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

Oregon

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

March 1994       52,843     166,545     114,079       52,466        113,702     73,673       40,029
March 1995       60,391     180,691     126,252       54,439        120,300     76,940       43,360
March 1996       46,281     187,727     129,436       58,291        141,446     85,176       56,270
March 1997       54,048     208,170     131,485       76,685        154,122     92,373       61,749
March 1998       33,334     179,941     126,357       53,584        146,607     95,584       51,023
March 1999       19,302     197,034     136,160       60,874        177,732    106,245       71,487
March 2000       22,784     188,556     127,098       61,458        165,772    100,311       65,461
March 2001        8,657     185,160     122,112       63,048        176,503    112,127       64,376
March 2002      -44,811     152,878      99,407       53,471        197,689    133,409       64,280
March 2003       -1,689     155,518     106,674       48,844        157,207    104,985       52,222
March 2004       17,780     157,323     108,281       49,042        139,543     93,184       46,359
March 2005       45,500     173,022     123,671       49,351        127,522     80,709       46,813
March 2006       47,231     171,098     123,661       47,437        123,867     85,774       38,093
March 2007       32,605     164,598     118,747       45,851        131,993     93,782       38,211
March 2008          142     152,059     109,048       43,011        151,917    107,248       44,669
March 2009     -115,247     111,307      72,869       38,438        226,554    170,666       55,888
March 2010      -31,438     120,843      85,917       34,926        152,281    108,682       43,599
March 2011       22,291     139,159     101,162       37,997        116,868     80,238       36,630
March 2012       27,382     143,596     103,427       40,169        116,214     79,927       36,287

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