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

Iowa

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

March 1994       29,986     129,424      87,524       41,900         99,438     71,236       28,202
March 1995       53,334     144,266      98,066       46,200         90,932     61,949       28,983
March 1996       23,816     133,778      92,059       41,719        109,962     79,205       30,757
March 1997       15,227     134,295      93,576       40,719        119,068     83,408       35,660
March 1998       36,063     147,981      99,659       48,322        111,918     80,158       31,760
March 1999       14,584     150,211     103,108       47,103        135,627     85,589       50,038
March 2000       28,368     148,861      93,687       55,174        120,493     83,182       37,311
March 2001      -10,056     133,580      92,457       41,123        143,636     99,241       44,395
March 2002      -27,813     122,582      83,492       39,090        150,395    100,355       50,040
March 2003      -11,024     109,970      75,280       34,690        120,994     87,179       33,815
March 2004       14,806     119,486      83,261       36,225        104,680     74,213       30,467
March 2005       26,298     127,806      92,675       35,131        101,508     71,882       29,626
March 2006       22,659     131,114      92,677       38,437        108,455     75,827       32,628
March 2007       11,474     123,148      87,356       35,792        111,674     83,196       28,478
March 2008       10,205     120,592      84,657       35,935        110,387     78,506       31,881
March 2009      -40,576      99,556      71,947       27,609        140,132    107,117       33,015
March 2010      -22,268      93,443      68,023       25,420        115,711     89,555       26,156
March 2011       11,654     106,013      82,678       23,335         94,359     69,241       25,118
March 2012       27,839     118,279      86,036       32,243         90,440     65,631       24,809

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