Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Washington Total private Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 1,519 41,591 32,351 9,240 37,997 30,276 7,721 December 298 39,188 30,940 8,248 39,203 31,253 7,950 1993 March 3,389 43,268 31,815 11,453 37,990 29,926 8,064 June 2,010 41,252 32,489 8,763 36,722 29,969 6,753 September 2,490 41,328 32,377 8,951 36,879 30,418 6,461 December 1,568 43,491 33,084 10,407 39,769 30,930 8,839 1994 March -969 41,061 32,675 8,386 40,776 31,421 9,355 June 1,821 43,040 33,278 9,762 39,224 31,283 7,941 September 2,346 45,355 34,027 11,328 40,972 31,990 8,982 December -651 43,629 33,392 10,237 43,162 32,274 10,888 1995 March 733 44,160 33,653 10,507 41,571 31,797 9,774 June 1,441 44,042 32,831 11,211 42,418 32,648 9,770 September 1,859 43,834 33,341 10,493 41,817 33,183 8,634 December -1,817 42,789 33,580 9,209 43,782 32,756 11,026 1996 March -772 43,583 34,076 9,507 42,266 31,987 10,279 June 1,687 45,432 34,311 11,121 41,988 32,554 9,434 September 1,498 44,688 34,492 10,196 41,186 32,488 8,698 December 1,856 46,738 34,641 12,097 42,631 32,390 10,241 1997 March -1,119 50,937 41,757 9,180 41,565 31,266 10,299 June 5,331 49,242 34,589 14,653 48,020 38,698 9,322 September 1,846 48,498 35,833 12,665 44,654 33,835 10,819 December 1,879 49,242 36,775 12,467 43,875 33,287 10,588 1998 March 154 47,222 35,420 11,802 47,084 35,436 11,648 June 4,117 53,117 38,096 15,021 45,265 34,361 10,904 September -978 47,626 37,276 10,350 47,005 35,677 11,328 December 1,648 50,399 37,270 13,129 46,595 35,114 11,481 1999 March -1,070 51,913 39,415 12,498 47,953 34,385 13,568 June 54 51,152 36,995 14,157 51,044 36,941 14,103 September 1,276 52,761 37,456 15,305 49,628 35,599 14,029 December 2,314 54,052 38,845 15,207 48,236 35,343 12,893 2000 March -12 51,563 37,554 14,009 50,297 36,276 14,021 June 3,961 53,750 37,600 16,150 49,070 36,881 12,189 September -576 52,945 38,482 14,463 51,768 36,729 15,039 December -1,132 51,521 38,211 13,310 50,689 36,247 14,442 2001 March 567 52,634 37,843 14,791 51,304 37,080 14,224 June 2,403 50,850 36,016 14,834 51,234 38,803 12,431 September -338 48,654 35,262 13,392 52,182 38,452 13,730 December 842 48,236 34,730 13,506 51,142 38,478 12,664 2002 March -737 47,206 34,104 13,102 50,974 37,135 13,839 June 1,032 50,129 35,653 14,476 48,950 35,506 13,444 September 1,043 50,578 36,643 13,935 48,460 35,568 12,892 December -3,062 48,083 36,741 11,342 50,600 36,196 14,404 2003 March 9,024 54,713 36,146 18,567 46,230 36,687 9,543 June 3,799 50,107 36,434 13,673 47,636 37,762 9,874 September -1,642 49,482 37,241 12,241 50,095 36,212 13,883 December 232 49,820 37,748 12,072 47,736 35,896 11,840 2004 March -2,090 49,692 38,690 11,002 48,845 35,753 13,092 June -1,650 49,810 38,465 11,345 49,532 36,537 12,995 September 891 49,098 37,969 11,129 46,729 36,491 10,238 December 1,377 50,176 39,138 11,038 45,933 36,272 9,661 2005 March -1,115 49,816 39,142 10,674 48,619 36,830 11,789 June -289 49,192 38,763 10,429 47,852 37,134 10,718 September 450 50,412 39,463 10,949 46,817 36,318 10,499 December 1,006 50,423 39,821 10,602 46,446 36,850 9,596 2006 March 758 50,678 39,858 10,820 47,094 37,032 10,062 June 364 50,397 39,901 10,496 48,265 38,133 10,132 September -23 50,670 39,589 11,081 49,750 38,646 11,104 December -59 49,349 39,090 10,259 48,010 37,692 10,318 2007 March 2,860 55,582 43,122 12,460 45,837 36,237 9,600 June 258 51,371 40,524 10,847 50,435 39,846 10,589 September -965 49,737 39,334 10,403 51,146 39,778 11,368 