Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Wyoming Total private Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 523 6,249 4,325 1,924 4,781 3,380 1,401 March 1995 469 6,367 4,444 1,923 5,187 3,733 1,454 March 1996 211 5,930 4,134 1,796 5,694 4,109 1,585 March 1997 207 6,119 4,311 1,808 5,502 3,901 1,601 March 1998 331 6,503 4,472 2,031 5,642 3,942 1,700 March 1999 179 6,551 4,570 1,981 5,795 3,993 1,802 March 2000 346 6,619 4,659 1,960 5,688 4,074 1,614 March 2001 294 6,656 4,588 2,068 6,036 4,262 1,774 March 2002 206 6,610 4,624 1,986 6,056 4,276 1,780 March 2003 136 6,401 4,497 1,904 6,201 4,433 1,768 March 2004 413 7,111 5,015 2,096 5,837 4,154 1,683 March 2005 423 7,273 5,089 2,184 6,062 4,301 1,761 March 2006 544 7,827 5,514 2,313 6,059 4,290 1,769 March 2007 609 7,903 5,533 2,370 6,452 4,691 1,761 March 2008 390 8,016 5,682 2,334 6,824 4,880 1,944 March 2009 -204 6,952 4,884 2,068 7,938 5,666 2,272 March 2010 -305 6,019 4,117 1,902 8,274 6,067 2,207 March 2011 128 7,172 5,107 2,065 6,798 4,861 1,937 March 2012 244 7,614 5,464 2,150 6,534 4,628 1,906 March 2013 6 7,138 5,075 2,063 7,092 5,035 2,057 March 2014 169 7,385 5,307 2,078 6,851 4,942 1,909 March 2015 470 7,919 5,521 2,398 6,756 4,828 1,928 March 2016 -182 7,116 4,905 2,211 7,991 5,598 2,393 March 2017 -9 6,802 4,639 2,163 7,849 5,677 2,172 March 2018 174 7,235 5,058 2,177 7,208 5,205 2,003 March 2019 374 7,766 5,357 2,409 7,026 4,991 2,035 March 2020 100 7,599 5,074 2,525 7,631 5,206 2,425 March 2021 464 7,849 5,048 2,801 7,903 5,566 2,337 March 2022 811 9,093 5,825 3,268 7,344 4,887 2,457 March 2023 832 9,337 5,749 3,588 7,835 5,079 2,756 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.