Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, not seasonally adjusted General Merchandise 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 34,460 144,116 104,412 39,704 109,656 87,160 22,496 December 341,111 394,683 360,978 33,705 53,572 39,226 14,346 1993 March -373,295 88,875 37,139 51,736 462,170 414,086 48,084 June 31,530 131,317 104,747 26,570 99,787 83,310 16,477 September 58,780 152,120 116,181 35,939 93,340 80,770 12,570 December 347,289 403,532 377,321 26,211 56,243 42,753 13,490 1994 March -399,345 66,190 46,699 19,491 465,535 437,043 28,492 June 46,022 144,176 116,430 27,746 98,154 78,966 19,188 September 90,845 171,812 137,222 34,590 80,967 70,819 10,148 December 361,725 409,825 384,118 25,707 48,100 38,186 9,914 1995 March -401,346 63,821 37,742 26,079 465,167 448,243 16,924 June 44,829 147,758 119,247 28,511 102,929 80,874 22,055 September 55,087 147,286 122,411 24,875 92,199 83,105 9,094 December 342,400 398,962 380,212 18,750 56,562 44,021 12,541 1996 March -391,630 84,156 37,100 47,056 475,786 448,780 27,006 June 18,275 133,187 110,302 22,885 114,912 98,204 16,708 September 30,811 140,598 117,889 22,709 109,787 91,375 18,412 December 381,669 435,408 412,434 22,974 53,739 42,774 10,965 1997 March -384,341 95,217 31,538 63,679 479,558 440,678 38,880 June 30,601 135,364 102,918 32,446 104,763 96,697 8,066 September 32,410 138,733 111,998 26,735 106,323 88,141 18,182 December 405,310 459,092 436,649 22,443 53,782 32,575 21,207 1998 March -443,602 59,707 28,993 30,714 503,309 480,661 22,648 June 50,971 146,655 123,472 23,183 95,684 83,625 12,059 September 58,058 152,827 130,787 22,040 94,769 84,152 10,617 December 375,619 424,169 398,624 25,545 48,550 35,643 12,907 1999 March -406,588 75,052 49,234 25,818 481,640 442,491 39,149 June 7,028 136,990 113,516 23,474 129,962 94,518 35,444 September 37,506 134,143 102,624 31,519 96,637 87,110 9,527 December 393,052 430,017 406,254 23,763 36,965 28,416 8,549 2000 March -394,626 62,292 44,455 17,837 456,918 441,027 15,891 June 56,565 135,546 117,696 17,850 78,981 71,751 7,230 September 24,836 132,172 106,499 25,673 107,336 96,134 11,202 December 422,913 457,579 440,599 16,980 34,666 25,997 8,669 2001 March -455,329 77,753 53,428 24,325 533,082 508,215 24,867 June 31,763 148,613 122,546 26,067 116,850 94,723 22,127 September -2,917 121,863 99,561 22,302 124,780 111,260 13,520 December 332,842 383,206 360,689 22,517 50,364 40,980 9,384 2002 March -361,396 71,479 45,213 26,266 432,875 419,896 12,979 June 42,001 148,504 122,000 26,504 106,503 85,695 20,808 September -6,920 126,679 96,585 30,094 133,599 120,020 13,579 December 351,723 412,235 397,781 14,454 60,512 38,244 22,268 2003 March -381,684 61,625 44,810 16,815 443,309 430,796 12,513 June 28,418 132,665 118,487 14,178 104,247 81,312 22,935 September 43,931 137,584 113,264 24,320 93,653 89,072 4,581 December 348,138 390,390 372,587 17,803 42,252 28,552 13,700 2004 March -349,749 75,748 57,104 18,644 425,497 415,413 10,084 June 45,570 121,201 103,266 17,935 75,631 69,082 6,549 September -2,065 134,502 101,570 32,932 136,567 117,624 18,943 December 371,798 405,670 390,199 15,471 33,872 27,937 5,935 2005 March -326,894 62,975 44,578 18,397 389,869 382,732 7,137 June 29,590 118,472 103,813 14,659 88,882 83,234 5,648 September 