Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Wyoming

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994          526       6,248       4,322        1,926          4,780      3,380        1,400
March 1995          470       6,367       4,443        1,924          5,181      3,727        1,454
March 1996          209       5,924       4,130        1,794          5,693      4,108        1,585
March 1997          212       6,121       4,308        1,813          5,501      3,900        1,601
March 1998          333       6,502       4,469        2,033          5,640      3,940        1,700
March 1999          177       6,549       4,570        1,979          5,793      3,991        1,802
March 2000          348       6,619       4,657        1,962          5,686      4,072        1,614
March 2001          299       6,659       4,587        2,072          6,034      4,261        1,773
March 2002          205       6,609       4,624        1,985          6,056      4,276        1,780
March 2003          137       6,402       4,497        1,905          6,201      4,433        1,768
March 2004          413       7,111       5,015        2,096          5,837      4,154        1,683
March 2005          423       7,273       5,089        2,184          6,062      4,301        1,761
March 2006          544       7,827       5,514        2,313          6,059      4,290        1,769
March 2007          609       7,903       5,533        2,370          6,452      4,691        1,761
March 2008          390       8,016       5,682        2,334          6,824      4,880        1,944
March 2009         -204       6,952       4,884        2,068          7,938      5,666        2,272
March 2010         -305       6,019       4,117        1,902          8,274      6,067        2,207
March 2011           72       7,116       5,107        2,009          6,798      4,861        1,937
March 2012          158       7,507       5,455        2,052          6,511      4,617        1,894

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.