Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Professional and business services (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 667 2,328 1,586 742 1,661 1,015 646 March 1995 722 2,488 1,662 826 1,766 1,146 620 March 1996 460 2,518 1,681 837 2,058 1,366 692 March 1997 803 2,855 1,848 1,007 2,052 1,287 765 March 1998 866 3,045 2,048 997 2,179 1,329 850 March 1999 838 3,259 2,114 1,145 2,421 1,516 905 March 2000 834 3,240 2,218 1,022 2,406 1,537 869 March 2001 226 3,084 2,066 1,018 2,858 1,866 992 March 2002 -715 2,717 1,722 995 3,432 2,336 1,096 March 2003 -87 2,711 1,827 884 2,798 1,845 953 March 2004 240 2,743 1,925 818 2,503 1,630 873 March 2005 628 2,858 2,068 790 2,230 1,440 790 March 2006 717 2,822 2,033 789 2,105 1,431 674 March 2007 439 2,644 1,892 752 2,205 1,539 666 March 2008 102 2,531 1,794 737 2,429 1,702 727 March 2009 -1,200 1,953 1,330 623 3,153 2,366 787 March 2010 -217 2,149 1,539 610 2,366 1,687 679 March 2011 659 2,525 1,884 641 1,866 1,284 582 March 2012 584 2,516 1,843 673 1,932 1,349 583 March 2013 522 2,545 1,887 658 2,023 1,409 614 March 2014 447 2,543 1,894 649 2,096 1,488 608 March 2015 564 2,654 1,989 665 2,090 1,465 625 March 2016 439 2,683 1,985 698 2,244 1,587 657 March 2017 362 2,586 1,923 663 2,224 1,579 645 March 2018 434 2,651 1,978 673 2,217 1,585 632 March 2019 347 2,678 1,985 693 2,331 1,670 661 March 2020 177 2,618 1,916 702 2,441 1,750 691 March 2021 -238 2,828 2,005 823 3,066 2,374 692 March 2022 1,340 3,776 2,813 963 2,436 1,724 712 March 2023 393 3,271 2,341 930 2,878 2,062 816 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.