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

Wisconsin

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

March 1994       55,867     237,387     163,341       74,046        181,520    125,570       55,950
March 1995       78,366     266,139     183,230       82,909        187,773    128,179       59,594
March 1996       32,845     247,354     167,655       79,699        214,509    147,387       67,122
March 1997       34,797     243,957     159,454       84,503        209,160    148,911       60,249
March 1998       58,466     264,585     178,891       85,694        206,119    142,703       63,416
March 1999       48,755     267,041     183,285       83,756        218,286    156,157       62,129
March 2000       62,391     268,667     198,409       70,258        206,276    146,922       59,354
March 2001      -18,605     228,777     169,272       59,505        247,382    181,909       65,473
March 2002      -52,873     220,550     147,716       72,834        273,423    203,797       69,626
March 2003       -7,832     215,818     153,577       62,241        223,650    159,607       64,043
March 2004       18,999     216,900     155,873       61,027        197,901    146,550       51,351
March 2005       42,809     225,633     164,642       60,991        182,824    130,497       52,327
March 2006       23,172     220,672     159,852       60,820        197,500    142,155       55,345
March 2007       15,136     223,097     163,806       59,291        207,961    150,413       57,548
March 2008        4,408     202,850     151,910       50,940        198,442    143,391       55,051
March 2009     -118,617     164,122     115,280       48,842        282,739    222,572       60,167
March 2010      -52,681     168,444     124,359       44,085        221,125    168,617       52,508
March 2011       40,148     206,006     157,326       48,680        165,858    119,532       46,326
March 2012       36,920     202,452     153,717       48,735        165,532    117,025       48,507

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