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

Oklahoma

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

March 1994       25,143     153,031      96,716       56,315        127,888     72,276       55,612
March 1995       33,912     154,460      97,706       56,754        120,548     74,241       46,307
March 1996       37,946     168,805     103,407       65,398        130,859     74,296       56,563
March 1997       36,158     179,237     108,095       71,142        143,079     80,246       62,833
March 1998       45,207     185,164     119,550       65,614        139,957     81,359       58,598
March 1999       19,963     187,488     117,218       70,270        167,525     96,187       71,338
March 2000       10,963     180,923     114,440       66,483        169,960     96,025       73,935
March 2001       10,345     182,876     114,674       68,202        172,531    103,612       68,919
March 2002      -17,585     170,056      97,580       72,476        187,641    115,870       71,771
March 2003      -28,582     147,687      91,012       56,675        176,269    113,121       63,148
March 2004        2,307     156,286      96,802       59,484        153,979     94,588       59,391
March 2005       27,416     162,778     103,256       59,522        135,362     84,056       51,306
March 2006       43,583     168,211     111,605       56,606        124,628     83,419       41,209
March 2007       24,656     164,770     109,245       55,525        140,114     89,738       50,376
March 2008       21,198     158,555     105,501       53,054        137,357     90,987       46,370
March 2009      -37,717     132,984      85,490       47,494        170,701    119,933       50,768
March 2010      -47,993     108,988      70,491       38,497        156,981    111,137       45,844
March 2011       27,118     138,821      97,505       41,316        111,703     74,227       37,476
March 2012       31,131     146,157     106,499       39,658        115,026     75,436       39,590

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