Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 20 or more 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 280 3,113 2,334 779 2,833 2,156 677 December 13 2,876 2,159 717 2,863 2,220 643 1993 March 166 2,990 2,154 836 2,824 2,131 693 June 291 2,935 2,255 680 2,644 2,028 616 September 397 3,137 2,400 737 2,740 2,129 611 December 269 3,059 2,315 744 2,790 2,149 641 1994 March 354 3,113 2,356 757 2,759 2,112 647 June 451 3,180 2,383 797 2,729 2,066 663 September 595 3,347 2,555 792 2,752 2,189 563 December 247 3,104 2,382 722 2,857 2,223 634 1995 March 419 3,304 2,512 792 2,885 2,267 618 June 133 3,144 2,352 792 3,011 2,346 665 September 426 3,368 2,607 761 2,942 2,253 689 December 198 3,291 2,479 812 3,093 2,381 712 1996 March 232 3,390 2,551 839 3,158 2,475 683 June 384 3,399 2,529 870 3,015 2,336 679 September 290 3,486 2,628 858 3,196 2,459 737 December 430 3,457 2,580 877 3,027 2,325 702 1997 March 397 3,505 2,636 869 3,108 2,382 726 June 332 3,343 2,507 836 3,011 2,313 698 September 454 3,689 2,816 873 3,235 2,409 826 December 379 3,753 2,780 973 3,374 2,384 990 1998 March 525 3,936 2,887 1,049 3,411 2,490 921 June 162 3,690 2,640 1,050 3,528 2,576 952 September 450 3,664 2,712 952 3,214 2,416 798 December 393 3,562 2,726 836 3,169 2,394 775 1999 March 214 3,770 2,793 977 3,556 2,646 910 June 343 3,553 2,639 914 3,210 2,429 781 September 300 3,578 2,736 842 3,278 2,468 810 December 537 3,672 2,836 836 3,135 2,374 761 2000 March 468 3,780 2,930 850 3,312 2,533 779 June 253 3,471 2,731 740 3,218 2,479 739 September 119 3,507 2,723 784 3,388 2,595 793 December 214 3,487 2,731 756 3,273 2,526 747 2001 March -131 3,625 2,832 793 3,756 2,854 902 June -597 3,233 2,478 755 3,830 2,997 833 September -715 3,050 2,301 749 3,765 2,952 813 December -582 3,000 2,280 720 3,582 2,812 770 2002 March 81 3,431 2,636 795 3,350 2,600 750 June 14 3,210 2,445 765 3,196 2,447 749 September -120 3,018 2,352 666 3,138 2,464 674 December -134 2,891 2,276 615 3,025 2,370 655 2003 March -73 3,036 2,411 625 3,109 2,445 664 June -65 2,812 2,240 572 2,877 2,294 583 September 85 2,785 2,213 572 2,700 2,164 536 December 159 2,862 2,273 589 2,703 2,136 567 2004 March 264 2,989 2,409 580 2,725 2,143 582 June 399 2,975 2,393 582 2,576 2,011 565 September 112 2,867 2,262 605 2,755 2,141 614 December 313 2,900 2,320 580 2,587 2,034 553 2005 March 307 2,861 2,324 537 2,554 2,030 524 June 326 2,871 2,340 531 2,545 2,044 501 September 362 2,971 2,409 562 2,609 2,068 541 December 246 2,834 2,295 539 2,588 2,115 473 2006 March 346 2,724 2,248 476 2,378 1,956 422 June 245 2,811 2,287 524 2,566 2,106 460 September 89 2,651 2,160 491 2,562 2,129 433 December 244 2,771 2,256 515 2,527 2,110 417 2007 March 269 2,729 2,254 475 2,460 2,042 418 June 186 2,748 2,286 462 2,562 2,113 449 September -47 2,505 2,018 487 2,552 2,135 417 December 239 2,723 2,239 484 2,484 2,083 401 2008 March -36 2,505 2,029 476 2,541 2,120 421 June -16 2,638 2,173 465 2,654 2,188 466 September -312 2,402 1,957 445 2,714 2,309 405 December -717 2,330 1,913 417 3,047 2,615 432 2009 March -1,090 1,925 1,566 359 3,015 2,591 424 June -632 2,285 1,875 410 2,917 2,532 385 September -140 2,276 1,905 371 2,416 2,056 360 December 8 2,307 1,945 362 2,299 1,954 345 2010 March 83 2,090 1,751 339 2,007 1,694 313 June 497 2,518 2,126 392 2,021 1,733 288 September 244 2,328 1,960 368 2,084 1,765 319 December 270 2,445 2,054 391 2,175 1,842 333 2011 March 187 2,081 1,758 323 1,894 1,603 291 June 317 2,415 2,033 382 2,098 1,787 311 September 526 2,526 2,124 402 2,000 1,710 290 December 165 2,380 1,984 396 2,215 1,840 375 2012 March 359 2,327 1,959 368 1,968 1,613 355 June 356 2,509 2,117 392 2,153 1,797 356 September 216 2,413 2,020 393 2,197 1,840 357 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.