Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March California 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 102,804 1,677,890 1,043,993 633,897 1,575,086 961,034 614,052 March 1995 196,849 1,723,356 1,118,964 604,392 1,526,507 950,943 575,564 March 1996 343,452 1,915,748 1,263,172 652,576 1,572,296 930,020 642,276 March 1997 371,969 2,007,194 1,256,724 750,470 1,635,225 974,116 661,109 March 1998 430,595 2,075,864 1,310,028 765,836 1,645,269 926,358 718,911 March 1999 281,009 2,085,908 1,300,238 785,670 1,804,899 1,064,092 740,807 March 2000 489,377 2,132,217 1,367,423 764,794 1,642,840 963,748 679,092 March 2001 325,178 2,102,685 1,410,586 692,099 1,777,507 1,056,519 720,988 March 2002 -345,511 1,870,488 1,135,294 735,194 2,215,999 1,437,213 778,786 March 2003 -49,672 1,790,654 1,131,045 659,609 1,840,326 1,174,084 666,242 March 2004 138,740 1,836,445 1,202,981 633,464 1,697,705 1,051,805 645,900 March 2005 193,308 1,813,588 1,172,618 640,970 1,620,280 968,070 652,210 March 2006 326,799 1,833,496 1,215,489 618,007 1,506,697 956,541 550,156 March 2007 116,441 1,733,002 1,176,153 556,849 1,616,561 1,061,210 555,351 March 2008 -82,628 1,654,194 1,091,957 562,237 1,736,822 1,164,854 571,968 March 2009 -772,117 1,279,880 799,764 480,116 2,051,997 1,459,449 592,548 March 2010 -414,056 1,267,703 815,770 451,933 1,681,759 1,120,925 560,834 March 2011 197,738 1,464,492 971,733 492,759 1,266,754 825,351 441,403 March 2012 396,685 1,600,423 1,078,742 521,681 1,203,738 751,647 452,091 March 2013 432,604 1,621,869 1,119,578 502,291 1,189,265 782,470 406,795 March 2014 389,720 1,673,215 1,157,061 516,154 1,283,495 848,365 435,130 March 2015 398,799 1,741,801 1,217,126 524,675 1,343,002 862,195 480,807 March 2016 376,599 1,774,820 1,229,683 545,137 1,398,221 904,399 493,822 March 2017 308,766 1,750,525 1,173,618 576,907 1,441,759 964,673 477,086 March 2018 307,425 1,754,740 1,203,661 551,079 1,447,315 969,608 477,707 March 2019 267,669 1,748,263 1,214,123 534,140 1,480,594 986,157 494,437 March 2020 94,018 1,714,852 1,164,917 549,935 1,620,834 1,095,274 525,560 March 2021 -919,024 1,625,117 1,090,628 534,489 2,544,141 1,954,358 589,783 March 2022 1,146,763 2,482,020 1,840,924 641,096 1,335,257 914,174 421,083 March 2023 81,803 1,907,000 1,295,595 611,405 1,825,197 1,251,113 574,084 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.