Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Paper Manufacturing Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September -5 2,615 2,492 123 2,490 2,362 128 December -8 2,481 2,367 114 2,557 2,435 122 1993 March 8 2,666 2,528 138 2,481 2,351 130 June 10 2,693 2,583 110 2,326 2,226 100 September -2 2,668 2,551 117 2,471 2,352 119 December 0 2,549 2,409 140 2,575 2,435 140 1994 March 16 2,690 2,560 130 2,434 2,320 114 June 9 2,821 2,694 127 2,244 2,126 118 September 5 2,843 2,722 121 2,419 2,303 116 December 11 2,805 2,672 133 2,365 2,243 122 1995 March 17 2,737 2,619 118 2,443 2,342 101 June 29 2,677 2,530 147 2,550 2,432 118 September 13 2,650 2,510 140 2,620 2,493 127 December 12 2,545 2,408 137 2,710 2,585 125 1996 March 12 2,578 2,449 129 2,642 2,525 117 June 11 2,586 2,452 134 2,660 2,537 123 September 0 2,757 2,621 136 2,546 2,410 136 December 5 2,765 2,644 121 2,521 2,405 116 1997 March 30 2,767 2,627 140 2,554 2,444 110 June -5 2,721 2,604 117 2,511 2,389 122 September 11 2,736 2,604 132 2,616 2,495 121 December -10 2,678 2,570 108 2,577 2,459 118 1998 March 15 2,775 2,610 165 2,613 2,463 150 June 43 2,546 2,386 160 2,790 2,673 117 September 9 2,593 2,431 162 2,713 2,560 153 December -24 2,520 2,410 110 2,804 2,670 134 1999 March -5 2,505 2,380 125 2,730 2,600 130 June 6 2,649 2,510 139 2,628 2,495 133 September 2 2,793 2,650 143 2,563 2,422 141 December -76 2,574 2,458 116 2,713 2,521 192 2000 March 22 2,671 2,514 157 2,632 2,497 135 June -6 2,565 2,440 125 2,711 2,580 131 September -9 2,519 2,400 119 2,736 2,608 128 December -28 2,585 2,466 119 2,619 2,472 147 2001 March -33 2,284 2,153 131 2,924 2,760 164 June 8 2,121 1,967 154 3,103 2,957 146 September -43 2,122 2,002 120 3,018 2,855 163 December -62 2,166 2,060 106 2,898 2,730 168 2002 March -33 2,149 2,024 125 2,775 2,617 158 June -22 2,277 2,145 132 2,644 2,490 154 September -40 2,356 2,220 136 2,573 2,397 176 December 1 2,224 2,078 146 2,658 2,513 145 2003 March -78 2,065 1,949 116 2,756 2,562 194 June -33 2,002 1,867 135 2,825 2,657 168 September -44 2,107 2,015 92 2,599 2,463 136 December -70 2,127 2,038 89 2,563 2,404 159 2004 March 1 2,164 2,033 131 2,511 2,381 130 June -25 2,270 2,168 102 2,408 2,281 127 September -30 2,398 2,300 98 2,276 2,148 128 December -53 2,156 2,037 119 2,444 2,272 172 2005 March -37 2,242 2,129 113 2,346 2,196 150 June -22 2,088 1,984 104 2,437 2,311 126 September -28 2,073 1,974 99 2,471 2,344 127 December 2 2,160 2,047 113 2,318 2,207 111 2006 March -44 2,081 1,997 84 2,322 2,194 128 June -31 2,083 1,971 112 2,393 2,250 143 September -27 2,042 1,943 99 2,378 2,252 126 December -12 2,154 2,050 104 2,251 2,135 116 2007 March -45 2,032 1,935 97 2,366 2,224 142 June -34 1,972 1,879 93 2,364 2,237 127 September 26 1,939 1,794 145 2,428 