Table 4. Private sector gross job gains and losses, as a percent of employment(1), not seasonally adjusted General Merchandise Stores (Percent) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(2) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 1.5 6.1 4.4 1.7 4.6 3.7 0.9 December 13.3 15.4 14.1 1.3 2.1 1.5 0.6 1993 March -14.7 3.5 1.5 2.0 18.2 16.3 1.9 June 1.4 5.6 4.5 1.1 4.2 3.5 0.7 September 2.4 6.3 4.8 1.5 3.9 3.4 0.5 December 13.4 15.5 14.5 1.0 2.1 1.6 0.5 1994 March -15.5 2.6 1.8 0.8 18.1 17.0 1.1 June 2.0 6.1 4.9 1.2 4.1 3.3 0.8 September 3.7 7.0 5.6 1.4 3.3 2.9 0.4 December 13.5 15.3 14.3 1.0 1.8 1.4 0.4 1995 March -15.0 2.4 1.4 1.0 17.4 16.8 0.6 June 1.7 5.9 4.8 1.1 4.2 3.3 0.9 September 2.1 5.8 4.8 1.0 3.7 3.3 0.4 December 12.5 14.6 13.9 0.7 2.1 1.6 0.5 1996 March -14.5 3.1 1.4 1.7 17.6 16.6 1.0 June 0.7 5.3 4.4 0.9 4.6 3.9 0.7 September 1.2 5.5 4.6 0.9 4.3 3.6 0.7 December 13.8 15.8 15.0 0.8 2.0 1.6 0.4 1997 March -14.0 3.4 1.1 2.3 17.4 16.0 1.4 June 1.2 5.3 4.0 1.3 4.1 3.8 0.3 September 1.2 5.3 4.3 1.0 4.1 3.4 0.7 December 14.4 16.2 15.4 0.8 1.8 1.1 0.7 1998 March -15.8 2.1 1.0 1.1 17.9 17.1 0.8 June 1.9 5.6 4.7 0.9 3.7 3.2 0.5 September 2.1 5.7 4.9 0.8 3.6 3.2 0.4 December 13.1 14.8 13.9 0.9 1.7 1.2 0.5 1999 March -14.3 2.6 1.7 0.9 16.9 15.5 1.4 June 0.3 5.2 4.3 0.9 4.9 3.6 1.3 September 1.3 5.0 3.8 1.2 3.7 3.3 0.4 December 13.6 14.9 14.1 0.8 1.3 1.0 0.3 2000 March -13.8 2.1 1.5 0.6 15.9 15.3 0.6 June 2.1 5.0 4.3 0.7 2.9 2.6 0.3 September 0.9 4.8 3.9 0.9 3.9 3.5 0.4 December 14.2 15.4 14.8 0.6 1.2 0.9 0.3 2001 March -15.3 2.6 1.8 0.8 17.9 17.1 0.8 June 1.1 5.3 4.4 0.9 4.2 3.4 0.8 September -0.1 4.4 3.6 0.8 4.5 4.0 0.5 December 11.4 13.1 12.3 0.8 1.7 1.4 0.3 2002 March -12.4 2.4 1.5 0.9 14.8 14.4 0.4 June 1.5 5.4 4.4 1.0 3.9 3.1 0.8 September -0.2 4.6 3.5 1.1 4.8 4.3 0.5 December 11.9 14.0 13.5 0.5 2.1 1.3 0.8 2003 March -13.1 2.1 1.5 0.6 15.2 14.8 0.4 June 1.0 4.8 4.3 0.5 3.8 3.0 0.8 September 1.6 5.0 4.1 0.9 3.4 3.2 0.2 December 11.7 13.2 12.6 0.6 1.5 1.0 0.5 2004 March -12.0 2.5 1.9 0.6 14.5 14.2 0.3 June 1.6 4.3 3.7 0.6 2.7 2.5 0.2 September -0.1 4.8 3.6 1.2 4.9 4.2 0.7 December 12.5 13.6 13.1 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.2 2005 March -10.8 2.1 1.5 0.6 12.9 12.7 0.2 June 1.0 4.1 3.6 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.2 September 1.2 4.6 3.9 0.7 3.4 3.2 0.2 December 11.1 12.5 11.7 0.8 1.4 1.2 0.2 2006 March -10.8 2.2 1.7 0.5 13.0 12.4 0.6 June -0.9 4.1 3.3 0.8 5.0 4.6 0.4 September 0.2 4.3 3.3 1.0 4.1 3.8 0.3 December 11.6 13.0 12.1 0.9 1.4 1.2 0.2 2007 March -8.2 3.5 3.0 0.5 11.7 11.1 0.6 June -0.7 3.5 3.1 0.4 4.2 4.0 0.2 September 0.4 4.1 3.0 1.1 3.7 3.5 0.2 December 10.9 12.1 11.8 0.3 1.2 1.1 0.1 2008 March -9.9 2.3 1.7 0.6 12.2 12.0 0.2 June -0.7 3.2 2.7 0.5 3.9 3.7 0.2 September 0.0 3.4 2.6 0.8 3.4 3.2 0.2 December 8.4 9.9 9.7 0.2 1.5 1.3 0.2 2009 March -10.4 1.4 0.9 0.5 11.8 11.0 0.8 June 0.7 3.7 3.3 0.4 3.0 2.8 0.2 September 0.1 3.6 3.0 0.6 3.5 3.1 0.4 December 7.1 9.4 9.2 0.2 2.3 2.2 0.1 2010 March -8.7 1.4 1.1 0.3 10.1 10.0 0.1 June 0.8 3.6 3.3 0.3 2.8 2.7 0.1 September -0.3 3.0 2.4 0.6 3.3 3.2 0.1 December 9.4 10.6 10.3 0.3 1.2 1.1 0.1 2011 March -9.6 1.1 0.8 0.3 10.7 10.5 0.2 June 1.5 3.7 3.4 0.3 2.2 2.1 0.1 September 0.0 3.1 2.6 0.5 3.1 3.0 0.1 December 10.6 11.6 11.3 0.3 1.0 0.9 0.1 2012 March -11.2 1.2 0.8 0.4 12.4 12.2 0.2 June 0.7 3.5 3.1 0.4 2.8 2.7 0.1 September -0.1 2.9 2.4 0.5 3.0 2.9 0.1 December 10.5 11.4 10.9 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.1 2013 March -12.6 1.1 0.7 0.4 13.7 13.6 0.1 June 1.9 4.2 3.8 0.4 2.3 2.1 0.2 September 0.1 3.3 2.7 0.6 3.2 3.1 0.1 December 10.8 11.8 11.4 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.1 2014 March -11.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 12.6 12.4 0.2 June 1.5 4.1 3.7 0.4 2.6 2.4 0.2 September 0.3 3.4 2.9 0.5 3.1 3.0 0.1 December 10.5 11.7 11.3 0.4 1.2 1.1 0.1 2015 March -11.1 1.4 1.0 0.4 12.5 12.3 0.2 June 2.8 5.0 4.6 0.4 2.2 2.0 0.2 September 0.3 3.4 3.0 0.4 3.1 3.0 0.1 December 8.8 10.3 9.9 0.4 1.5 1.4 0.1 2016 March -10.1 1.5 1.1 0.4 11.6 11.4 0.2 June 1.7 4.4 4.1 0.3 2.7 2.5 0.2 September 0.0 3.3 2.9 0.4 3.3 3.1 0.2 December 8.8 10.3 10.0 0.3 1.5 1.4 0.1 2017 March -11.3 1.3 0.9 0.4 12.6 12.4 0.2 June 0.4 3.6 3.3 0.3 3.2 2.9 0.3 September 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.4 3.1 2.8 0.3 December 8.3 10.2 9.9 0.3 1.9 1.8 0.1 2018 March -10.2 1.3 1.0 0.3 11.5 11.3 0.2 June 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.4 3.1 2.9 0.2 September 1.5 4.9 4.5 0.4 3.4 2.8 0.6 December 7.6 9.5 9.2 0.3 1.9 1.7 0.2 2019 March -11.8 1.4 1.0 0.4 13.2 12.9 0.3 June -0.1 3.6 3.3 0.3 3.7 3.4 0.3 September 0.1 3.5 3.2 0.3 3.4 3.1 0.3 December 10.6 12.1 11.8 0.3 1.5 1.3 0.2 2020 March -11.5 1.4 1.1 0.3 12.9 12.8 0.1 June -2.3 6.6 6.4 0.2 8.9 8.5 0.4 September 2.1 6.1 5.7 0.4 4.0 3.8 0.2 December 8.7 11.3 11.1 0.2 2.6 2.2 0.4 2021 March -10.1 1.6 1.3 0.3 11.7 11.4 0.3 June -0.7 3.7 3.3 0.4 4.4 4.2 0.2 September 1.4 4.8 4.5 0.3 3.4 3.3 0.1 (1) The rates measure gross job gains and job losses as a percentage of the average of the previous and current quarter employment levels. (2) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.