Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, not seasonally adjusted Paper Manufacturing 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 -643 20,424 18,266 2,158 21,067 18,957 2,110 December -3,886 17,545 15,896 1,649 21,431 19,557 1,874 1993 March -3,007 25,782 20,840 4,942 28,789 21,798 6,991 June 10,053 25,492 23,335 2,157 15,439 13,367 2,072 September -3,746 18,376 16,704 1,672 22,122 20,210 1,912 December -2,172 20,538 15,922 4,616 22,710 19,291 3,419 1994 March -5,935 21,562 15,286 6,276 27,497 20,808 6,689 June 11,713 27,108 24,958 2,150 15,395 13,353 2,042 September -852 19,644 18,058 1,586 20,496 17,926 2,570 December 3,397 24,585 20,262 4,323 21,188 18,613 2,575 1995 March -4,034 20,504 17,567 2,937 24,538 20,723 3,815 June 8,489 28,058 23,782 4,276 19,569 16,722 2,847 September -3,812 20,658 17,459 3,199 24,470 20,641 3,829 December -3,360 19,788 16,496 3,292 23,148 21,538 1,610 1996 March -9,844 19,587 13,881 5,706 29,431 24,473 4,958 June 7,697 25,973 22,501 3,472 18,276 16,678 1,598 September -1,222 21,962 18,189 3,773 23,184 20,403 2,781 December 51 19,754 16,916 2,838 19,703 17,443 2,260 1997 March -3,342 21,940 16,825 5,115 25,282 20,981 4,301 June 9,287 27,972 25,134 2,838 18,685 15,463 3,222 September -2,005 18,979 17,068 1,911 20,984 18,763 2,221 December -2,610 18,019 15,651 2,368 20,629 18,315 2,314 1998 March -6,606 25,176 19,951 5,225 31,782 20,116 11,666 June 3,877 26,472 20,601 5,871 22,595 19,256 3,339 September -4,735 21,108 17,545 3,563 25,843 20,456 5,387 December -5,315 17,830 16,434 1,396 23,145 21,365 1,780 1999 March -9,713 17,590 15,442 2,148 27,303 23,430 3,873 June 6,632 26,893 23,598 3,295 20,261 16,701 3,560 September -2,695 21,337 17,586 3,751 24,032 20,557 3,475 December -7,087 19,090 16,723 2,367 26,177 22,404 3,773 2000 March -4,853 21,296 17,394 3,902 26,149 22,276 3,873 June 1,877 25,251 21,977 3,274 23,374 17,953 5,421 September -6,428 15,819 14,481 1,338 22,247 20,494 1,753 December -4,550 16,700 15,716 984 21,250 19,398 1,852 2001 March -13,511 17,582 14,371 3,211 31,093 24,088 7,005 June -5,120 18,117 16,700 1,417 23,237 21,402 1,835 September -11,240 15,191 12,784 2,407 26,431 23,242 3,189 December -8,641 14,512 12,952 1,560 23,153 20,637 2,516 2002 March -11,079 15,222 13,588 1,634 26,301 22,170 4,131 June 2,027 20,983 18,949 2,034 18,956 15,553 3,403 September -8,948 13,736 12,192 1,544 22,684 19,087 3,597 December -6,567 12,941 11,651 1,290 19,508 18,233 1,275 2003 March -9,352 18,587 15,220 3,367 27,939 20,689 7,250 June -4,798 13,845 12,388 1,457 18,643 16,142 2,501 September -6,944 14,062 12,287 1,775 21,006 18,216 2,790 December -4,372 12,412 11,537 875 16,784 14,749 2,035 2004 March -7,836 13,901 12,035 1,866 21,737 18,272 3,465 June -1,299 15,068 14,054 1,014 16,367 14,353 2,014 September 175 14,888 13,612 1,276 14,713 12,477 2,236 December -4,255 12,792 11,771 1,021 17,047 14,414 2,633 2005 March -4,274 14,140 12,630 1,510 18,414 14,419 3,995 June -266 14,969 13,310 1,659 15,235 12,696 2,539 September -6,747 10,625 9,243 1,382 17,372 15,786 1,586 December -1,339 