Table 2. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Not 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 28 328 316 12 300 286 14 December 5 333 322 11 328 314 14 1993 March -56 302 283 19 358 332 26 June 183 435 423 12 252 238 14 September 66 354 344 10 288 271 17 December 40 359 351 8 319 307 12 1994 March -37 330 308 22 367 342 25 June 220 485 470 15 265 251 14 September 73 379 366 13 306 295 11 December 41 378 369 9 337 324 13 1995 March -49 341 324 17 390 365 25 June 159 457 442 15 298 283 15 September 52 377 365 12 325 305 20 December 32 385 371 14 353 338 15 1996 March -84 345 324 21 429 400 29 June 199 495 477 18 296 282 14 September 41 380 365 15 339 321 18 December 45 391 379 12 346 331 15 1997 March -53 363 342 21 416 385 31 June 199 498 481 17 299 282 17 September 50 401 383 18 351 332 19 December 52 419 405 14 367 346 21 1998 March -48 400 367 33 448 410 38 June 170 520 496 24 350 325 25 September 47 401 386 15 354 335 19 December 40 412 401 11 372 357 15 1999 March -122 376 349 27 498 458 40 June 193 516 495 21 323 309 14 September 36 403 392 11 367 349 18 December 59 432 422 10 373 358 15 2000 March -37 411 391 20 448 420 28 June 189 522 510 12 333 319 14 September 12 396 385 11 384 368 16 December -5 397 389 8 402 388 14 2001 March -185 349 337 12 534 483 51 June 60 456 445 11 396 381 15 September -119 320 310 10 439 423 16 December -115 334 325 9 449 438 11 2002 March -126 338 322 16 464 433 31 June 122 450 435 15 328 313 15 September -22 327 321 6 349 335 14 December -45 333 327 6 378 367 11 2003 March -129 304 293 11 433 408 25 June 112 427 418 9 315 307 8 September -3 330 322 8 333 323 10 December 2 347 340 7 345 336 9 2004 March -63 313 304 9 376 353 23 June 167 451 441 10 284 276 8 September 28 343 336 7 315 304 11 December 17 351 346 5 334 326 8 2005 March -56 315 306 9 371 352 19 June 180 454 448 6 274 267 7 September 41 356 350 6 315 307 8 December -1 341 338 3 342 336 6 2006 March -22 312 305 7 334 326 8 June 184 460 455 5 276 271 5 September 8 330 326 4 322 316 6 December -18 338 335 3 356 352 4 2007 March -62 297 292 5 359 350 9 June 183 459 455 4 276 272 4 September -19 310 306 4 329 325 4 December 7 338 336 2 331 328 3 2008 March -92 279 273 6 371 363 8 June 112 411 407 4 299 295 4 September -55 296 293 3 351 346 5 December -150 285 282 3 435 430 5 2009 March -309 199 196 3 508 499 9 June 11 359 355 4 348 344 4 September -63 271 268 3 334 331 3 December -37 281 279 2 318 315 3 2010 March -59 240 236 4 299 296 3 June 189 418 414 4 229 226 3 September 26 304 301 3 278 273 5 December 30 319 316 3 289 286 3 2011 March -31 246 243 3 277 273 4 June 176 414 410 4 238 235 3 September 50 323 319 4 273 270 3 December 9 306 304 2 297 295 2 2012 March -6 274 271 3 280 275 5 June 195 434 430 4 239 236 3 September 15 307 303 4 292 287 5 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.