Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, not seasonally adjusted Puerto Rico Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September -2,292 46,725 39,840 6,885 49,017 33,967 15,050 December 24,457 63,813 53,847 9,966 39,356 31,988 7,368 1993 March -15,652 46,336 34,737 11,599 61,988 54,275 7,713 June 9,069 49,232 40,051 9,181 40,163 34,331 5,832 September 5,293 48,717 41,495 7,222 43,424 34,569 8,855 December 23,487 65,150 57,934 7,216 41,663 29,938 11,725 1994 March -19,812 49,410 33,834 15,576 69,222 55,582 13,640 June 6,092 48,867 40,052 8,815 42,775 34,409 8,366 September 773 47,199 39,605 7,594 46,426 35,731 10,695 December 36,743 73,980 60,920 13,060 37,237 27,253 9,984 1995 March -22,021 45,346 35,327 10,019 67,367 58,596 8,771 June 4,879 50,859 41,733 9,126 45,980 36,507 9,473 September 1,920 50,221 40,590 9,631 48,301 39,263 9,038 December 46,154 81,031 69,047 11,984 34,877 26,964 7,913 1996 March -18,610 56,717 36,515 20,202 75,327 65,194 10,133 June 3,874 49,904 41,797 8,107 46,030 37,667 8,363 September -5,483 47,007 38,298 8,709 52,490 42,123 10,367 December 52,033 86,906 73,594 13,312 34,873 27,284 7,589 1997 March -25,718 52,983 38,175 14,808 78,701 67,285 11,416 June -412 52,662 41,488 11,174 53,074 38,515 14,559 September -12,454 49,526 38,731 10,795 61,980 41,481 20,499 December 43,099 84,297 66,824 17,473 41,198 32,575 8,623 1998 March -25,329 50,232 37,173 13,059 75,561 67,959 7,602 June 3,652 48,593 42,874 5,719 44,941 35,835 9,106 September 2,709 52,356 42,440 9,916 49,647 40,987 8,660 December 33,794 75,145 65,264 9,881 41,351 32,945 8,406 1999 March -18,447 51,518 40,017 11,501 69,965 62,712 7,253 June 17,325 66,185 47,635 18,550 48,860 39,643 9,217 September 64 55,061 43,044 12,017 54,997 40,133 14,864 December 37,119 73,829 64,693 9,136 36,710 29,621 7,089 2000 March -31,423 49,022 37,090 11,932 80,445 71,014 9,431 June 5,790 55,120 42,667 12,453 49,330 41,298 8,032 September -7,232 45,110 38,329 6,781 52,342 43,094 9,248 December 53,154 87,763 75,335 12,428 34,609 27,896 6,713 2001 March -50,982 40,405 31,692 8,713 91,387 77,328 14,059 June -14,270 41,676 35,463 6,213 55,946 44,149 11,797 September -7,460 48,372 38,795 9,577 55,832 41,957 13,875 December 34,774 72,583 66,627 5,956 37,809 27,745 10,064 2002 March -45,571 38,984 30,889 8,095 84,555 72,048 12,507 June -7,103 40,600 35,140 5,460 47,703 39,377 8,326 September -6,926 40,647 37,263 3,384 47,573 34,735 12,838 December 46,079 74,384 67,254 7,130 28,305 22,031 6,274 2003 March -50,405 34,825 28,600 6,225 85,230 70,310 14,920 June -5,712 41,424 38,168 3,256 47,136 38,989 8,147 September -5,229 39,231 36,597 2,634 44,460 34,630 9,830 December 96,047 121,733 63,804 57,929 25,686 21,523 4,163 2004 March -38,903 40,744 31,830 8,914 79,647 69,373 10,274 June 7,641 50,954 39,554 11,400 43,313 37,432 5,881 September -878 46,067 37,296 8,771 46,945 38,865 8,080 December 50,809 82,767 75,360 7,407 31,958 23,751 8,207 2005 March -39,623 45,649 30,368 15,281 85,272 72,963 12,309 June -3,280 46,672 35,942 10,730 49,952 39,602 10,350 September -2,764 44,931 36,638 8,293 47,695 37,824 9,871 December 48,771 75,992 68,774 7,218 27,221 22,418 4,803 2006 March -42,023 39,450 30,611 8,839 81,473 70,504 10,969 June -8,699 41,391 33,319 8,072 50,090 42,292 7,798 September -11,213 42,929 36,398 6,531 54,142 40,279 13,863 December 50,401 81,134 71,880 9,254 30,733 22,660 8,073 2007 March -46,850 37,831 27,611 10,220 84,681 74,364 10,317 June -2,621 43,408 32,589 10,819 46,029 36,554 9,475 September -3,542 44,820 35,870 8,950 48,362 38,027 