Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Maryland 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 40,677 227,980 150,911 77,069 187,303 123,843 63,460 March 1995 47,123 241,295 158,926 82,369 194,172 134,286 59,886 March 1996 15,641 235,268 155,696 79,572 219,627 139,936 79,691 March 1997 54,211 264,945 170,170 94,775 210,734 138,158 72,576 March 1998 42,239 267,712 171,329 96,383 225,473 142,000 83,473 March 1999 53,669 284,499 177,224 107,275 230,830 149,383 81,447 March 2000 60,559 294,774 198,041 96,733 234,215 143,164 91,051 March 2001 20,856 266,381 182,171 84,210 245,525 156,791 88,734 March 2002 238 260,670 163,122 97,548 260,432 170,365 90,067 March 2003 -10,493 238,323 155,890 82,433 248,816 166,589 82,227 March 2004 34,203 248,599 173,442 75,157 214,396 139,929 74,467 March 2005 30,718 252,511 167,988 84,523 221,793 147,147 74,646 March 2006 41,384 246,668 171,603 75,065 205,284 143,413 61,871 March 2007 11,611 226,678 157,390 69,288 215,067 152,396 62,671 March 2008 -6,105 222,160 155,042 67,118 228,265 160,047 68,218 March 2009 -86,884 199,605 136,669 62,936 286,489 207,711 78,778 March 2010 -40,235 198,159 137,897 60,262 238,394 168,865 69,529 March 2011 28,039 220,111 156,334 63,777 192,072 132,471 59,601 March 2012 38,420 227,756 159,330 68,426 189,336 131,981 57,355 March 2013 19,779 213,454 152,191 61,263 193,675 135,510 58,165 March 2014 7,515 206,058 144,439 61,619 198,543 140,862 57,681 March 2015 27,590 225,043 156,938 68,105 197,453 137,365 60,088 March 2016 50,400 242,516 172,525 69,991 192,116 131,645 60,471 March 2017 30,918 229,488 165,154 64,334 198,570 136,714 61,856 March 2018 23,425 229,699 167,390 62,309 206,274 143,497 62,777 March 2019 22,244 233,225 161,717 71,508 210,981 143,982 66,999 March 2020 -15,556 227,168 160,617 66,551 242,724 164,417 78,307 March 2021 -113,977 219,161 160,876 58,285 333,138 251,190 81,948 March 2022 64,596 293,213 215,667 77,546 228,617 143,613 85,004 March 2023 44,367 273,193 183,287 89,906 228,826 151,971 76,855 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.