Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Colorado 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 66,167 235,385 149,070 86,315 169,218 117,128 52,090 March 1995 89,345 268,266 165,170 103,096 178,921 129,693 49,228 March 1996 47,913 259,188 161,048 98,140 211,275 156,593 54,682 March 1997 68,473 272,531 172,805 99,726 204,058 140,477 63,581 March 1998 74,898 294,721 191,694 103,027 219,823 150,728 69,095 March 1999 66,464 292,111 187,341 104,770 225,647 157,473 68,174 March 2000 81,868 302,897 201,722 101,175 221,029 149,763 71,266 March 2001 51,033 292,087 195,706 96,381 241,054 165,598 75,456 March 2002 -78,233 237,704 154,240 83,464 315,937 228,120 87,817 March 2003 -44,570 215,611 137,950 77,661 260,181 184,809 75,372 March 2004 11,036 237,170 156,567 80,603 226,134 149,932 76,202 March 2005 48,154 248,265 165,217 83,048 200,111 129,773 70,338 March 2006 47,030 250,768 165,753 85,015 203,738 135,038 68,700 March 2007 44,601 253,294 168,970 84,324 208,693 141,620 67,073 March 2008 28,734 247,309 165,894 81,415 218,575 148,842 69,733 March 2009 -95,855 187,929 122,461 65,468 283,784 204,547 79,237 March 2010 -63,884 174,957 115,743 59,214 238,841 169,746 69,095 March 2011 30,933 207,393 144,380 63,013 176,460 117,080 59,380 March 2012 50,745 214,924 152,851 62,073 164,179 108,699 55,480 March 2013 59,219 229,792 164,276 65,516 170,573 114,562 56,011 March 2014 67,734 236,453 169,815 66,638 168,719 115,767 52,952 March 2015 79,186 253,421 180,623 72,798 174,235 121,306 52,929 March 2016 48,749 250,619 176,690 73,929 201,870 139,695 62,175 March 2017 49,227 252,544 173,774 78,770 203,317 142,534 60,783 March 2018 60,052 261,702 182,983 78,719 201,650 136,843 64,807 March 2019 44,476 260,388 179,964 80,424 215,912 147,996 67,916 March 2020 26,733 262,531 177,998 84,533 235,798 159,124 76,674 March 2021 -77,312 261,490 175,517 85,973 338,802 261,054 77,748 March 2022 126,263 359,838 258,873 100,965 233,575 157,350 76,225 March 2023 55,038 324,739 225,727 99,012 269,701 174,510 95,191 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.