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November 23, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2009

3-month private sector gross job gains and losses, seasonally adjusted, March 1999–March 2009
3 months ended Net change (1) Gross job gains Gross job losses
    Total     At expanding
establishments
At opening
establishments
    Total     At contracting
establishments
At closing
establishments

Mar 1999

353,000 8,585,000 6,626,000 1,959,000 8,232,000 6,395,000 1,837,000

Jun 1999

644,000 8,539,000 6,661,000 1,878,000 7,895,000 6,210,000 1,685,000

Sep 1999

588,000 8,571,000 6,734,000 1,837,000 7,983,000 6,250,000 1,733,000

Dec 1999

1,005,000 8,749,000 6,956,000 1,793,000 7,744,000 6,076,000 1,668,000

Mar 2000

789,000 8,792,000 6,924,000 1,868,000 8,003,000 6,341,000 1,662,000

Jun 2000

492,000 8,499,000 6,814,000 1,685,000 8,007,000 6,387,000 1,620,000

Sep 2000

296,000 8,506,000 6,728,000 1,778,000 8,210,000 6,483,000 1,727,000

Dec 2000

295,000 8,400,000 6,702,000 1,698,000 8,105,000 6,433,000 1,672,000

Mar 2001

-156,000 8,436,000 6,694,000 1,742,000 8,592,000 6,717,000 1,875,000

Jun 2001

-792,000 8,009,000 6,319,000 1,690,000 8,801,000 7,050,000 1,751,000

Sep 2001

-1,184,000 7,608,000 5,917,000 1,691,000 8,792,000 6,991,000 1,801,000

Dec 2001

-960,000 7,591,000 5,932,000 1,659,000 8,551,000 6,858,000 1,693,000

Mar 2002

-39,000 8,049,000 6,259,000 1,790,000 8,088,000 6,424,000 1,664,000

Jun 2002

-38,000 7,890,000 6,164,000 1,726,000 7,928,000 6,290,000 1,638,000

Sep 2002

-171,000 7,608,000 6,015,000 1,593,000 7,779,000 6,248,000 1,531,000

Dec 2002

-198,000 7,522,000 5,960,000 1,562,000 7,720,000 6,171,000 1,549,000

Mar 2003

-412,000 7,439,000 5,917,000 1,522,000 7,851,000 6,311,000 1,540,000

Jun 2003

-104,000 7,401,000 5,928,000 1,473,000 7,505,000 6,040,000 1,465,000

Sep 2003

204,000 7,383,000 5,918,000 1,465,000 7,179,000 5,818,000 1,361,000

Dec 2003

309,000 7,549,000 6,016,000 1,533,000 7,240,000 5,802,000 1,438,000

Mar 2004

465,000 7,709,000 6,207,000 1,502,000 7,244,000 5,802,000 1,442,000

Jun 2004

634,000 7,747,000 6,228,000 1,519,000 7,113,000 5,644,000 1,469,000

Sep 2004

212,000 7,635,000 6,062,000 1,573,000 7,423,000 5,880,000 1,543,000

Dec 2004

775,000 7,860,000 6,248,000 1,612,000 7,085,000 5,658,000 1,427,000

Mar 2005

381,000 7,618,000 6,139,000 1,479,000 7,237,000 5,805,000 1,432,000

Jun 2005

586,000 7,771,000 6,223,000 1,548,000 7,185,000 5,779,000 1,406,000

Sep 2005

676,000 7,963,000 6,389,000 1,574,000 7,287,000 5,840,000 1,447,000

Dec 2005

514,000 7,826,000 6,258,000 1,568,000 7,312,000 5,942,000 1,370,000

Mar 2006

800,000 7,720,000 6,294,000 1,426,000 6,920,000 5,639,000 1,281,000

Jun 2006

417,000 7,784,000 6,267,000 1,517,000 7,367,000 6,000,000 1,367,000

Sep 2006

37,000 7,493,000 6,058,000 1,435,000 7,456,000 6,101,000 1,355,000

Dec 2006

493,000 7,793,000 6,254,000 1,539,000 7,300,000 5,947,000 1,353,000

Mar 2007

485,000 7,651,000 6,244,000 1,407,000 7,166,000 5,873,000 1,293,000

Jun 2007

196,000 7,653,000 6,242,000 1,411,000 7,457,000 6,061,000 1,396,000

Sep 2007

-248,000 7,325,000 5,853,000 1,472,000 7,573,000 6,214,000 1,359,000

Dec 2007

310,000 7,670,000 6,214,000 1,456,000 7,360,000 6,010,000 1,350,000

Mar 2008

-280,000 7,167,000 5,781,000 1,386,000 7,447,000 6,090,000 1,357,000

Jun 2008

-536,000 7,296,000 5,869,000 1,427,000 7,832,000 6,334,000 1,498,000

Sep 2008

-967,000 6,884,000 5,520,000 1,364,000 7,851,000 6,461,000 1,390,000

Dec 2008

-1,801,000 6,738,000 5,363,000 1,375,000 8,539,000 7,038,000 1,501,000

Mar 2009

-2,740,000 5,746,000 4,603,000 1,143,000 8,486,000 7,045,000 1,441,000

Footnotes:
(1) The net employment change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.

These data featured in the TED article, Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2009.

 

 

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