11,776 10,985 791 13,115 12,256 859 2006 March -6,113 11,494 10,045 1,449 17,607 15,283 2,324 June -1,109 13,690 12,914 776 14,799 13,262 1,537 September -4,782 10,333 9,802 531 15,115 13,930 1,185 December -1,910 10,765 9,999 766 12,675 11,485 1,190 2007 March -6,755 11,238 10,086 1,152 17,993 15,125 2,868 June 156 13,649 12,321 1,328 13,493 11,378 2,115 September -5,506 9,762 8,932 830 15,268 14,222 1,046 December -1,530 10,031 9,466 565 11,561 10,440 1,121 2008 March -4,943 9,634 8,547 1,087 14,577 12,733 1,844 June -880 11,681 10,890 791 12,561 11,633 928 September -7,572 8,835 8,139 696 16,407 15,301 1,106 December -8,484 8,297 7,453 844 16,781 15,908 873 2009 March -17,268 7,007 6,176 831 24,275 22,869 1,406 June -6,610 9,988 9,409 579 16,598 15,515 1,083 September -4,435 8,790 8,340 450 13,225 11,781 1,444 December -4,064 7,719 7,258 461 11,783 10,941 842 2010 March -4,016 8,432 7,835 597 12,448 11,263 1,185 June 2,658 11,805 11,355 450 9,147 8,457 690 September -1,725 8,410 7,914 496 10,135 9,177 958 December -1,566 8,075 7,464 611 9,641 9,072 569 2011 March -3,814 7,610 6,952 658 11,424 9,713 1,711 June 2,719 11,080 10,526 554 8,361 7,811 550 September -4,249 7,638 7,159 479 11,887 11,319 568 December -1,453 8,199 7,572 627 9,652 9,038 614 2012 March -3,791 7,681 6,903 778 11,472 10,040 1,432 June 2,093 10,814 10,377 437 8,721 7,764 957 September -2,494 7,650 7,426 224 10,144 9,205 939 December 771 9,174 8,956 218 8,403 7,928 475 2013 March -1,227 9,345 8,892 453 10,572 9,483 1,089 June 1,503 10,050 9,630 420 8,547 7,412 1,135 September -3,387 6,692 6,277 415 10,079 9,295 784 December -48 8,057 7,495 562 8,105 7,524 581 2014 March -2,636 7,545 7,067 478 10,181 9,390 791 June 1,906 9,805 9,401 404 7,899 7,103 796 September -3,359 7,334 6,616 718 10,693 10,158 535 December 708 9,176 8,462 714 8,468 7,951 517 2015 March -2,017 7,485 6,972 513 9,502 8,139 1,363 June 2,032 8,639 8,252 387 6,607 6,246 361 September -1,619 7,453 7,134 319 9,072 8,044 1,028 December 114 8,293 7,473 820 8,179 7,719 460 2016 March -1,530 8,125 7,436 689 9,655 8,232 1,423 June 1,531 9,141 8,577 564 7,610 6,982 628 September -2,808 6,967 6,594 373 9,775 9,262 513 December 1,770 8,633 8,217 416 6,863 6,414 449 2017 March -1,117 7,567 7,227 340 8,684 7,531 1,153 June 2,132 9,040 8,632 408 6,908 6,455 453 September -3,905 6,053 5,800 253 9,958 9,138 820 December 714 8,656 8,359 297 7,942 7,339 603 2018 March -344 8,542 7,497 1,045 8,886 7,937 949 June 1,774 9,682 9,177 505 7,908 6,910 998 September -2,152 7,478 6,779 699 9,630 8,524 1,106 December 2,714 8,896 8,128 768 6,182 5,892 290 2019 March -908 7,687 7,143 544 8,595 7,759 836 June 1,854 9,744 8,755 989 7,890 7,228 662 September -3,182 7,131 6,783 348 10,313 9,635 678 December 46 7,584 7,311 273 7,538 7,246 292 2020 March -670 8,472 7,443 1,029 9,142 7,994 1,148 June -11,574 5,676 5,191 485 17,250 16,324 926 September -2,204 9,161 8,669 492 11,365 10,500 865 December 3,369 10,186 9,689 497 6,817 6,592 225 2021 March -362 8,501 8,046 455 8,863 7,807 1,056 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.