Table 1. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Seasonally Adjusted: Dynamic method 250 to 499 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 37 350 336 14 313 297 16 December 25 348 333 15 323 304 19 1993 March 38 345 331 14 307 291 16 June 58 353 342 11 295 276 19 September 77 377 366 11 300 281 19 December 60 374 363 11 314 297 17 1994 March 63 378 361 17 315 300 15 June 85 394 380 14 309 291 18 September 85 404 389 15 319 307 12 December 62 394 381 13 332 314 18 1995 March 57 392 379 13 335 320 15 June 24 371 357 14 347 328 19 September 61 401 387 14 340 317 23 December 57 404 384 20 347 327 20 1996 March 27 396 380 16 369 351 18 June 57 402 386 16 345 327 18 September 52 406 388 18 354 334 20 December 68 409 392 17 341 321 20 1997 March 60 416 400 16 356 337 19 June 56 405 389 16 349 327 22 September 60 427 407 20 367 345 22 December 74 438 418 20 364 335 29 1998 March 72 454 429 25 382 359 23 June 13 423 401 22 410 377 33 September 57 427 410 17 370 348 22 December 63 429 414 15 366 346 20 1999 March 3 429 409 20 426 401 25 June 43 420 400 20 377 358 19 September 46 429 417 12 383 362 21 December 83 450 435 15 367 346 21 2000 March 87 472 457 15 385 368 17 June 36 424 413 11 388 370 18 September 21 422 410 12 401 382 19 December 20 413 402 11 393 375 18 2001 March -51 403 394 9 454 423 31 June -91 370 360 10 461 441 20 September -116 341 329 12 457 439 18 December -90 349 336 13 439 424 15 2002 March -9 389 377 12 398 379 19 June -18 365 352 13 383 363 20 September -16 348 341 7 364 348 16 December -26 345 337 8 371 356 15 2003 March -21 351 343 8 372 357 15 June -20 346 338 8 366 356 10 September 4 352 343 9 348 336 12 December 23 361 351 10 338 325 13 2004 March 40 363 356 7 323 309 14 June 37 367 357 10 330 319 11 September 38 366 358 8 328 316 12 December 39 365 357 8 326 315 11 2005 March 45 365 358 7 320 308 12 June 50 369 363 6 319 310 9 September 50 378 372 6 328 319 9 December 21 354 349 5 333 325 8 2006 March 75 366 361 5 291 286 5 June 49 370 366 4 321 315 6 September 17 351 347 4 334 327 7 December 5 350 345 5 345 340 5 2007 March 33 348 344 4 315 309 6 June 48 369 366 3 321 316 5 September -13 328 323 5 341 336 5 December 31 351 348 3 320 316 4 2008 March 1 326 322 4 325 320 5 June -17 332 328 4 349 343 6 September -50 313 310 3 363 358 5 December -124 298 293 5 422 415 7 2009 March -211 234 232 2 445 440 5 June -115 290 286 4 405 399 6 September -60 286 283 3 346 342 4 December -16 292 289 3 308 303 5 2010 March 18 281 278 3 263 261 2 June 69 336 333 3 267 263 4 September 34 322 318 4 288 282 6 December 52 332 328 4 280 276 4 2011 March 46 289 287 2 243 241 2 June 57 334 330 4 277 273 4 September 60 342 338 4 282 279 3 December 31 318 315 3 287 284 3 2012 March 78 323 320 3 245 242 3 June 71 348 345 3 277 273 4 September 24 325 321 4 301 296 5 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.