Table 1.  Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Florida

                                         Gross job gains                       Gross job losses
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994      214,493     891,231     586,571      304,660        676,738    404,338      272,400
March 1995      212,002     935,296     584,119      351,177        723,294    430,745      292,549
March 1996      131,566     966,717     585,005      381,712        835,151    509,824      325,327
March 1997      185,384   1,023,419     622,164      401,255        838,035    442,607      395,428
March 1998      157,285   1,065,467     663,636      401,831        908,182    437,861      470,321
March 1999      253,793   1,198,542     663,655      534,887        944,749    516,113      428,636
March 2000      225,684   1,118,632     697,347      421,285        892,948    485,817      407,131
March 2001      157,078   1,148,833     671,744      477,089        991,755    568,151      423,604
March 2002      -88,881     985,736     586,569      399,167      1,074,617    680,260      394,357
March 2003       96,260   1,067,705     652,272      415,433        971,445    563,291      408,154
March 2004      109,245   1,053,106     633,036      420,070        943,861    582,903      360,958
March 2005      293,043   1,172,071     768,996      403,075        879,028    504,389      374,639
March 2006      282,208   1,096,426     676,766      419,660        814,218    488,968      325,250
March 2007       49,603     976,305     610,977      365,328        926,702    574,694      352,008
March 2008     -196,623     912,019     510,629      401,390      1,108,642    700,482      408,160
March 2009     -532,741     710,660     384,232      326,428      1,243,401    791,472      451,929
March 2010     -179,757     699,102     413,420      285,682        878,859    568,670      310,189
March 2011       78,302     783,098     501,222      281,876        704,796    418,159      286,637
March 2012      157,243     833,815     519,195      314,620        676,572    405,387      271,185

(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.