Table 1. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 50 to 99 employees (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing firms firms firms firms 1992 September 80 587 541 46 507 463 44 December 44 576 532 44 532 482 50 1993 March 33 565 520 45 532 485 47 June 45 550 511 39 505 457 48 September 113 604 562 42 491 444 47 December 95 604 560 44 509 465 44 1994 March 57 590 543 47 533 485 48 June 60 578 534 44 518 465 53 September 137 634 585 49 497 455 42 December 83 608 567 41 525 478 47 1995 March 82 623 575 48 541 494 47 June 9 572 526 46 563 513 50 September 96 635 588 47 539 484 55 December 74 632 582 50 558 504 54 1996 March 49 622 575 47 573 522 51 June 10 587 540 47 577 522 55 September 72 628 577 51 556 504 52 December 101 644 594 50 543 493 50 1997 March 76 641 593 48 565 513 52 June 25 588 543 45 563 510 53 September 102 656 607 49 554 500 54 December 75 657 606 51 582 510 72 1998 March 51 662 596 66 611 541 70 June 14 616 559 57 602 533 69 September 59 630 584 46 571 512 59 December 97 648 605 43 551 499 52 1999 March 25 642 589 53 617 555 62 June 32 619 570 49 587 534 53 September 71 656 608 48 585 526 59 December 105 669 623 46 564 509 55 2000 March 79 681 625 56 602 544 58 June 21 624 580 44 603 548 55 September 50 649 604 45 599 541 58 December 27 623 583 40 596 543 53 2001 March -35 619 574 45 654 591 63 June -85 581 540 41 666 611 55 September -98 554 511 43 652 594 58 December -79 557 516 41 636 587 49 2002 March -27 580 536 44 607 559 48 June -6 570 528 42 576 530 46 September -10 560 521 39 570 525 45 December -26 541 507 34 567 525 42 2003 March -35 549 510 39 584 541 43 June -13 547 512 35 560 519 41 September 15 549 514 35 534 496 38 December 24 556 518 38 532 495 37 2004 March 54 584 546 38 530 492 38 June 60 573 538 35 513 474 39 September 43 566 529 37 523 483 40 December 47 570 535 35 523 490 33 2005 March 34 566 528 38 532 497 35 June 62 573 540 33 511 478 33 September 45 578 545 33 533 495 38 December 28 561 529 32 533 503 30 2006 March 94 593 564 29 499 471 28 June 41 572 540 32 531 500 31 September 25 556 527 29 531 501 30 December 34 561 531 30 527 499 28 2007 March 41 562 536 26 521 493 28 June 37 567 539 28 530 501 29 September -13 530 503 27 543 517 26 December 15 553 525 28 538 510 28 2008 March -11 527 500 27 538 511 27 June -28 529 502 27 557 529 28 September -60 501 475 26 561 534 27 December -177 458 432 26 635 609 26 2009 March -284 402 381 21 686 658 28 June -125 466 441 25 591 566 25 September -51 454 431 23 505 482 23 December -30 463 437 26 493 471 22 2010 March -4 447 426 21 451 432 19 June 87 515 489 26 428 409 19 September 40 483 461 22 443 423 20 December 28 494 469 25 466 443 23 2011 March 57 477 455 22 420 402 18 June 73 510 485 25 437 419 18 September 75 511 486 25 436 418 18 December 16 475 450 25 459 439 20 2012 March 101 511 489 22 410 393 17 June 71 518 494 24 447 429 18 September 25 487 463 24 462 443 19 December 37 487 465 22 450 429 21 2013 March 70 501 479 22 431 410 21 June 58 514 491 23 456 437 19 September 29 491 467 24 462 443 19 December 43 496 474 22 453 433 20 2014 March 67 499 477 22 432 412 20 June 95 536 511 25 441 421 20 September 50 511 486 25 461 441 20 December 61 518 492 26 457 432 25 2015 March 29 492 468 24 463 440 23 June 87 543 518 25 456 436 20 September 36 505 480 25 469 451 18 December 37 514 491 23 477 454 23 2016 March 29 498 476 22 469 449 20 June 55 531 506 25 476 454 22 September 34 520 494 26 486 466 20 December 20 503 478 25 483 462 21 2017 March 93 529 507 22 436 417 19 June 61 540 514 26 479 460 19 September -28 485 462 23 513 492 21 December 63 522 500 22 459 437 22 2018 March 75 519 497 22 444 427 17 June 68 545 521 24 477 457 20 September -20 493 472 21 513 493 20 December 69 525 503 22 456 436 20 2019 March 69 516 497 19 447 429 18 June 48 538 516 22 490 471 19 September -18 490 468 22 508 491 17 December 55 523 498 25 468 446 22 2020 March -56 473 453 20 529 506 23 June -1,284 291 276 15 1,575 1,507 68 September 251 672 645 27 421 405 16 December 148 563 541 22 415 398 17 2021 March 105 534 514 20 429 413 16 June 135 574 554 20 439 425 14 September 110 575 555 20 465 448 17 December 225 638 614 24 413 395 18 2022 March 109 562 541 21 453 433 20 June 60 562 536 26 502 481 21 September 88 582 557 25 494 471 23 December 92 562 539 23 470 449 21 2023 March 124 575 552 23 451 433 18 June 45 559 533 26 514 492 22 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.