Table 1.  Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Professional and business services           

(In thousands)

                                         Gross job gains                       Gross job losses
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994         669       2,330       1,586          744          1,661      1,015          646
March 1995         722       2,488       1,661          827          1,766      1,146          620
March 1996         460       2,518       1,681          837          2,058      1,366          692
March 1997         803       2,854       1,847        1,007          2,051      1,286          765
March 1998         864       3,043       2,047          996          2,179      1,329          850
March 1999         835       3,254       2,113        1,141          2,419      1,514          905
March 2000         815       3,219       2,217        1,002          2,404      1,536          868
March 2001         163       3,013       2,058          955          2,850      1,862          988
March 2002        -745       2,681       1,719          962          3,426      2,335        1,091
March 2003        -121       2,670       1,824          846          2,791      1,842          949
March 2004         209       2,705       1,923          782          2,496      1,627          869
March 2005         591       2,817       2,066          751          2,226      1,439          787
March 2006         684       2,782       2,030          752          2,098      1,429          669
March 2007         408       2,606       1,889          717          2,198      1,537          661
March 2008          69       2,493       1,792          701          2,424      1,701          723
March 2009      -1,218       1,930       1,329          601          3,148      2,365          783
March 2010        -240       2,120       1,537          583          2,360      1,685          675
March 2011         632       2,494       1,881          613          1,862      1,283          579
March 2012         540       2,524       1,877          647          1,984      1,334          650

(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.