Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Connecticut 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 7,243 165,624 113,357 52,267 158,381 101,949 56,432 March 1995 23,930 173,363 117,378 55,985 149,433 101,973 47,460 March 1996 9,986 166,952 109,189 57,763 156,966 116,380 40,586 March 1997 42,999 199,700 133,952 65,748 156,701 106,253 50,448 March 1998 25,853 184,649 128,350 56,299 158,796 106,466 52,330 March 1999 20,572 185,840 129,912 55,928 165,268 114,162 51,106 March 2000 16,049 179,801 126,879 52,922 163,752 111,528 52,224 March 2001 -22,539 164,839 119,220 45,619 187,378 110,885 76,493 March 2002 -18,234 152,393 105,222 47,171 170,627 129,931 40,696 March 2003 -29,008 127,619 88,365 39,254 156,627 117,835 38,792 March 2004 2,621 137,907 100,888 37,019 135,286 99,957 35,329 March 2005 13,400 141,902 101,986 39,916 128,502 92,500 36,002 March 2006 13,985 139,551 102,741 36,810 125,566 96,111 29,455 March 2007 11,366 138,727 102,234 36,493 127,361 95,584 31,777 March 2008 14,283 138,060 104,302 33,758 123,777 93,618 30,159 March 2009 -63,173 106,410 77,434 28,976 169,583 136,408 33,175 March 2010 -44,808 101,087 76,234 24,853 145,895 105,196 40,699 March 2011 26,524 123,038 91,729 31,309 96,514 76,816 19,698 March 2012 23,621 125,717 96,001 29,716 102,096 78,063 24,033 March 2013 8,162 118,002 88,586 29,416 109,840 81,766 28,074 March 2014 8,528 117,345 88,031 29,314 108,817 83,078 25,739 March 2015 12,853 119,381 87,861 31,520 106,528 81,478 25,050 March 2016 11,889 127,229 94,626 32,603 115,340 88,848 26,492 March 2017 2,875 125,566 94,428 31,138 122,691 94,460 28,231 March 2018 2,031 126,366 92,940 33,426 124,335 91,270 33,065 March 2019 879 125,338 93,659 31,679 124,459 84,686 39,773 March 2020 -1,559 133,536 85,715 47,821 135,095 95,188 39,907 March 2021 -73,857 123,799 84,727 39,072 197,656 155,073 42,583 March 2022 63,711 177,682 129,786 47,896 113,971 81,627 32,344 March 2023 20,263 153,508 107,011 46,497 133,245 91,571 41,674 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.