December 793 51,301 39,838 11,463 49,293 38,623 10,670 2008 March 2,365 52,939 40,135 12,804 49,257 38,818 10,439 June -1,526 48,786 38,164 10,622 53,493 41,345 12,148 September 1,623 49,366 37,648 11,718 50,291 40,196 10,095 December -6,417 42,473 33,394 9,079 58,491 42,995 15,496 2009 March 4,348 50,766 34,965 15,801 53,235 41,782 11,453 June 1,800 46,885 34,957 11,928 50,397 40,269 10,128 September 2,151 46,714 34,859 11,855 47,783 38,079 9,704 December 2,485 45,498 34,232 11,266 45,737 36,956 8,781 2010 March 2,021 46,109 34,466 11,643 46,546 36,924 9,622 June 203 45,647 35,973 9,674 44,926 35,455 9,471 September -56 46,495 36,124 10,371 45,282 34,855 10,427 December 893 46,525 36,323 10,202 44,208 34,899 9,309 2011 March 664 45,275 35,162 10,113 45,834 36,385 9,449 June -1,448 47,045 36,978 10,067 45,958 34,443 11,515 September -84 46,915 37,369 9,546 43,536 33,906 9,630 December -1,843 45,398 36,294 9,104 46,330 35,383 10,947 2012 March 1,549 45,633 35,811 9,822 44,235 35,962 8,273 June -2,543 47,427 38,306 9,121 45,211 33,547 11,664 September -595 46,133 36,724 9,409 45,120 35,116 10,004 December 282 46,739 37,430 9,309 43,643 34,616 9,027 2013 March -107 47,092 37,642 9,450 44,286 34,729 9,557 June 117 47,425 38,628 8,797 43,056 34,376 8,680 September 271 47,922 38,771 9,151 43,384 34,504 8,880 December 3,562 47,774 38,150 9,624 41,370 35,308 6,062 2014 March 3,593 47,470 37,743 9,727 43,345 37,211 6,134 June -7,303 46,503 39,295 7,208 49,556 35,045 14,511 September 6,918 49,423 38,870 10,553 39,859 36,224 3,635 December 780 46,431 39,683 6,748 44,040 38,072 5,968 2015 March -10,029 46,379 40,379 6,000 53,401 37,372 16,029 June -2,494 47,355 40,608 6,747 46,563 37,322 9,241 September -1,269 46,074 39,517 6,557 45,634 37,808 7,826 December 1,407 48,049 40,166 7,883 43,511 37,035 6,476 2016 March 2,405 50,242 41,332 8,910 43,018 36,513 6,505 June 2,087 47,108 39,825 7,283 42,839 37,643 5,196 September -1,785 46,486 40,166 6,320 45,747 37,642 8,105 December -8,264 59,074 49,644 9,430 55,707 38,013 17,694 2017 March -496 45,805 40,083 5,722 43,796 37,578 6,218 June 3,765 51,777 40,192 11,585 46,078 38,258 7,820 September 3,529 48,573 38,797 9,776 47,306 41,059 6,247 December 3,379 49,168 40,907 8,261 43,231 38,349 4,882 2018 March -1,619 57,513 46,967 10,546 50,450 38,285 12,165 June 16,515 62,461 40,364 22,097 57,223 51,641 5,582 September 1,974 48,374 39,218 9,156 47,470 40,288 7,182 December 104 47,195 41,080 6,115 44,616 38,605 6,011 2019 March -2,365 46,523 39,684 6,839 49,236 40,032 9,204 June 359 48,209 40,815 7,394 45,836 38,801 7,035 September 2,166 47,725 39,697 8,028 45,645 39,783 5,862 December 950 51,372 41,818 9,554 49,005 40,401 8,604 2020 March -798 53,626 46,351 7,275 50,499 42,426 8,073 June -8,236 34,682 28,277 6,405 79,135 64,494 14,641 September 2,927 58,214 47,820 10,394 41,813 34,346 7,467 December 2,789 52,056 43,406 8,650 43,632 37,771 5,861 2021 March 811 52,663 44,896 7,767 44,251 37,295 6,956 June 1,109 53,120 44,473 8,647 46,133 38,595 7,538 September 346 54,760 45,117 9,643 49,143 39,846 9,297 December 10,942 64,291 47,436 16,855 45,317 39,404 5,913 2022 March 7,479 62,267 48,118 14,149 46,114 39,444 6,670 June -14,505 55,213 44,613 10,600 68,317 43,212 25,105 September 5,181 53,420 44,318 9,102 44,634 40,713 3,921 December 5,130 51,529 43,716 7,813 43,115 40,432 2,683 2023 March 875 51,802 45,192 6,610 45,394 39,659 5,735 June 355 50,248 43,746 6,502 46,800 40,653 6,147 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.