Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Tennessee Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 91,462 290,231 211,037 79,194 198,769 126,252 72,517 March 1995 87,290 294,567 214,942 79,625 207,277 142,270 65,007 March 1996 31,808 296,901 189,721 107,180 265,093 187,353 77,740 March 1997 37,647 296,264 200,346 95,918 258,617 180,115 78,502 March 1998 44,634 310,968 210,413 100,555 266,334 175,881 90,453 March 1999 48,522 343,672 226,197 117,475 295,150 190,638 104,512 March 2000 57,368 333,676 226,998 106,678 276,308 180,772 95,536 March 2001 -19,373 279,622 195,660 83,962 298,995 211,678 87,317 March 2002 -66,824 253,958 176,559 77,399 320,782 225,268 95,514 March 2003 -1,446 272,105 185,866 86,239 273,551 187,780 85,771 March 2004 34,275 270,860 192,220 78,640 236,585 162,806 73,779 March 2005 42,382 276,161 196,800 79,361 233,779 162,096 71,683 March 2006 53,589 280,652 199,145 81,507 227,063 159,490 67,573 March 2007 6,148 260,874 184,026 76,848 254,726 185,896 68,830 March 2008 5,189 259,250 184,541 74,709 254,061 189,431 64,630 March 2009 -163,108 184,954 125,655 59,299 348,062 274,465 73,597 March 2010 -52,764 196,261 141,439 54,822 249,025 188,152 60,873 March 2011 40,895 230,075 173,785 56,290 189,180 134,420 54,760 March 2012 66,184 245,136 183,421 61,715 178,952 128,439 50,513 March 2013 41,049 237,851 175,470 62,381 196,802 145,032 51,770 March 2014 45,888 233,797 175,006 58,791 187,909 136,433 51,476 March 2015 56,942 242,000 178,616 63,384 185,058 137,677 47,381 March 2016 81,462 266,595 203,098 63,497 185,133 136,998 48,135 March 2017 47,549 250,647 186,615 64,032 203,098 156,792 46,306 March 2018 37,953 243,434 179,192 64,242 205,481 156,522 48,959 March 2019 52,386 260,267 191,918 68,349 207,881 151,857 56,024 March 2020 29,176 255,630 183,175 72,455 226,454 174,771 51,683 March 2021 -51,490 273,278 202,423 70,855 324,768 262,791 61,977 March 2022 142,627 367,530 271,675 95,855 224,903 167,447 57,456 March 2023 75,824 341,945 245,300 96,645 266,121 194,873 71,248 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.