Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, not seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 Jobs (In thousands) 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 -128 2,041 1,684 357 2,169 1,841 328 December 83 2,137 1,744 393 2,054 1,702 352 1993 March -327 2,022 1,634 388 2,349 1,875 474 June 772 2,537 2,074 463 1,765 1,455 310 September -19 2,139 1,770 369 2,158 1,848 310 December 164 2,232 1,844 388 2,068 1,723 345 1994 March -334 2,071 1,700 371 2,405 1,927 478 June 811 2,636 2,150 486 1,825 1,504 321 September -2 2,227 1,846 381 2,229 1,905 324 December 125 2,291 1,889 402 2,166 1,795 371 1995 March -274 2,173 1,779 394 2,447 1,977 470 June 711 2,627 2,153 474 1,916 1,593 323 September -111 2,218 1,849 369 2,329 1,974 355 December 113 2,330 1,908 422 2,217 1,840 377 1996 March -296 2,211 1,794 417 2,507 2,004 503 June 743 2,694 2,200 494 1,951 1,616 335 September -115 2,263 1,870 393 2,378 2,017 361 December 191 2,429 1,975 454 2,238 1,855 383 1997 March -250 2,292 1,866 426 2,542 2,031 511 June 751 2,755 2,254 501 2,004 1,659 345 September -84 2,333 1,935 398 2,417 2,045 372 December 153 2,464 2,014 450 2,311 1,898 413 1998 March -320 2,302 1,851 451 2,622 2,074 548 June 865 2,849 2,293 556 1,984 1,651 333 September -147 2,336 1,935 401 2,483 2,104 379 December 220 2,515 2,066 449 2,295 1,900 395 1999 March -344 2,329 1,892 437 2,673 2,125 548 June 756 2,847 2,323 524 2,091 1,707 384 September -164 2,383 1,964 419 2,547 2,132 415 December 276 2,608 2,104 504 2,332 1,926 406 2000 March -329 2,408 1,939 469 2,737 2,178 559 June 730 2,868 2,351 517 2,138 1,766 372 September -189 2,414 1,978 436 2,603 2,185 418 December 110 2,544 2,062 482 2,434 2,007 427 2001 March -403 2,368 1,913 455 2,771 2,182 589 June 633 2,807 2,287 520 2,174 1,791 383 September -412 2,280 1,864 416 2,692 2,252 440 December -33 2,430 1,950 480 2,463 2,044 419 2002 March -480 2,282 1,830 452 2,762 2,182 580 June 648 2,787 2,249 538 2,139 1,756 383 September -240 2,329 1,904 425 2,569 2,169 400 December 37 2,470 1,980 490 2,433 2,007 426 2003 March -577 2,251 1,794 457 2,828 2,237 591 June 672 2,789 2,262 527 2,117 1,736 381 September -200 2,345 1,924 421 2,545 2,144 401 December 129 2,514 2,013 501 2,385 1,970 415 2004 March -391 2,368 1,902 466 2,759 2,171 588 June 752 2,871 2,334 537 2,119 1,729 390 September -206 2,394 1,949 445 2,600 2,171 429 December 210 2,622 2,088 534 2,412 1,990 422 2005 March -470 2,398 1,913 485 2,868 2,245 623 June 787 2,956 2,376 580 2,169 1,771 398 September -116 2,505 2,029 476 2,621 2,198 423 December 147 2,657 2,108 549 2,510 2,074 436 2006 March -328 2,524 2,020 504 2,852 2,232 620 June 743 2,992 2,422 570 2,249 1,838 411 September -289 2,463 2,009 454 2,752 2,297 455 December 134 2,695 2,130 565 2,561 2,094 467 2007 March -428 2,527 2,013 514 2,955 2,303 652 June 667 2,988 2,420 568 2,321 1,878 443 September -345 2,478 2,000 478 