,682 70,133 60,598 9,535 52,451 45,530 6,921 December -9,366 56,566 49,173 7,393 65,932 59,201 6,731 2012 March 1,089 55,760 48,818 6,942 54,671 48,483 6,188 June 3,145 56,978 48,634 8,344 53,833 47,335 6,498 September 3,817 60,544 52,052 8,492 56,727 49,310 7,417 December 8,118 62,742 54,293 8,449 54,624 47,635 6,989 2013 March 4,367 63,126 55,488 7,638 58,759 51,507 7,252 June 7,616 65,029 55,884 9,145 57,413 50,043 7,370 September -3,773 59,257 51,028 8,229 63,030 55,617 7,413 December 5,122 67,633 58,871 8,762 62,511 53,880 8,631 2014 March -2,584 59,136 51,956 7,180 61,720 54,809 6,911 June 6,103 64,075 56,519 7,556 57,972 51,515 6,457 September 825 62,652 54,936 7,716 61,827 55,015 6,812 December 7,096 68,165 60,161 8,004 61,069 54,041 7,028 2015 March 1,978 61,660 54,905 6,755 59,682 52,910 6,772 June 9,367 71,620 61,962 9,658 62,253 55,044 7,209 September -1,322 71,314 63,465 7,849 72,636 64,336 8,300 December -8,706 69,147 59,412 9,735 77,853 69,401 8,452 2016 March 6,380 77,848 69,408 8,440 71,468 59,652 11,816 June -404 64,643 56,080 8,563 65,047 57,996 7,051 September 14,726 81,137 72,753 8,384 66,411 56,866 9,545 December 6,367 72,250 64,590 7,660 65,883 56,978 8,905 2017 March 5,294 72,805 63,575 9,230 67,511 58,533 8,978 June -6,208 66,166 56,541 9,625 72,374 64,420 7,954 September -11,783 60,305 52,913 7,392 72,088 63,656 8,432 December 13,280 73,056 65,570 7,486 59,776 51,525 8,251 2018 March -2,061 71,308 64,314 6,994 73,369 61,774 11,595 June -14,317 61,105 51,955 9,150 75,422 66,596 8,826 September -6,852 61,564 54,081 7,483 68,416 59,212 9,204 December 14,615 73,907 66,194 7,713 59,292 50,663 8,629 2019 March -8,997 67,715 58,907 8,808 76,712 67,699 9,013 June -9,903 63,747 53,583 10,164 73,650 61,111 12,539 September -6,217 55,749 47,500 8,249 61,966 52,894 9,072 December 5,070 74,066 65,321 8,745 68,996 58,519 10,477 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.