Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Louisiana 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 53,268 214,777 135,331 79,446 161,509 96,317 65,192 March 1995 45,112 221,165 139,838 81,327 176,053 110,701 65,352 March 1996 32,065 203,189 142,678 60,511 171,124 111,935 59,189 March 1997 34,771 206,011 136,513 69,498 171,240 116,635 54,605 March 1998 42,636 217,726 151,037 66,689 175,090 117,267 57,823 March 1999 14,781 222,138 144,897 77,241 207,357 139,601 67,756 March 2000 21,056 236,060 157,690 78,370 215,004 139,346 75,658 March 2001 9,887 230,581 158,556 72,025 220,694 139,110 81,584 March 2002 -30,303 198,268 124,365 73,903 228,571 155,435 73,136 March 2003 -555 194,370 129,284 65,086 194,925 129,638 65,287 March 2004 15,274 199,555 135,420 64,135 184,281 129,569 54,712 March 2005 7,894 190,463 128,935 61,528 182,569 130,618 51,951 March 2006 -48,888 224,861 152,440 72,421 273,749 182,008 91,741 March 2007 65,941 248,599 171,488 77,111 182,658 130,065 52,593 March 2008 17,544 205,646 138,249 67,397 188,102 133,929 54,173 March 2009 -25,296 178,981 121,515 57,466 204,277 148,752 55,525 March 2010 -45,399 158,603 105,116 53,487 204,002 150,231 53,771 March 2011 29,877 186,811 132,670 54,141 156,934 109,656 47,278 March 2012 33,901 196,837 139,141 57,696 162,936 113,968 48,968 March 2013 28,197 194,075 137,242 56,833 165,878 113,928 51,950 March 2014 33,011 194,402 131,594 62,808 161,391 115,826 45,565 March 2015 18,263 191,866 133,749 58,117 173,603 125,111 48,492 March 2016 -12,292 180,460 124,325 56,135 192,752 145,572 47,180 March 2017 -8,183 173,344 125,289 48,055 181,527 132,758 48,769 March 2018 15,486 183,429 132,093 51,336 167,943 119,098 48,845 March 2019 -2,322 173,367 123,076 50,291 175,689 125,748 49,941 March 2020 -20,268 161,837 112,665 49,172 182,105 132,886 49,219 March 2021 -86,742 156,234 108,628 47,606 242,976 191,286 51,690 March 2022 52,997 206,973 150,645 56,328 153,976 109,186 44,790 March 2023 35,190 192,861 138,792 54,069 157,671 110,605 47,066 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.