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

Pennsylvania

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

March 1994       41,741     534,259     339,174      195,085        492,518    295,064      197,454
March 1995       80,828     546,011     364,971      181,040        465,183    296,518      168,665
March 1996       30,974     508,248     323,046      185,202        477,274    313,105      164,169
March 1997      100,235     576,320     365,696      210,624        476,085    311,459      164,626
March 1998      111,700     592,678     377,087      215,591        480,978    306,039      174,939
March 1999       78,501     573,532     377,760      195,772        495,031    331,268      163,763
March 2000      101,358     605,104     397,636      207,468        503,746    330,278      173,468
March 2001       45,453     565,785     382,109      183,676        520,332    374,809      145,523
March 2002      -74,267     542,974     341,700      201,274        617,241    430,981      186,260
March 2003      -52,368     501,305     335,644      165,661        553,673    381,408      172,265
March 2004        9,234     499,969     346,493      153,476        490,735    342,090      148,645
March 2005       47,500     496,775     347,399      149,376        449,275    316,251      133,024
March 2006       71,863     504,098     355,212      148,886        432,235    299,689      132,546
March 2007       40,572     461,195     333,062      128,133        420,623    307,244      113,379
March 2008       24,703     449,975     334,155      115,820        425,272    309,321      115,951
March 2009     -166,521     371,119     263,614      107,505        537,640    415,280      122,360
March 2010      -74,224     380,071     279,761      100,310        454,295    344,142      110,153
March 2011       95,705     446,866     337,238      109,628        351,161    260,737       90,424
March 2012       92,035     461,424     342,848      118,576        369,389    262,887      106,502

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