Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Publishing Industries (except Internet) 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 4,370 42,745 32,637 10,108 38,375 27,954 10,421 December 7,545 41,559 33,839 7,720 34,014 27,379 6,635 1993 March 4,801 38,338 32,446 5,892 33,537 26,988 6,549 June 3,575 37,441 31,022 6,419 33,866 27,706 6,160 September 3,701 39,528 32,832 6,696 35,827 29,374 6,453 December 6,452 38,306 32,471 5,835 31,854 26,082 5,772 1994 March 3,152 39,271 30,800 8,471 36,119 29,096 7,023 June 8,003 41,163 31,968 9,195 33,160 25,505 7,655 September 8,477 44,617 34,680 9,937 36,140 27,839 8,301 December 9,409 43,077 34,762 8,315 33,668 26,938 6,730 1995 March 5,495 41,701 33,147 8,554 36,206 30,011 6,195 June 4,510 41,017 34,569 6,448 36,507 30,412 6,095 September 5,569 44,311 36,284 8,027 38,742 30,676 8,066 December -865 44,525 34,360 10,165 45,390 32,869 12,521 1996 March 4,428 45,181 36,187 8,994 40,753 32,753 8,000 June 4,198 46,287 37,324 8,963 42,089 32,052 10,037 September 3,183 44,637 32,991 11,646 41,454 31,264 10,190 December 9,014 46,754 35,988 10,766 37,740 29,539 8,201 1997 March 5,489 51,486 41,276 10,210 45,997 31,839 14,158 June 9,688 48,410 36,726 11,684 38,722 29,392 9,330 September 5,007 44,165 36,675 7,490 39,158 30,710 8,448 December 6,887 46,945 38,455 8,490 40,058 29,556 10,502 1998 March 9,215 52,105 40,663 11,442 42,890 31,767 11,123 June 9,879 49,187 36,454 12,733 39,308 29,579 9,729 September 5,209 45,833 37,821 8,012 40,624 31,089 9,535 December 5,148 47,315 39,604 7,711 42,167 31,022 11,145 1999 March 4,503 52,220 41,018 11,202 47,717 34,596 13,121 June 5,561 48,063 38,409 9,654 42,502 31,402 11,100 September 7,857 50,725 38,953 11,772 42,868 31,456 11,412 December 11,133 51,922 43,159 8,763 40,789 32,305 8,484 2000 March 11,007 55,171 45,618 9,553 44,164 34,184 9,980 June 10,666 53,559 45,226 8,333 42,893 33,717 9,176 September 5,278 51,808 43,163 8,645 46,530 33,909 12,621 December 2,770 51,669 43,056 8,613 48,899 36,260 12,639 2001 March -3,504 49,668 41,308 8,360 53,172 42,461 10,711 June -14,840 47,609 36,259 11,350 62,449 49,451 12,998 September -22,352 35,294 27,525 7,769 57,646 46,123 11,523 December -21,753 33,688 26,826 6,862 55,441 45,588 9,853 2002 March -13,980 36,869 29,768 7,101 50,849 41,202 9,647 June -7,869 33,743 26,390 7,353 41,612 33,958 7,654 September -10,510 32,312 26,837 5,475 42,822 34,727 8,095 December -4,446 33,837 28,096 5,741 38,283 30,983 7,300 2003 March -7,274 34,116 26,352 7,764 41,390 31,824 9,566 June -9,314 28,222 23,896 4,326 37,536 30,019 7,517 September -6,991 29,474 24,217 5,257 36,465 29,149 7,316 December -769 30,956 25,700 5,256 31,725 25,821 5,904 2004 March -3,822 29,958 24,987 4,971 33,780 27,725 6,055 June -2,967 30,649 25,377 5,272 33,616 25,570 8,046 September -1,329 32,421 26,921 5,500 33,750 26,229 7,521 December 1,876 32,875 27,670 5,205 30,999 24,684 6,315 2005 March -1,201 32,558 26,557 6,001 33,759 24,783 8,976 June 2,794 31,231 26,192 5,039 28,437 23,301 5,136 September -396 31,803 27,092 4,711 