Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Ohio 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 179,890 605,870 386,712 219,158 425,980 275,739 150,241 March 1995 145,489 605,671 414,495 191,176 460,182 279,210 180,972 March 1996 63,925 558,665 361,606 197,059 494,740 332,557 162,183 March 1997 89,049 570,208 383,172 187,036 481,159 320,380 160,779 March 1998 94,742 575,765 400,066 175,699 481,023 318,157 162,866 March 1999 55,522 599,037 400,914 198,123 543,515 374,541 168,974 March 2000 94,364 600,257 419,368 180,889 505,893 340,550 165,343 March 2001 -40,246 534,332 374,601 159,731 574,578 411,533 163,045 March 2002 -146,192 491,252 324,791 166,461 637,444 465,880 171,564 March 2003 -76,458 467,621 323,880 143,741 544,079 383,513 160,566 March 2004 1,027 477,406 331,157 146,249 476,379 339,431 136,948 March 2005 21,110 474,912 337,906 137,006 453,802 325,677 128,125 March 2006 40,138 479,860 346,204 133,656 439,722 318,826 120,896 March 2007 -22,219 439,035 321,595 117,440 461,254 339,094 122,160 March 2008 -51,124 416,958 308,607 108,351 468,082 342,669 125,413 March 2009 -245,932 338,965 247,802 91,163 584,897 454,657 130,240 March 2010 -122,980 338,817 252,347 86,470 461,797 350,505 111,292 March 2011 74,544 412,002 318,833 93,169 337,458 249,760 87,698 March 2012 112,983 436,868 329,233 107,635 323,885 232,358 91,527 March 2013 47,403 412,386 313,224 99,162 364,983 261,435 103,548 March 2014 72,352 419,304 316,106 103,198 346,952 255,748 91,204 March 2015 72,625 423,255 323,824 99,431 350,630 253,086 97,544 March 2016 83,857 431,613 328,536 103,077 347,756 269,519 78,237 March 2017 34,833 412,292 322,557 89,735 377,459 275,918 101,541 March 2018 47,648 411,892 321,203 90,689 364,244 270,117 94,127 March 2019 23,867 412,226 314,129 98,097 388,359 287,028 101,331 March 2020 -16,830 404,805 301,189 103,616 421,635 321,780 99,855 March 2021 -176,918 385,890 286,053 99,837 562,808 457,524 105,284 March 2022 163,889 536,357 432,834 103,523 372,468 285,528 86,940 March 2023 74,831 495,975 383,072 112,903 421,144 315,808 105,336 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.