Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted West Virginia Total private 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 4,591 39,209 30,070 9,139 34,618 27,011 7,607 December 845 35,919 26,911 9,008 35,074 28,774 6,300 1993 March 1,693 38,054 28,372 9,682 36,361 28,689 7,672 June 2,782 41,743 33,696 8,047 38,961 31,289 7,672 September 5,654 42,690 33,431 9,259 37,036 30,478 6,558 December 6,568 43,697 35,977 7,720 37,129 30,558 6,571 1994 March 877 38,459 30,483 7,976 37,582 29,564 8,018 June 7,818 41,834 33,192 8,642 34,016 28,178 5,838 September 6,672 43,379 33,882 9,497 36,707 28,572 8,135 December -1,842 37,034 30,168 6,866 38,876 31,729 7,147 1995 March 366 40,846 31,677 9,169 40,480 32,897 7,583 June 4,938 41,895 31,565 10,330 36,957 30,401 6,556 September 5,098 42,215 33,942 8,273 37,117 30,192 6,925 December -2,212 39,041 30,416 8,625 41,253 33,303 7,950 1996 March -1,453 40,097 32,650 7,447 41,550 32,516 9,034 June 6,351 43,985 33,933 10,052 37,634 31,046 6,588 September 3,799 42,208 32,622 9,586 38,409 31,024 7,385 December -2,621 40,938 31,207 9,731 43,559 35,761 7,798 1997 March 897 39,084 31,449 7,635 38,187 31,380 6,807 June 3,224 39,700 32,273 7,427 36,476 29,176 7,300 September 3,447 42,075 32,082 9,993 38,628 31,990 6,638 December 2,111 42,133 33,184 8,949 40,022 32,577 7,445 1998 March -539 39,819 31,962 7,857 40,358 32,291 8,067 June 6,506 43,106 33,775 9,331 36,600 29,797 6,803 September -1,253 40,794 32,814 7,980 42,047 34,663 7,384 December 1,675 43,393 34,112 9,281 41,718 34,017 7,701 1999 March -3,203 40,077 32,360 7,717 43,280 34,987 8,293 June 2,487 42,484 33,341 9,143 39,997 32,076 7,921 September -275 41,639 33,928 7,711 41,914 32,721 9,193 December 1,920 43,100 34,799 8,301 41,180 33,407 7,773 2000 March 5,229 44,820 36,147 8,673 39,591 31,768 7,823 June -980 40,078 32,686 7,392 41,058 33,846 7,212 September -501 41,543 35,084 6,459 42,044 33,869 8,175 December 613 40,083 32,974 7,109 39,470 32,982 6,488 2001 March 2,203 41,104 34,078 7,026 38,901 32,322 6,579 June -1,319 39,843 33,062 6,781 41,162 33,945 7,217 September -4,200 37,828 31,567 6,261 42,028 33,808 8,220 December 659 39,508 31,828 7,680 38,849 31,930 6,919 2002 March 1,386 40,871 33,365 7,506 39,485 32,033 7,452 June -3,657 37,087 30,913 6,174 40,744 33,881 6,863 September 574 38,815 32,497 6,318 38,241 32,212 6,029 December -3,175 36,917 30,674 6,243 40,092 32,737 7,355 2003 March -2,226 35,949 29,120 6,829 38,175 31,863 6,312 June 829 38,259 30,613 7,646 37,430 30,716 6,714 September -952 37,624 30,726 6,898 38,576 31,912 6,664 December 2,583 39,110 31,741 7,369 36,527 30,717 5,810 2004 March 5,008 40,876 33,551 7,325 35,868 29,893 5,975 June 268 38,154 31,640 6,514 37,886 31,974 5,912 September 1,542 38,380 31,705 6,675 36,838 30,211 6,627 December 3,989 40,219 32,842 7,377 36,230 30,050 6,180 2005 March 2,581 40,426 33,318 7,108 37,845 30,894 6,951 June 1,228 38,569 31,759 6,810 37,341 30,604 6,737 September 2,193 38,975 31,975 7,000 36,782 30,872 5,910 December 3,160 40,240 32,903 7,337 37,080 31,131 5,949 2006 March 7,636 43,925 35,787 8,138 36,289 28,732 7,557 June -703 38,401 31,727 6,674 39,104 33,534 5,570 September -2,585 38,040 30,657 7,383 40,625 34,237 6,388 December 3,152 40,335 33,091 7,244 37,183 30,830 6,353 2007 March 1,209 40,097 33,053 7,044 38,888 32,615 6,273 June -189 37,662 31,597 6,065 37,851 31,801 6,050 September -2,151 36,976 29,853 7,123 39,127 32,917 6,210 December 3,967 40,280 