Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Texas 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 170,184 974,479 616,759 357,720 804,295 494,978 309,317 March 1995 291,209 1,079,704 648,065 431,639 788,495 497,043 291,452 March 1996 188,649 999,489 655,339 344,150 810,840 528,350 282,490 March 1997 298,824 1,101,889 670,059 431,830 803,065 534,873 268,192 March 1998 328,475 1,194,586 790,471 404,115 866,111 563,444 302,667 March 1999 236,856 1,151,066 795,850 355,216 914,210 595,545 318,665 March 2000 211,716 1,177,350 806,440 370,910 965,634 642,190 323,444 March 2001 165,048 1,125,251 790,425 334,826 960,203 639,131 321,072 March 2002 -168,124 1,016,669 648,575 368,094 1,184,793 819,256 365,537 March 2003 -92,199 982,229 631,221 351,008 1,074,428 726,696 347,732 March 2004 61,967 986,798 650,015 336,783 924,831 615,298 309,533 March 2005 192,487 1,033,648 718,221 315,427 841,161 553,015 288,146 March 2006 341,655 1,125,774 797,530 328,244 784,119 518,302 265,817 March 2007 292,364 1,131,684 793,279 338,405 839,320 588,069 251,251 March 2008 232,493 1,097,744 784,163 313,581 865,251 596,768 268,483 March 2009 -225,688 890,628 609,120 281,508 1,116,316 842,584 273,732 March 2010 -177,719 820,319 572,018 248,301 998,038 768,727 229,311 March 2011 244,985 994,245 734,653 259,592 749,260 534,050 215,210 March 2012 319,741 1,063,788 788,562 275,226 744,047 537,292 206,755 March 2013 320,075 1,085,099 808,204 276,895 765,024 556,262 208,762 March 2014 280,498 1,095,841 798,474 297,367 815,343 589,118 226,225 March 2015 319,635 1,162,636 845,931 316,705 843,001 607,882 235,119 March 2016 86,672 1,130,058 822,159 307,899 1,043,386 772,170 271,216 March 2017 210,796 1,158,660 815,427 343,233 947,864 691,826 256,038 March 2018 245,507 1,194,401 859,760 334,641 948,894 679,468 269,426 March 2019 264,442 1,215,603 883,049 332,554 951,161 679,905 271,256 March 2020 133,918 1,175,420 838,249 337,171 1,041,502 749,570 291,932 March 2021 -333,989 1,148,859 803,597 345,262 1,482,848 1,175,652 307,196 March 2022 743,199 1,683,841 1,246,576 437,265 940,642 640,406 300,236 March 2023 520,610 1,588,396 1,155,317 433,079 1,067,786 739,587 328,199 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.