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

Massachusetts

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

March 1994       54,730     309,889     207,478      102,411        255,159    174,290       80,869
March 1995       72,408     333,062     227,401      105,661        260,654    179,000       81,654
March 1996       40,122     327,774     223,640      104,134        287,652    183,736      103,916
March 1997       86,268     352,897     235,949      116,948        266,629    173,161       93,468
March 1998       48,419     353,462     244,150      109,312        305,043    203,235      101,808
March 1999       48,079     359,866     240,505      119,361        311,787    207,029      104,758
March 2000       76,914     384,030     265,811      118,219        307,116    199,998      107,118
March 2001       54,057     384,268     274,926      109,342        330,211    222,212      107,999
March 2002      -91,496     299,851     209,823       90,028        391,347    281,955      109,392
March 2003      -61,066     276,582     187,661       88,921        337,648    231,176      106,472
March 2004      -10,770     265,603     192,228       73,375        276,373    191,415       84,958
March 2005        4,395     270,623     189,690       80,933        266,228    186,780       79,448
March 2006       32,132     280,821     206,581       74,240        248,689    171,502       77,187
March 2007       32,415     274,981     201,199       73,782        242,566    169,171       73,395
March 2008       26,740     270,342     196,149       74,193        243,602    171,757       71,845
March 2009     -103,014     209,729     151,864       57,865        312,743    235,389       77,354
March 2010      -26,272     224,134     160,480       63,654        250,406    185,686       64,720
March 2011       36,933     243,258     183,681       59,577        206,325    145,201       61,124
March 2012       55,456     261,492     190,459       71,033        206,036    140,708       65,328

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