November 23, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2009

3-month private sector gross job gains and losses, seasonally adjusted, March 1999–March 2009
3 months ended Net change (1) Gross job gains Gross job losses
    Total     At expanding
establishments		 At opening
establishments		     Total     At contracting
establishments		 At closing
establishments

Mar 1999

 353,000 8,585,000 6,626,000 1,959,000 8,232,000 6,395,000 1,837,000

Jun 1999

 644,000 8,539,000 6,661,000 1,878,000 7,895,000 6,210,000 1,685,000

Sep 1999

 588,000 8,571,000 6,734,000 1,837,000 7,983,000 6,250,000 1,733,000

Dec 1999

 1,005,000 8,749,000 6,956,000 1,793,000 7,744,000 6,076,000 1,668,000

Mar 2000

 789,000 8,792,000 6,924,000 1,868,000 8,003,000 6,341,000 1,662,000

Jun 2000

 492,000 8,499,000 6,814,000 1,685,000 8,007,000 6,387,000 1,620,000

Sep 2000

 296,000 8,506,000 6,728,000 1,778,000 8,210,000 6,483,000 1,727,000

Dec 2000

 295,000 8,400,000 6,702,000 1,698,000 8,105,000 6,433,000 1,672,000

Mar 2001

 -156,000 8,436,000 6,694,000 1,742,000 8,592,000 6,717,000 1,875,000

Jun 2001

 -792,000 8,009,000 6,319,000 1,690,000 8,801,000 7,050,000 1,751,000

Sep 2001

 -1,184,000 7,608,000 5,917,000 1,691,000 8,792,000 6,991,000 1,801,000

Dec 2001

 -960,000 7,591,000 5,932,000 1,659,000 8,551,000 6,858,000 1,693,000

Mar 2002

 -39,000 8,049,000 6,259,000 1,790,000 8,088,000 6,424,000 1,664,000

Jun 2002

 -38,000 7,890,000 6,164,000 1,726,000 7,928,000 6,290,000 1,638,000

Sep 2002

 -171,000 7,608,000 6,015,000 1,593,000 7,779,000 6,248,000 1,531,000

Dec 2002

 -198,000 7,522,000 5,960,000 1,562,000 7,720,000 6,171,000 1,549,000

Mar 2003

 -412,000 7,439,000 5,917,000 1,522,000 7,851,000 6,311,000 1,540,000

Jun 2003

 -104,000 7,401,000 5,928,000 1,473,000 7,505,000 6,040,000 1,465,000

Sep 2003

 204,000 7,383,000 5,918,000 1,465,000 7,179,000 5,818,000 1,361,000

Dec 2003

 309,000 7,549,000 6,016,000 1,533,000 7,240,000 5,802,000 1,438,000

Mar 2004

 465,000 7,709,000 6,207,000 1,502,000 7,244,000 5,802,000 1,442,000

Jun 2004

 634,000 7,747,000 6,228,000 1,519,000 7,113,000 5,644,000 1,469,000

Sep 2004

 212,000 7,635,000 6,062,000 1,573,000 7,423,000 5,880,000 1,543,000

Dec 2004

 775,000 7,860,000 6,248,000 1,612,000 7,085,000 5,658,000 1,427,000

Mar 2005

 381,000 7,618,000 6,139,000 1,479,000 7,237,000 5,805,000 1,432,000

Jun 2005

 586,000 7,771,000 6,223,000 1,548,000 7,185,000 5,779,000 1,406,000

Sep 2005

 676,000 7,963,000 6,389,000 1,574,000 7,287,000 5,840,000 1,447,000

Dec 2005

 514,000 7,826,000 6,258,000 1,568,000 7,312,000 5,942,000 1,370,000

Mar 2006

 800,000 7,720,000 6,294,000 1,426,000 6,920,000 5,639,000 1,281,000

Jun 2006

 417,000 7,784,000 6,267,000 1,517,000 7,367,000 6,000,000 1,367,000

Sep 2006

 37,000 7,493,000 6,058,000 1,435,000 7,456,000 6,101,000 1,355,000

Dec 2006

 493,000 7,793,000 6,254,000 1,539,000 7,300,000 5,947,000 1,353,000

Mar 2007

 485,000 7,651,000 6,244,000 1,407,000 7,166,000 5,873,000 1,293,000

Jun 2007

 196,000 7,653,000 6,242,000 1,411,000 7,457,000 6,061,000 1,396,000

Sep 2007

 -248,000 7,325,000 5,853,000 1,472,000 7,573,000 6,214,000 1,359,000

Dec 2007

 310,000 7,670,000 6,214,000 1,456,000 7,360,000 6,010,000 1,350,000

Mar 2008

 -280,000 7,167,000 5,781,000 1,386,000 7,447,000 6,090,000 1,357,000

Jun 2008

 -536,000 7,296,000 5,869,000 1,427,000 7,832,000 6,334,000 1,498,000

Sep 2008

 -967,000 6,884,000 5,520,000 1,364,000 7,851,000 6,461,000 1,390,000

Dec 2008

 -1,801,000 6,738,000 5,363,000 1,375,000 8,539,000 7,038,000 1,501,000

Mar 2009

 -2,740,000 5,746,000 4,603,000 1,143,000 8,486,000 7,045,000 1,441,000

Footnotes:
(1) The net employment change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.

These data featured in the TED article, Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2009.

 

 

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