Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Missouri 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 74,573 273,724 190,863 82,861 199,151 133,305 65,846 March 1995 68,133 292,838 202,967 89,871 224,705 152,986 71,719 March 1996 25,317 271,459 185,214 86,245 246,142 164,634 81,508 March 1997 64,872 291,399 178,909 112,490 226,527 156,879 69,648 March 1998 38,399 285,102 191,035 94,067 246,703 171,717 74,986 March 1999 30,723 310,746 205,616 105,130 280,023 174,370 105,653 March 2000 35,891 284,460 197,791 86,669 248,569 163,050 85,519 March 2001 -7,157 268,690 184,399 84,291 275,847 183,298 92,549 March 2002 -47,036 254,029 163,062 90,967 301,065 201,459 99,606 March 2003 -17,881 252,575 166,619 85,956 270,456 183,049 87,407 March 2004 3,872 254,087 177,683 76,404 250,215 165,762 84,453 March 2005 38,187 264,817 181,059 83,758 226,630 146,239 80,391 March 2006 32,594 258,984 178,484 80,500 226,390 151,501 74,889 March 2007 25,741 254,449 169,482 84,967 228,708 158,039 70,669 March 2008 -1,694 240,952 160,454 80,498 242,646 172,882 69,764 March 2009 -96,356 213,411 144,357 69,054 309,767 222,717 87,050 March 2010 -63,012 205,228 133,768 71,460 268,240 188,256 79,984 March 2011 15,562 216,246 151,339 64,907 200,684 135,881 64,803 March 2012 36,899 224,378 157,058 67,320 187,479 130,979 56,500 March 2013 20,869 226,960 157,900 69,060 206,091 142,495 63,596 March 2014 25,931 211,760 153,149 58,611 185,829 132,008 53,821 March 2015 43,842 225,073 163,293 61,780 181,231 126,212 55,019 March 2016 52,168 233,642 167,870 65,772 181,474 128,175 53,299 March 2017 36,666 228,306 158,283 70,023 191,640 137,880 53,760 March 2018 11,709 224,096 155,611 68,485 212,387 141,543 70,844 March 2019 14,853 224,120 154,774 69,346 209,267 145,076 64,191 March 2020 1,365 221,839 153,372 68,467 220,474 156,021 64,453 March 2021 -66,161 232,653 161,407 71,246 298,814 229,872 68,942 March 2022 82,917 297,765 213,715 84,050 214,848 152,103 62,745 March 2023 59,894 287,292 204,207 83,085 227,398 156,461 70,937 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.