Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Minnesota 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 56,674 249,943 168,555 81,388 193,269 124,218 69,051 March 1995 72,400 285,595 182,153 103,442 213,195 119,277 93,918 March 1996 48,362 259,224 167,641 91,583 210,862 130,894 79,968 March 1997 39,047 269,211 173,958 95,253 230,164 140,817 89,347 March 1998 74,120 289,090 189,287 99,803 214,970 133,360 81,610 March 1999 42,215 274,291 178,164 96,127 232,076 143,060 89,016 March 2000 60,121 287,373 193,584 93,789 227,252 144,565 82,687 March 2001 15,497 276,546 177,490 99,056 261,049 167,464 93,585 March 2002 -55,568 244,177 152,048 92,129 299,745 201,716 98,029 March 2003 -3,341 242,472 153,064 89,408 245,813 162,368 83,445 March 2004 2,649 237,038 152,741 84,297 234,389 149,479 84,910 March 2005 31,835 254,716 168,638 86,078 222,881 137,967 84,914 March 2006 69,803 282,314 173,263 109,051 212,511 156,307 56,204 March 2007 -4,686 243,472 163,079 80,393 248,158 149,927 98,231 March 2008 18,112 241,059 148,371 92,688 222,947 149,326 73,621 March 2009 -108,810 174,843 119,537 55,306 283,653 202,348 81,305 March 2010 -42,365 186,151 123,451 62,700 228,516 166,096 62,420 March 2011 45,642 205,107 153,001 52,106 159,465 112,081 47,384 March 2012 51,273 225,941 165,464 60,477 174,668 125,568 49,100 March 2013 46,791 219,709 161,311 58,398 172,918 122,368 50,550 March 2014 18,415 199,318 153,816 45,502 180,903 128,120 52,783 March 2015 53,027 221,717 159,618 62,099 168,690 121,172 47,518 March 2016 35,288 218,306 160,825 57,481 183,018 130,618 52,400 March 2017 47,859 227,087 166,545 60,542 179,228 134,222 45,006 March 2018 16,405 206,770 157,324 49,446 190,365 133,579 56,786 March 2019 17,346 207,742 159,345 48,397 190,396 141,097 49,299 March 2020 -2,375 201,706 151,952 49,754 204,081 152,396 51,685 March 2021 -115,649 190,373 142,027 48,346 306,022 249,763 56,259 March 2022 76,682 279,788 221,341 58,447 203,106 152,027 51,079 March 2023 49,955 257,979 188,926 69,053 208,024 146,502 61,522 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.