Table 2. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Not 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 -6 525 484 41 531 488 43 December -81 511 473 38 592 548 44 1993 March -87 476 428 48 563 502 61 June 367 760 713 47 393 353 40 September 25 540 502 38 515 469 46 December -33 535 497 38 568 529 39 1994 March -68 497 447 50 565 502 63 June 395 798 745 53 403 359 44 September 45 566 523 43 521 480 41 December -45 540 504 36 585 543 42 1995 March -49 524 473 51 573 512 61 June 352 790 734 56 438 396 42 September 5 568 526 42 563 510 53 December -62 560 517 43 622 574 48 1996 March -84 523 473 50 607 541 66 June 361 811 754 57 450 403 47 September -21 561 516 45 582 531 51 December -33 571 528 43 604 560 44 1997 March -61 539 488 51 600 532 68 June 372 811 757 54 439 394 45 September 6 585 542 43 579 527 52 December -63 582 538 44 645 580 65 1998 March -91 560 491 69 651 561 90 June 379 848 780 68 469 411 58 September -34 563 522 41 597 540 57 December -39 574 537 37 613 567 46 1999 March -115 541 485 56 656 575 81 June 397 854 795 59 457 413 44 September -25 586 544 42 611 554 57 December -34 593 553 40 627 578 49 2000 March -68 572 514 58 640 564 76 June 392 861 808 53 469 423 46 September -46 580 540 40 626 570 56 December -112 553 518 35 665 618 47 2001 March -173 521 473 48 694 612 82 June 285 803 753 50 518 472 46 September -187 495 457 38 682 626 56 December -218 493 458 35 711 667 44 2002 March -154 487 441 46 641 579 62 June 339 787 737 50 448 409 39 September -98 499 465 34 597 553 44 December -155 480 450 30 635 598 37 2003 March -156 461 420 41 617 561 56 June 321 756 714 42 435 401 34 September -68 491 460 31 559 522 37 December -104 492 460 32 596 563 33 2004 March -69 490 450 40 559 510 49 June 394 793 750 43 399 366 33 September -43 505 472 33 548 509 39 December -82 505 475 30 587 558 29 2005 March -87 473 434 39 560 515 45 June 396 793 753 40 397 369 28 September -43 516 487 29 559 522 37 December -102 497 470 27 599 572 27 2006 March -29 495 464 31 524 488 36 June 379 791 753 38 412 386 26 September -61 497 471 26 558 528 30 December -95 498 472 26 593 568 25 2007 March -78 469 441 28 547 511 36 June 373 784 751 33 411 387 24 September -97 474 450 24 571 545 26 December -114 491 467 24 605 580 25 2008 March -125 440 412 28 565 530 35 June 299 732 699 33 433 409 24 September -142 447 424 23 589 563 26 December -311 406 384 22 717 693 24 2009 March -382 336 314 22 718 682 36 June 188 646 616 30 458 437 21 September -125 406 385 21 531 508 23 December -146 410 388 22 556 536 20 2010 March -101 372 350 22 473 448 25 June 382 714 683 31 332 316 16 September -34 432 412 20 466 446 20 December -86 438 416 22 524 504 20 2011 March -43 397 374 23 440 416 24 June 370 708 678 30 338 323 15 September -3 456 433 23 459 441 18 December -97 421 400 21 518 500 18 2012 March -3 425 402 23 428 406 22 June 375 720 691 29 345 330 15 September -51 435 413 22 486 468 18 December -76 432 413 19 508 489 19 2013 March -35 415 393 22 450 423 27 June 363 716 688 28 353 337 16 September -51 437 415 22 488 469 19 December -71 440 421 19 511 493 18 2014 March -36 414 392 22 450 424 26 June 406 748 718 30 342 325 17 September -36 452 430 22 488 469 19 December -51 460 438 22 511 489 22 2015 March -73 409 384 25 482 452 30 June 404 758 728 30 354 338 16 September -53 447 424 23 500 482 18 December -77 458 438 20 535 514 21 2016 March -75 411 389 22 486 461 25 June 373 743 712 31 370 352 18 September -59 460 436 24 519 500 19 December -91 449 427 22 540 521 19 2017 March -18 435 413 22 453 428 25 June 381 753 722 31 372 356 16 September -120 428 408 20 548 528 20 December -44 468 449 19 512 492 20 2018 March -33 428 406 22 461 438 23 June 390 761 731 30 371 355 16 September -109 437 418 19 546 527 19 December -42 469 450 19 511 493 18 2019 March -39 425 406 19 464 440 24 June 368 751 724 27 383 367 16 September -108 434 415 19 542 525 17 December -56 467 446 21 523 503 20 2020 March -158 390 370 20 548 518 30 June -825 405 387 18 1,230 1,174 56 September 146 595 571 24 449 433 16 December 38 503 484 19 465 450 15 2021 March -3 441 420 21 444 423 21 June 459 802 777 25 343 331 12 September 13 509 491 18 496 479 17 December 108 570 549 21 462 446 16 2022 March -7 464 442 22 471 444 27 June 391 783 751 32 392 375 17 September -10 515 493 22 525 503 22 December -24 502 482 20 526 507 19 2023 March 7 475 451 24 468 444 24 June 378 780 748 32 402 384 18 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.