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

Arkansas

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                35,851      113,531        75,110       38,421        77,680         52,400      25,280
March 1995                40,871      123,713        83,838       39,875        82,842         54,785      28,057
March 1996                16,592      112,952        72,018       40,934        96,360         67,786      28,574
March 1997                10,056      108,150        73,364       34,786        98,094         66,428      31,666
March 1998                17,881      112,901        79,012       33,889        95,020         61,833      33,187
March 1999                14,985      118,038        78,835       39,203       103,053         72,346      30,707
March 2000                21,995      119,251        80,956       38,295        97,256         63,563      33,693
March 2001                -3,500      112,915        75,124       37,791       116,415         77,175      39,240
March 2002               -13,885      110,193        74,369       35,824       124,078         87,417      36,661
March 2003                -6,483      100,688        66,370       34,318       107,171         73,622      33,549
March 2004                11,016      109,780        77,762       32,018        98,764         67,558      31,206
March 2005                15,601      108,140        75,567       32,573        92,539         62,309      30,230
March 2006                22,011      112,815        74,776       38,039        90,804         61,789      29,015
March 2007                 4,891      105,630        69,034       36,596       100,739         72,976      27,763
March 2008                -3,549      100,798        68,523       32,275       104,347         75,635      28,712
March 2009               -35,608       95,100        62,047       33,053       130,708         96,525      34,183
March 2010               -17,100       90,455        62,120       28,335       107,555         76,445      31,110
March 2011                 5,890       97,421        68,735       28,686        91,531         60,716      30,815
March 2012                17,979       99,896        65,909       33,987        81,917         58,413      23,504
March 2013                -1,926       92,283        62,841       29,442        94,209         67,131      27,078
March 2014                 5,197       92,534        65,411       27,123        87,337         62,533      24,804
March 2015                16,322       95,950        67,645       28,305        79,628         56,852      22,776
March 2016                24,381      103,948        75,131       28,817        79,567         57,676      21,891
March 2017                11,645       99,174        69,502       29,672        87,529         62,707      24,822
March 2018                10,474       97,283        67,788       29,495        86,809         61,806      25,003
March 2019                 8,643       96,595        68,210       28,385        87,952         63,651      24,301
March 2020                 1,767       95,246        66,128       29,118        93,479         67,352      26,127
March 2021               -19,416      101,033        72,307       28,726       120,449         93,731      26,718
March 2022                38,963      129,308        91,319       37,989        90,345         61,607      28,738
March 2023                35,344      127,517        87,672       39,845        92,173         66,004      26,169
 
(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.