33,907 6,373 36,313 29,680 6,633 2008 March -163 38,078 31,022 7,056 38,241 32,492 5,749 June -2,231 35,492 29,753 5,739 37,723 30,981 6,742 September 2,060 38,796 32,370 6,426 36,736 30,318 6,418 December -1,046 39,670 33,139 6,531 40,716 34,428 6,288 2009 March -10,174 34,066 27,534 6,532 44,240 37,398 6,842 June -10,817 33,161 27,684 5,477 43,978 37,279 6,699 September -4,060 33,518 27,694 5,824 37,578 31,965 5,613 December 3,200 38,061 32,330 5,731 34,861 28,520 6,341 2010 March -1,882 33,767 27,841 5,926 35,649 30,256 5,393 June 759 37,337 31,641 5,696 36,578 28,694 7,884 September 2,729 36,528 30,685 5,843 33,799 28,494 5,305 December -218 34,804 29,352 5,452 35,022 28,799 6,223 2011 March 3,112 35,900 29,628 6,272 32,788 27,595 5,193 June 2,700 35,759 29,320 6,439 33,059 27,265 5,794 September 3,833 37,766 30,526 7,240 33,933 27,658 6,275 December 4,858 37,966 30,789 7,177 33,108 27,471 5,637 2012 March 5,786 40,776 34,433 6,343 34,990 29,930 5,060 June -4,077 36,041 29,744 6,297 40,118 33,527 6,591 September -2,024 36,532 30,576 5,956 38,556 32,466 6,090 December -1,011 35,849 29,621 6,228 36,860 31,217 5,643 2013 March 1,486 36,433 30,283 6,150 34,947 29,379 5,568 June -2,665 34,761 28,836 5,925 37,426 31,401 6,025 September -1,688 33,836 28,565 5,271 35,524 29,657 5,867 December 85 36,212 30,607 5,605 36,127 30,323 5,804 2014 March -1,546 36,117 29,440 6,677 37,663 31,189 6,474 June 1,398 37,429 30,594 6,835 36,031 29,820 6,211 September -2,006 34,702 28,759 5,943 36,708 29,339 7,369 December 2,808 37,050 30,783 6,267 34,242 28,978 5,264 2015 March -4,698 33,745 26,993 6,752 38,443 32,526 5,917 June -1,578 35,662 30,285 5,377 37,240 31,848 5,392 September -4,913 32,478 27,224 5,254 37,391 31,276 6,115 December 939 36,202 30,165 6,037 35,263 28,946 6,317 2016 March -6,035 32,187 26,691 5,496 38,222 32,748 5,474 June -5,601 31,691 25,940 5,751 37,292 31,087 6,205 September 426 35,097 28,675 6,422 34,671 28,374 6,297 December 646 34,604 27,316 7,288 33,958 27,997 5,961 2017 March 206 34,512 28,315 6,197 34,306 28,142 6,164 June 108 35,204 27,480 7,724 35,096 28,194 6,902 September 2,620 37,090 30,186 6,904 34,470 27,918 6,552 December 834 34,235 27,930 6,305 33,401 27,553 5,848 2018 March 4,641 37,442 30,918 6,524 32,801 27,950 4,851 June 3,741 38,385 32,092 6,293 34,644 28,212 6,432 September 3,317 38,947 31,957 6,990 35,630 29,026 6,604 December -1,561 35,156 29,644 5,512 36,717 31,590 5,127 2019 March -4,057 33,607 28,045 5,562 37,664 32,861 4,803 June -977 34,870 28,508 6,362 35,847 29,831 6,016 September -5,253 31,967 26,586 5,381 37,220 31,021 6,199 December -5,513 33,865 27,440 6,425 39,378 32,114 7,264 2020 March -2,497 35,751 26,660 9,091 38,248 30,633 7,615 June -45,678 26,628 20,046 6,582 72,306 60,681 11,625 September 10,069 44,643 35,919 8,724 34,574 26,943 7,631 December 6,129 37,960 30,782 7,178 31,831 25,758 6,073 2021 March 7,549 38,347 31,206 7,141 30,798 25,460 5,338 June 507 34,578 27,525 7,053 34,071 27,778 6,293 September 2,894 37,024 29,728 7,296 34,130 27,286 6,844 December 10,091 41,611 31,817 9,794 31,520 25,263 6,257 2022 March 6,982 39,579 31,679 7,900 32,597 25,744 6,853 June -7,389 35,640 26,715 8,925 43,029 33,795 9,234 September 6,062 43,424 32,869 10,555 37,362 28,699 8,663 December 1,519 35,765 27,980 7,785 34,246 25,796 8,450 2023 March 9,506 38,724 30,162 8,562 29,218 24,236 4,982 June -68 33,896 26,119 7,777 33,964 27,821 6,143 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.