36,184 133,882 112,587 21,295 97,698 91,706 5,992 December 342,286 385,919 360,600 25,319 43,633 37,906 5,727 2006 March -334,211 66,776 51,611 15,165 400,987 381,426 19,561 June -26,386 119,050 95,577 23,473 145,436 132,525 12,911 September 2,802 121,654 93,722 27,932 118,852 109,396 9,456 December 354,278 396,932 368,813 28,119 42,654 37,335 5,319 2007 March -254,505 108,877 92,075 16,802 363,382 345,399 17,983 June -18,024 105,007 91,738 13,269 123,031 117,815 5,216 September 11,697 120,768 89,100 31,668 109,071 103,592 5,479 December 339,560 379,498 370,946 8,552 39,938 35,835 4,103 2008 March -310,810 75,029 54,792 20,237 385,839 379,437 6,402 June -19,151 96,392 81,252 15,140 115,543 109,943 5,600 September 1,557 100,853 76,924 23,929 99,296 94,442 4,854 December 264,557 311,155 303,656 7,499 46,598 40,934 5,664 2009 March -325,346 41,314 26,528 14,786 366,660 342,987 23,673 June 22,013 110,210 98,048 12,162 88,197 83,283 4,914 September 2,971 106,679 89,288 17,391 103,708 92,456 11,252 December 220,944 293,030 285,416 7,614 72,086 68,295 3,791 2010 March -267,937 41,953 33,439 8,514 309,890 305,839 4,051 June 24,502 106,589 98,399 8,190 82,087 78,635 3,452 September -8,830 87,620 70,859 16,761 96,450 93,553 2,897 December 289,070 326,343 317,044 9,299 37,273 33,979 3,294 2011 March -301,090 34,478 24,731 9,747 335,568 330,294 5,274 June 46,663 111,991 102,167 9,824 65,328 62,003 3,325 September -109 95,361 79,973 15,388 95,470 91,957 3,513 December 341,850 374,144 363,555 10,589 32,294 28,729 3,565 2012 March -361,160 36,265 24,716 11,549 397,425 391,811 5,614 June 19,737 105,462 93,789 11,673 85,725 82,939 2,786 September -3,133 88,246 72,075 16,171 91,379 88,360 3,019 December 333,964 364,318 349,790 14,528 30,354 27,212 3,142 2013 March -401,336 34,279 21,603 12,676 435,615 431,814 3,801 June 57,895 126,308 114,623 11,685 68,413 62,816 5,597 September 3,674 99,592 80,783 18,809 95,918 93,363 2,555 December 347,607 380,346 366,195 14,151 32,739 30,089 2,650 2014 March -367,175 37,752 25,528 12,224 404,927 399,602 5,325 June 46,283 126,055 113,994 12,061 79,772 74,166 5,606 September 6,587 104,049 90,023 14,026 97,462 92,880 4,582 December 341,945 380,457 368,931 11,526 38,512 35,753 2,759 2015 March -360,851 45,547 31,599 13,948 406,398 401,045 5,353 June 84,996 154,011 142,727 11,284 69,015 62,327 6,688 September 8,150 107,529 94,606 12,923 99,379 96,094 3,285 December 289,458 340,515 328,384 12,131 51,057 47,331 3,726 2016 March -328,639 49,567 35,437 14,130 378,206 372,996 5,210 June 54,079 139,487 130,072 9,415 85,408 78,826 6,582 September 1,536 105,439 92,874 12,565 103,903 98,723 5,180 December 289,349 340,652 330,839 9,813 51,303 47,665 3,638 2017 March -363,148 40,736 29,138 11,598 403,884 398,604 5,280 June 9,538 108,730 99,799 8,931 99,192 89,365 9,827 September 21,020 113,644 102,702 10,942 92,624 84,554 8,070 December 263,806 325,955 317,342 8,613 62,149 57,776 4,373 2018 March -323,935 40,468 31,453 9,015 364,403 358,058 6,345 June 19,246 115,612 103,891 11,721 96,366 89,183 7,183 September 47,156 150,197 136,826 13,371 103,041 84,876 18,165 December 242,535 301,914 293,805 8,109 59,379 53,079 6,300 2019 March -371,389 43,186 31,411 11,775 414,575 404,497 10,078 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.