Table 1. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Seasonally adjusted: Dynamic method 100 to 249 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 74 605 573 32 531 495 36 December 51 603 570 33 552 511 41 1993 March 63 610 576 34 547 509 38 June 61 584 557 27 523 483 40 September 134 646 616 30 512 473 39 December 102 638 607 31 536 502 34 1994 March 79 632 594 38 553 515 38 June 88 623 592 31 535 491 44 September 156 674 640 34 518 485 33 December 106 657 626 31 551 513 38 1995 March 91 667 632 35 576 538 38 June 27 613 581 32 586 545 41 September 115 678 645 33 563 519 44 December 89 677 638 39 588 545 43 1996 March 55 670 634 36 615 572 43 June 17 625 590 35 608 565 43 September 109 691 651 40 582 537 45 December 124 695 659 36 571 530 41 1997 March 76 685 651 34 609 566 43 June 57 639 605 34 582 539 43 September 141 719 680 39 578 534 44 December 92 720 681 39 628 563 65 1998 March 82 738 682 56 656 601 55 June 25 674 629 45 649 586 63 September 91 695 660 35 604 558 46 December 100 698 669 29 598 555 43 1999 March 16 703 660 43 687 634 53 June 57 675 636 39 618 577 41 September 88 705 673 32 617 571 46 December 133 733 699 34 600 558 42 2000 March 104 751 711 40 647 601 46 June 38 678 649 29 640 596 44 September 68 702 673 29 634 587 47 December 45 684 655 29 639 596 43 2001 March -65 671 643 28 736 675 61 June -115 623 597 26 738 696 42 September -126 590 561 29 716 669 47 December -111 588 559 29 699 662 37 2002 March -36 626 596 30 662 621 41 June -20 603 576 27 623 585 38 September -12 586 564 22 598 562 36 December -34 572 552 20 606 574 32 2003 March -30 592 567 25 622 588 34 June -29 570 549 21 599 569 30 September 27 578 557 21 551 524 27 December 20 580 557 23 560 532 28 2004 March 76 623 601 22 547 516 31 June 60 604 582 22 544 515 29 September 71 613 590 23 542 512 30 December 66 610 589 21 544 521 23 2005 March 56 609 586 23 553 526 27 June 64 607 587 20 543 519 24 September 65 621 601 20 556 531 25 December 27 586 570 16 559 538 21 2006 March 117 623 607 16 506 489 17 June 61 607 591 16 546 526 20 September 23 577 562 15 554 535 19 December 46 592 577 15 546 529 17 2007 March 57 596 584 12 539 521 18 June 62 604 592 12 542 526 16 September -21 549 534 15 570 554 16 December 41 586 572 14 545 530 15 2008 March 0 552 538 14 552 536 16 June -16 561 548 13 577 561 16 September -80 519 507 12 599 584 15 December -198 489 476 13 687 671 16 2009 March -332 408 399 9 740 725 15 June -156 484 471 13 640 626 14 September -59 478 466 12 537 525 12 December -15 499 488 11 514 501 13 2010 March 2 467 457 10 465 456 9 June 117 556 543 13 439 430 9 September 47 515 504 11 468 457 11 December 64 540 527 13 476 464 12 2011 March 65 494 484 10 429 421 8 June 96 553 541 12 457 447 10 September 96 555 543 12 459 450 9 December 28 506 495 11 478 470 8 2012 March 119 543 534 9 424 417 7 June 87 556 544 12 469 459 10 September 29 519 508 11 490 480 10 December 57 527 516 11 470 459 11 2013 March 86 528 519 9 442 433 9 June 77 557 545 12 480 471 9 September 40 530 520 10 490 481 9 December 62 538 529 9 476 467 9 2014 March 82 536 527 9 454 444 10 June 119 583 573 10 464 455 9 September 67 555 542 13 488 478 10 December 89 567 555 12 478 464 14 2015 March 46 533 524 9 487 474 13 June 100 585 574 11 485 477 8 September 43 542 531 11 499 489 10 December 53 560 549 11 507 496 11 2016 March 30 524 515 9 494 485 9 June 59 570 559 11 511 500 11 September 68 569 558 11 501 491 10 December 17 523 513 10 506 497 9 2017 March 98 556 547 9 458 449 9 June 90 587 576 11 497 489 8 September -16 528 518 10 544 534 10 December 79 560 550 10 481 470 11 2018 March 89 552 544 8 463 456 7 June 94 590 578 12 496 486 10 September -14 532 523 9 546 536 10 December 69 551 542 9 482 472 10 2019 March 86 550 543 7 464 455 9 June 58 586 576 10 528 519 9 September -18 524 515 9 542 535 7 December 38 539 530 9 501 490 11 2020 March -44 496 488 8 540 530 10 June -1,512 291 284 7 1,803 1,764 39 September 281 745 729 16 464 456 8 December 200 626 616 10 426 418 8 2021 March 119 567 557 10 448 441 7 June 85 572 564 8 487 479 8 September 137 617 608 9 480 472 8 December 243 665 653 12 422 414 8 2022 March 165 601 591 10 436 428 8 June 84 595 584 11 511 503 8 September 160 648 638 10 488 478 10 December 65 566 556 10 501 492 9 2023 March 151 609 601 8 458 451 7 June 88 611 601 10 523 511 12 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.