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

Goods-producing                              

(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         416       3,234       2,318          916          2,818      1,905          913
March 1995         810       3,504       2,542          962          2,694      1,826          868
March 1996         165       3,205       2,270          935          3,040      2,119          921
March 1997         487       3,368       2,419          949          2,881      1,972          909
March 1998         533       3,498       2,476        1,022          2,965      1,959        1,006
March 1999         108       3,340       2,380          960          3,232      2,243          989
March 2000         364       3,419       2,503          916          3,055      2,104          951
March 2001        -412       3,065       2,286          779          3,477      2,464        1,013
March 2002      -1,633       2,536       1,786          750          4,169      3,086        1,083
March 2003        -853       2,570       1,841          729          3,423      2,435          988
March 2004        -197       2,715       2,020          695          2,912      2,037          875
March 2005         243       2,854       2,153          701          2,611      1,796          815
March 2006         449       2,961       2,238          723          2,512      1,802          710
March 2007        -214       2,677       2,040          637          2,891      2,151          740
March 2008        -632       2,409       1,832          577          3,041      2,283          758
March 2009      -2,620       1,618       1,165          453          4,238      3,358          880
March 2010      -1,541       1,672       1,240          432          3,213      2,452          761
March 2011         237       2,217       1,757          460          1,980      1,419          561
March 2012         499       2,353       1,861          492          1,854      1,317          537

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