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

South Carolina

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

March 1994       45,696     180,212     117,977       62,235        134,516     90,300       44,216
March 1995       50,437     194,204     132,175       62,029        143,767     97,549       46,218
March 1996       26,378     202,693     127,028       75,665        176,315    121,313       55,002
March 1997       51,065     217,607     141,444       76,163        166,542    111,002       55,540
March 1998       30,943     212,463     144,861       67,602        181,520    115,028       66,492
March 1999       43,004     251,383     145,267      106,116        208,379    130,117       78,262
March 2000       33,668     218,597     148,596       70,001        184,929    125,141       59,788
March 2001      -18,829     203,711     131,034       72,677        222,540    140,732       81,808
March 2002      -45,841     181,166     110,783       70,383        227,007    156,267       70,740
March 2003        8,331     196,861     120,018       76,843        188,530    134,246       54,284
March 2004        7,532     180,953     125,365       55,588        173,421    119,777       53,644
March 2005       24,005     192,726     130,449       62,277        168,721    113,621       55,100
March 2006       28,375     199,613     141,327       58,286        171,238    114,433       56,805
March 2007       50,239     215,750     134,851       80,899        165,511    117,378       48,133
March 2008       -5,812     176,539     125,348       51,191        182,351    130,945       51,406
March 2009     -115,332     128,067      84,067       44,000        243,399    184,441       58,958
March 2010      -35,294     142,280      96,672       45,608        177,574    130,279       47,295
March 2011       32,123     163,230     119,200       44,030        131,107     92,004       39,103
March 2012       31,094     158,983     113,835       45,148        127,889     91,962       35,927

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