Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Alaska 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 7,650 30,067 19,851 10,216 22,417 15,134 7,283 March 1995 1,651 27,037 18,506 8,531 25,386 16,478 8,908 March 1996 1,715 26,985 19,217 7,768 25,270 16,607 8,663 March 1997 3,004 28,729 20,475 8,254 25,725 15,880 9,845 March 1998 7,982 30,387 21,748 8,639 22,405 14,723 7,682 March 1999 252 26,414 18,002 8,412 26,162 17,562 8,600 March 2000 3,455 30,025 19,881 10,144 26,570 16,907 9,663 March 2001 6,719 33,972 24,139 9,833 27,253 15,823 11,430 March 2002 3,512 30,630 20,033 10,597 27,118 18,934 8,184 March 2003 3,181 28,987 21,153 7,834 25,806 18,401 7,405 March 2004 2,883 27,191 19,631 7,560 24,308 16,987 7,321 March 2005 5,671 28,033 20,628 7,405 22,362 14,913 7,449 March 2006 5,468 28,036 21,336 6,700 22,568 15,476 7,092 March 2007 3,204 26,931 19,886 7,045 23,727 17,162 6,565 March 2008 3,054 26,221 19,457 6,764 23,167 16,483 6,684 March 2009 -823 24,711 17,742 6,969 25,534 18,992 6,542 March 2010 -783 23,429 16,328 7,101 24,212 17,469 6,743 March 2011 6,566 25,235 18,897 6,338 18,669 13,994 4,675 March 2012 6,112 25,996 18,814 7,182 19,884 14,937 4,947 March 2013 3,420 25,317 18,929 6,388 21,897 15,703 6,194 March 2014 2,157 24,948 18,790 6,158 22,791 16,604 6,187 March 2015 2,844 26,397 20,042 6,355 23,553 17,503 6,050 March 2016 -3,532 23,341 17,834 5,507 26,873 20,839 6,034 March 2017 -5,056 22,216 15,933 6,283 27,272 20,769 6,503 March 2018 -523 22,960 16,110 6,850 23,483 18,128 5,355 March 2019 1,763 24,373 18,474 5,899 22,610 16,367 6,243 March 2020 -14 23,858 18,040 5,818 23,872 18,332 5,540 March 2021 -14,732 21,719 15,624 6,095 36,451 30,365 6,086 March 2022 7,805 28,128 22,141 5,987 20,323 15,629 4,694 March 2023 6,758 27,474 21,119 6,355 20,716 14,793 5,923 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.