2,309 119 December -27 2,042 1,950 92 2,249 2,130 119 2008 March -21 1,954 1,861 93 2,305 2,191 114 June -47 1,806 1,716 90 2,430 2,293 137 September -41 1,831 1,727 104 2,466 2,321 145 December -13 1,556 1,433 123 2,742 2,606 136 2009 March -58 1,248 1,136 112 2,969 2,799 170 June -80 1,458 1,353 105 2,712 2,527 185 September -67 1,852 1,764 88 2,105 1,950 155 December -30 1,768 1,655 113 2,105 1,962 143 2010 March -26 1,815 1,719 96 2,007 1,885 122 June -26 1,981 1,891 90 1,771 1,655 116 September -3 1,875 1,775 100 1,883 1,780 103 December -7 1,774 1,677 97 1,952 1,848 104 2011 March -45 1,860 1,789 71 1,860 1,744 116 June -21 1,860 1,777 83 1,852 1,748 104 September -2 1,733 1,631 102 2,008 1,904 104 December -18 1,697 1,621 76 1,933 1,839 94 2012 March -15 1,740 1,651 89 1,889 1,785 104 June -24 1,831 1,747 84 1,851 1,743 108 September -42 1,739 1,668 71 1,870 1,757 113 December -13 1,728 1,644 84 1,851 1,754 97 2013 March -43 1,875 1,810 65 1,771 1,663 108 June -29 1,850 1,774 76 1,762 1,657 105 September -19 1,651 1,578 73 1,880 1,788 92 December -6 1,785 1,701 84 1,743 1,653 90 2014 March -9 1,750 1,671 79 1,732 1,644 88 June -41 1,797 1,738 59 1,721 1,621 100 September 7 1,681 1,593 88 1,822 1,741 81 December -44 1,783 1,707 76 1,707 1,587 120 2015 March -8 1,734 1,656 78 1,738 1,652 86 June -7 1,705 1,630 75 1,792 1,710 82 September -22 1,740 1,654 86 1,819 1,711 108 December -15 1,712 1,622 90 1,763 1,658 105 2016 March -16 1,820 1,722 98 1,724 1,610 114 June -10 1,702 1,615 87 1,776 1,679 97 September -4 1,696 1,605 91 1,834 1,739 95 December -11 1,762 1,689 73 1,686 1,602 84 2017 March -32 1,769 1,694 75 1,733 1,626 107 June -19 1,713 1,632 81 1,801 1,701 100 September -34 1,619 1,535 84 1,823 1,705 118 December -39 1,818 1,728 90 1,637 1,508 129 2018 March -22 1,759 1,662 97 1,745 1,626 119 June 11 1,776 1,671 105 1,706 1,612 94 September -37 1,702 1,628 74 1,787 1,676 111 December -9 1,808 1,723 85 1,578 1,484 94 2019 March -9 1,787 1,695 92 1,667 1,566 101 June -8 1,682 1,591 91 1,729 1,630 99 September -14 1,573 1,489 84 1,795 1,697 98 December -30 1,584 1,515 69 1,755 1,656 99 2020 March -28 1,750 1,666 84 1,675 1,563 112 June -71 1,121 1,058 63 2,426 2,292 134 September -6 1,621 1,514 107 1,816 1,703 113 December 14 1,852 1,755 97 1,482 1,399 83 2021 March -1 1,811 1,710 101 1,610 1,508 102 June -26 1,665 1,578 87 1,743 1,630 113 September -25 1,758 1,665 93 1,720 1,602 118 December 10 2,032 1,912 120 1,377 1,267 110 2022 March 1 2,002 1,896 106 1,511 1,406 105 June -21 1,855 1,758 97 1,646 1,528 118 September 6 1,712 1,599 113 1,689 1,582 107 December 4 1,706 1,598 108 1,717 1,613 104 2023 March 10 1,664 1,558 106 1,698 1,602 96 June 10 1,549 1,442 107 1,924 1,827 97 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.