Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Arizona Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 83,974 252,636 170,709 81,927 168,662 103,766 64,896 March 1995 108,851 296,854 194,763 102,091 188,003 109,545 78,458 March 1996 94,846 302,566 201,101 101,465 207,720 121,537 86,183 March 1997 71,781 292,426 197,122 95,304 220,645 132,450 88,195 March 1998 95,517 310,350 209,307 101,043 214,833 123,761 91,072 March 1999 60,597 304,896 221,719 83,177 244,299 140,994 103,305 March 2000 71,594 328,617 226,185 102,432 257,023 161,386 95,637 March 2001 33,740 310,112 214,924 95,188 276,372 165,172 111,200 March 2002 -39,595 275,483 177,056 98,427 315,078 206,570 108,508 March 2003 20,545 280,662 181,585 99,077 260,117 164,930 95,187 March 2004 57,625 287,080 202,501 84,579 229,455 138,188 91,267 March 2005 110,892 338,353 226,660 111,693 227,461 143,662 83,799 March 2006 153,265 361,819 239,098 122,721 208,554 138,901 69,653 March 2007 44,033 313,748 211,638 102,110 269,715 188,075 81,640 March 2008 -41,285 268,792 175,155 93,637 310,077 219,650 90,427 March 2009 -183,421 204,719 126,552 78,167 388,140 285,717 102,423 March 2010 -74,467 206,529 140,255 66,274 280,996 199,404 81,592 March 2011 22,871 219,805 155,971 63,834 196,934 130,047 66,887 March 2012 54,893 235,494 168,442 67,052 180,601 119,099 61,502 March 2013 53,153 239,856 170,857 68,999 186,703 127,184 59,519 March 2014 48,985 237,989 171,464 66,525 189,004 131,088 57,916 March 2015 64,228 247,640 181,266 66,374 183,412 125,330 58,082 March 2016 72,677 267,144 191,674 75,470 194,467 130,343 64,124 March 2017 64,068 266,679 188,276 78,403 202,611 139,758 62,853 March 2018 80,682 279,082 204,038 75,044 198,400 137,187 61,213 March 2019 67,952 276,776 201,798 74,978 208,824 143,114 65,710 March 2020 56,208 285,223 207,546 77,677 229,015 157,216 71,799 March 2021 -38,775 304,771 219,555 85,216 343,546 266,073 77,473 March 2022 147,184 390,811 288,557 102,254 243,627 169,295 74,332 March 2023 83,810 370,847 260,157 110,690 287,037 192,292 94,745 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.