Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Utah Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 47,236 113,377 74,259 39,118 66,141 39,115 27,026 March 1995 46,663 121,251 80,047 41,204 74,588 46,652 27,936 March 1996 43,220 126,559 80,559 46,000 83,339 56,684 26,655 March 1997 39,843 135,901 82,277 53,624 96,058 60,878 35,180 March 1998 24,840 129,692 81,726 47,966 104,852 68,388 36,464 March 1999 22,143 134,965 81,019 53,946 112,822 73,108 39,714 March 2000 22,329 133,732 82,946 50,786 111,403 69,372 42,031 March 2001 14,705 128,320 80,212 48,108 113,615 73,048 40,567 March 2002 -20,611 117,722 71,499 46,223 138,333 88,521 49,812 March 2003 -5,831 113,560 69,793 43,767 119,391 74,854 44,537 March 2004 23,578 125,513 79,367 46,146 101,935 65,633 36,302 March 2005 38,301 133,133 85,075 48,058 94,832 59,665 35,167 March 2006 51,394 149,601 97,782 51,819 98,207 62,339 35,868 March 2007 55,042 150,570 100,768 49,802 95,528 62,642 32,886 March 2008 10,833 133,160 94,265 38,895 122,327 83,171 39,156 March 2009 -60,723 99,654 63,073 36,581 160,377 115,654 44,723 March 2010 -28,167 101,501 67,711 33,790 129,668 90,800 38,868 March 2011 17,102 111,984 79,138 32,846 94,882 63,757 31,125 March 2012 35,342 123,462 87,548 35,914 88,120 59,628 28,492 March 2013 39,389 128,078 91,455 36,623 88,689 63,320 25,369 March 2014 32,025 128,675 93,643 35,032 96,650 70,532 26,118 March 2015 44,921 142,563 101,397 41,166 97,642 69,053 28,589 March 2016 46,949 147,781 108,198 39,583 100,832 71,125 29,707 March 2017 36,263 145,196 104,607 40,589 108,933 77,108 31,825 March 2018 43,927 155,478 109,479 45,999 111,551 77,987 33,564 March 2019 37,700 161,922 109,978 51,944 124,222 86,875 37,347 March 2020 21,161 152,814 105,910 46,904 131,653 91,178 40,475 March 2021 28,773 181,024 130,115 50,909 152,251 116,243 36,008 March 2022 67,351 200,114 141,660 58,454 132,763 93,997 38,766 March 2023 33,884 191,385 130,324 61,061 157,501 110,019 47,482 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.