Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Kentucky 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 52,971 176,424 123,496 52,928 123,453 83,063 40,390 March 1995 48,085 186,180 131,733 54,447 138,095 93,484 44,611 March 1996 22,290 174,715 118,006 56,709 152,425 106,395 46,030 March 1997 36,658 186,331 127,723 58,608 149,673 100,845 48,828 March 1998 29,160 186,976 126,867 60,109 157,816 105,672 52,144 March 1999 32,297 201,548 132,833 68,715 169,251 113,120 56,131 March 2000 45,564 202,265 141,891 60,374 156,701 108,897 47,804 March 2001 -21,764 171,252 118,395 52,857 193,016 134,585 58,431 March 2002 -33,964 165,624 111,119 54,505 199,588 138,057 61,531 March 2003 -7,331 170,636 117,471 53,165 177,967 124,992 52,975 March 2004 10,296 163,959 115,269 48,690 153,663 103,378 50,285 March 2005 27,052 172,069 120,150 51,919 145,017 101,633 43,384 March 2006 32,200 172,700 120,150 52,550 140,500 98,644 41,856 March 2007 11,668 169,655 118,881 50,774 157,987 112,410 45,577 March 2008 -2,457 153,716 108,031 45,685 156,173 112,737 43,436 March 2009 -79,553 126,304 86,655 39,649 205,857 157,442 48,415 March 2010 -25,897 130,576 94,951 35,625 156,473 118,207 38,266 March 2011 21,363 147,027 108,295 38,732 125,664 90,116 35,548 March 2012 30,052 152,748 115,107 37,641 122,696 89,614 33,082 March 2013 18,443 148,995 111,111 37,884 130,552 96,279 34,273 March 2014 26,697 158,318 112,771 45,547 131,621 97,144 34,477 March 2015 28,379 156,104 111,763 44,341 127,725 93,419 34,306 March 2016 34,426 164,299 121,565 42,734 129,873 94,953 34,920 March 2017 20,977 164,194 119,206 44,988 143,217 100,623 42,594 March 2018 13,124 160,253 116,545 43,708 147,129 107,735 39,394 March 2019 12,671 157,190 113,438 43,752 144,519 107,082 37,437 March 2020 2,107 156,327 111,847 44,480 154,220 111,928 42,292 March 2021 -34,967 160,984 118,864 42,120 195,951 150,370 45,581 March 2022 63,148 205,767 155,165 50,602 142,619 101,872 40,747 March 2023 50,621 197,563 141,042 56,521 146,942 112,756 34,186 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.