32,199 26,209 5,990 December -2,180 29,515 25,074 4,441 31,695 25,700 5,995 2006 March -1,085 30,621 26,158 4,463 31,706 26,378 5,328 June 1,169 31,920 27,509 4,411 30,751 24,837 5,914 September -564 30,723 26,075 4,648 31,287 25,861 5,426 December -4,825 30,087 24,872 5,215 34,912 28,178 6,734 2007 March -119 29,921 25,899 4,022 30,040 24,484 5,556 June 748 33,226 28,322 4,904 32,478 26,297 6,181 September -3,495 30,556 25,187 5,369 34,051 28,950 5,101 December -5,630 28,909 23,740 5,169 34,539 27,776 6,763 2008 March -3,837 28,488 23,806 4,682 32,325 27,192 5,133 June -10,656 30,054 25,649 4,405 40,710 32,378 8,332 September -13,599 24,874 20,118 4,756 38,473 33,100 5,373 December -19,940 23,595 18,559 5,036 43,535 37,214 6,321 2009 March -26,885 20,618 16,851 3,767 47,503 41,006 6,497 June -26,982 18,685 15,306 3,379 45,667 39,935 5,732 September -17,117 20,104 16,673 3,431 37,221 30,757 6,464 December -10,284 21,005 16,805 4,200 31,289 26,202 5,087 2010 March -6,933 21,053 17,909 3,144 27,986 23,664 4,322 June -6,070 21,730 18,409 3,321 27,800 23,796 4,004 September -3,590 22,660 19,067 3,593 26,250 21,278 4,972 December -2,379 23,569 19,354 4,215 25,948 21,137 4,811 2011 March -1,957 21,825 18,230 3,595 23,782 19,650 4,132 June -4,229 22,338 18,771 3,567 26,567 21,964 4,603 September -1,132 24,909 21,374 3,535 26,041 21,591 4,450 December -5,500 21,525 17,945 3,580 27,025 22,550 4,475 2012 March -1,562 22,577 19,139 3,438 24,139 19,738 4,401 June -4,984 24,221 20,589 3,632 29,205 23,545 5,660 September -674 24,393 20,621 3,772 25,067 20,902 4,165 December -4,939 22,955 19,041 3,914 27,894 22,785 5,109 2013 March -2,091 23,293 19,631 3,662 25,384 20,923 4,461 June -4,645 22,364 19,165 3,199 27,009 22,626 4,383 September -1,586 23,881 20,237 3,644 25,467 21,633 3,834 December -3,287 23,640 19,677 3,963 26,927 22,867 4,060 2014 March -2,989 21,840 18,304 3,536 24,829 20,876 3,953 June 152 25,179 21,459 3,720 25,027 20,051 4,976 September -2,652 23,773 19,341 4,432 26,425 22,223 4,202 December -3,734 25,883 20,747 5,136 29,617 24,371 5,246 2015 March -4,592 23,546 19,024 4,522 28,138 22,917 5,221 June 48 26,584 22,374 4,210 26,536 21,353 5,183 September -1,395 26,703 22,090 4,613 28,098 23,590 4,508 December -3,708 24,757 19,996 4,761 28,465 23,255 5,210 2016 March -1,971 25,445 21,100 4,345 27,416 22,020 5,396 June -1,714 28,243 22,821 5,422 29,957 23,672 6,285 September 737 28,170 22,741 5,429 27,433 21,370 6,063 December -4,280 25,930 19,976 5,954 30,210 24,587 5,623 2017 March 184 27,675 22,195 5,480 27,491 21,676 5,815 June -1,319 28,581 24,034 4,547 29,900 24,910 4,990 September -1,904 26,734 20,890 5,844 28,638 22,743 5,895 December -6,504 26,456 20,910 5,546 32,960 26,981 5,979 2018 March 963 28,056 22,417 5,639 27,093 20,830 6,263 June 676 30,978 24,853 6,125 30,302 23,574 6,728 September -305 30,438 24,190 6,248 30,743 23,864 6,879 December -4,518 28,294 21,707 6,587 32,812 25,484 7,328 2019 March 4,528 30,876 24,643 6,233 26,348 20,252 6,096 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.