2,823 2,353 470 December 84 2,701 2,130 571 2,617 2,139 478 2008 March -654 2,433 1,936 497 3,087 2,385 702 June 440 2,872 2,299 573 2,432 1,952 480 September -522 2,349 1,885 464 2,871 2,382 489 December -416 2,414 1,867 547 2,830 2,286 544 2009 March -1,210 2,084 1,612 472 3,294 2,530 764 June 226 2,626 2,060 566 2,400 1,921 479 September -589 2,176 1,734 442 2,765 2,252 513 December -94 2,430 1,861 569 2,524 2,023 501 2010 March -735 2,189 1,721 468 2,924 2,216 708 June 691 2,812 2,240 572 2,121 1,683 438 September -256 2,323 1,853 470 2,579 2,110 469 December 157 2,556 1,978 578 2,399 1,921 478 2011 March -495 2,316 1,832 484 2,811 2,141 670 June 725 2,855 2,272 583 2,130 1,679 451 September -133 2,422 1,949 473 2,555 2,106 449 December 128 2,548 1,993 555 2,420 1,948 472 2012 March -268 2,481 1,934 547 2,749 2,115 634 June 764 2,883 2,323 560 2,119 1,717 402 September -244 2,361 1,924 437 2,605 2,171 434 December 261 2,616 2,061 555 2,355 1,932 423 2013 March -405 2,406 1,944 462 2,811 2,173 638 June 780 2,936 2,383 553 2,156 1,736 420 September -142 2,455 2,004 451 2,597 2,179 418 December 223 2,659 2,114 545 2,436 1,999 437 2014 March -388 2,462 1,983 479 2,850 2,223 627 June 821 3,014 2,463 551 2,193 1,780 413 September -151 2,498 2,042 456 2,649 2,233 416 December 302 2,755 2,202 553 2,453 2,010 443 2015 March -440 2,508 2,009 499 2,948 2,296 652 June 818 3,067 2,504 563 2,249 1,825 424 September -198 2,540 2,074 466 2,738 2,301 437 December 311 2,849 2,247 602 2,538 2,082 456 2016 March -391 2,567 2,063 504 2,958 2,313 645 June 650 3,026 2,463 563 2,376 1,925 451 September -178 2,603 2,118 485 2,781 2,328 453 December 193 2,814 2,215 599 2,621 2,140 481 2017 March -326 2,652 2,121 531 2,978 2,329 649 June 695 3,086 2,510 576 2,391 1,943 448 September -395 2,525 2,054 471 2,920 2,443 477 December 316 2,902 2,281 621 2,586 2,111 475 2018 March -389 2,671 2,134 537 3,060 2,371 689 June 716 3,153 2,544 609 2,437 1,986 451 September -367 2,579 2,098 481 2,946 2,467 479 December 288 2,925 2,298 627 2,637 2,151 486 2019 March -368 2,707 2,152 555 3,075 2,377 698 June 649 3,138 2,541 597 2,489 2,011 478 September -323 2,606 2,115 491 2,929 2,459 470 December 257 2,940 2,280 660 2,683 2,185 498 2020 March -728 2,608 2,034 574 3,336 2,533 803 June -1,140 2,457 1,820 637 3,597 2,784 813 September 395 3,117 2,370 747 2,722 2,166 556 December 603 3,118 2,358 760 2,515 2,000 515 2021 March -6 2,922 2,236 686 2,928 2,245 683 June 1,019 3,442 2,709 733 2,423 1,922 501 September 5 2,994 2,347 647 2,989 2,426 563 December 812 3,450 2,623 827 2,638 2,108 530 2022 March -88 3,099 2,381 718 3,187 2,404 783 June 847 3,498 2,738 760 2,651 2,088 563 September -51 2,990 2,400 590 3,041 2,476 565 December 333 3,183 2,426 757 2,850 2,283 567 2023 March -249 2,968 2,324 644 3,217 2,426 791 June 758 3,379 2,692 687 2,621 2,082 539 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.