10,335 December 40,972 71,753 64,710 7,043 30,781 23,688 7,093 2008 March -47,038 36,164 24,179 11,985 83,202 71,969 11,233 June -7,532 39,678 29,744 9,934 47,210 38,278 8,932 September -9,131 38,182 31,670 6,512 47,313 36,318 10,995 December 32,965 65,673 57,396 8,277 32,708 24,665 8,043 2009 March -53,995 31,136 20,930 10,206 85,131 73,710 11,421 June -13,801 33,026 25,599 7,427 46,827 39,086 7,741 September -6,872 35,381 27,378 8,003 42,253 33,843 8,410 December 40,742 66,472 57,019 9,453 25,730 19,140 6,590 2010 March -36,812 30,974 22,747 8,227 67,786 60,345 7,441 June -8,700 31,475 25,704 5,771 40,175 32,912 7,263 September -3,289 35,606 28,821 6,785 38,895 30,179 8,716 December 44,348 67,615 60,045 7,570 23,267 17,167 6,100 2011 March -33,741 29,151 22,527 6,624 62,892 56,459 6,433 June -8,185 31,631 25,884 5,747 39,816 32,134 7,682 September 4,144 39,619 33,298 6,321 35,475 27,491 7,984 December 43,229 66,887 58,452 8,435 23,658 17,511 6,147 2012 March -29,960 32,477 23,957 8,520 62,437 55,902 6,535 June 3,401 39,104 32,171 6,933 35,703 29,598 6,105 September -3,857 36,789 29,383 7,406 40,646 32,321 8,325 December 45,153 70,375 63,599 6,776 25,222 19,417 5,805 2013 March -36,884 30,039 22,462 7,577 66,923 60,169 6,754 June -4,272 34,463 28,075 6,388 38,735 32,287 6,448 September -4,169 37,324 28,797 8,527 41,493 33,761 7,732 December 45,525 68,020 60,732 7,288 22,495 17,323 5,172 2014 March -40,136 28,521 21,744 6,777 68,657 61,556 7,101 June -8,998 31,124 24,571 6,553 40,122 33,566 6,556 September -3,836 33,788 27,172 6,616 37,624 30,535 7,089 December 44,927 65,431 58,836 6,595 20,504 15,177 5,327 2015 March -39,013 27,842 21,031 6,811 66,855 59,473 7,382 June -6,896 32,597 26,648 5,949 39,493 32,447 7,046 September -4,056 36,056 30,106 5,950 40,112 31,939 8,173 December 39,098 62,528 54,455 8,073 23,430 18,939 4,491 2016 March -32,524 29,492 22,702 6,790 62,016 56,481 5,535 June -3,569 31,131 25,920 5,211 34,700 29,308 5,392 September -1,419 34,758 28,675 6,083 36,177 29,370 6,807 December 36,746 59,011 53,354 5,657 22,265 17,368 4,897 2017 March -31,624 27,439 19,216 8,223 59,063 53,646 5,417 June -3,315 29,946 24,546 5,400 33,261 29,364 3,897 September -16,645 25,958 21,724 4,234 42,603 31,008 11,595 December 23,557 68,109 57,831 10,278 44,552 34,045 10,507 2018 March -23,993 42,579 30,009 12,570 66,572 57,364 9,208 June 5,289 43,620 34,131 9,489 38,331 32,407 5,924 September 6,290 41,977 32,764 9,213 35,687 29,688 5,999 December 32,557 59,942 53,263 6,679 27,385 22,833 4,552 2019 March -16,337 36,757 27,829 8,928 53,094 47,599 5,495 June 41 37,282 30,335 6,947 37,241 31,744 5,497 September 625 35,712 28,603 7,109 35,087 28,102 6,985 December 34,347 54,592 47,906 6,686 20,245 15,779 4,466 2020 March -30,431 26,461 21,539 4,922 56,892 49,141 7,751 June -75,411 22,481 17,310 5,171 97,892 76,755 21,137 September 29,084 59,188 45,885 13,303 30,104 23,927 6,177 December 43,396 62,807 54,466 8,341 19,411 16,485 2,926 2021 March -15,839 34,416 26,234 8,182 50,255 45,708 4,547 June 14,541 45,747 36,429 9,318 31,206 27,741 3,465 September 18,860 51,585 44,401 7,184 32,725 26,772 5,953 December 43,410 66,014 57,553 8,461 22,604 19,365 3,239 2022 March -15,945 39,471 33,025 6,446 55,416 49,703 5,713 June 1,416 41,779 34,535 7,244 40,363 35,379 4,984 September 4,411 40,124 33,413 6,711 35,713 30,295 5,418 December 46,372 73,231 66,615 6,616 26,859 23,565 3,294 2023 March -36,957 28,904 23,067 5,837 65,861 61,042 4,819 June 2,659 36,361 30,985 5,376 33,702 29,447 4,255 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.