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

Georgia

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

March 1994      144,673     434,709     286,278      148,431        290,036    188,592      101,444
March 1995      141,725     451,818     304,484      147,334        310,093    208,733      101,360
March 1996      116,186     476,875     302,701      174,174        360,689    246,274      114,415
March 1997       92,221     477,197     314,262      162,935        384,976    258,349      126,627
March 1998       95,936     544,451     337,817      206,634        448,515    256,409      192,106
March 1999      117,514     571,457     351,462      219,995        453,943    277,846      176,097
March 2000      119,939     571,471     345,506      225,965        451,532    274,545      176,987
March 2001       11,695     527,631     317,867      209,764        515,936    313,414      202,522
March 2002      -99,598     467,210     267,717      199,493        566,808    364,109      202,699
March 2003      -41,292     427,926     273,375      154,551        469,218    312,525      156,693
March 2004       29,075     439,953     287,109      152,844        410,878    264,418      146,460
March 2005       53,492     484,689     316,747      167,942        431,197    247,612      183,585
March 2006       97,660     492,245     321,635      170,610        394,585    250,270      144,315
March 2007       55,944     466,339     302,554      163,785        410,395    266,265      144,130
March 2008      -22,769     431,268     270,687      160,581        454,037    308,166      145,871
March 2009     -221,062     343,966     204,001      139,965        565,028    385,949      179,079
March 2010      -94,550     339,243     212,337      126,906        433,793    293,366      140,427
March 2011       58,295     379,221     260,142      119,079        320,926    200,758      120,168
March 2012       46,303     375,516     251,712      123,804        329,213    209,071      120,142

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