Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Georgia Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 144,620 434,668 286,315 148,353 290,048 188,601 101,447 March 1995 141,697 451,792 304,521 147,271 310,095 208,737 101,358 March 1996 116,185 476,884 302,711 174,173 360,699 246,284 114,415 March 1997 92,200 477,188 314,263 162,925 384,988 258,354 126,634 March 1998 95,928 544,446 337,929 206,517 448,518 256,410 192,108 March 1999 117,522 571,463 351,462 220,001 453,941 277,847 176,094 March 2000 119,902 571,434 345,512 225,922 451,532 274,545 176,987 March 2001 11,531 527,462 317,865 209,597 515,931 313,411 202,520 March 2002 -99,482 467,177 267,715 199,462 566,659 364,106 202,553 March 2003 -41,199 427,954 273,377 154,577 469,153 312,523 156,630 March 2004 28,980 439,866 287,110 152,756 410,886 264,418 146,468 March 2005 53,518 484,651 316,744 167,907 431,133 247,612 183,521 March 2006 97,686 492,236 321,634 170,602 394,550 250,270 144,280 March 2007 55,904 466,292 302,553 163,739 410,388 266,264 144,124 March 2008 -22,814 431,193 270,686 160,507 454,007 308,157 145,850 March 2009 -221,027 343,934 203,999 139,935 564,961 385,948 179,013 March 2010 -94,593 339,159 212,333 126,826 433,752 293,366 140,386 March 2011 58,265 379,088 260,142 118,946 320,823 200,758 120,065 March 2012 47,661 374,064 250,517 123,547 326,403 209,684 116,719 March 2013 74,332 387,455 264,005 123,450 313,123 207,196 105,927 March 2014 106,823 417,841 288,563 129,278 311,018 205,018 106,000 March 2015 122,220 435,144 301,228 133,916 312,924 210,623 102,301 March 2016 112,620 448,887 314,359 134,528 336,267 224,686 111,581 March 2017 96,663 460,333 308,611 151,722 363,670 231,698 131,972 March 2018 86,847 457,396 312,181 145,215 370,549 247,293 123,256 March 2019 80,114 465,544 319,381 146,163 385,430 255,880 129,550 March 2020 17,108 430,322 290,580 139,742 413,214 279,164 134,050 March 2021 -89,236 452,780 296,527 156,253 542,016 406,008 136,008 March 2022 236,702 623,934 451,645 172,289 387,232 264,577 122,655 March 2023 120,147 561,455 386,807 174,648 441,308 295,260 146,048 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.