Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March Nebraska Total private Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 921 16,088 11,939 4,149 12,564 9,336 3,228 March 1995 39 15,370 11,602 3,768 13,627 9,898 3,729 March 1996 505 15,582 11,520 4,062 13,756 10,199 3,557 March 1997 622 15,905 11,821 4,084 13,886 10,424 3,462 March 1998 209 15,814 11,809 4,005 14,718 10,922 3,796 March 1999 463 16,623 12,462 4,161 14,201 10,503 3,698 March 2000 568 16,806 12,498 4,308 14,801 11,061 3,740 March 2001 125 15,744 11,501 4,243 16,096 11,978 4,118 March 2002 484 15,922 11,437 4,485 15,921 11,920 4,001 March 2003 470 15,936 11,609 4,327 16,132 12,275 3,857 March 2004 370 16,288 12,058 4,230 15,666 11,806 3,860 March 2005 495 16,918 12,454 4,464 15,801 11,832 3,969 March 2006 558 16,897 12,307 4,590 16,362 12,330 4,032 March 2007 257 17,093 12,514 4,579 16,876 12,554 4,322 March 2008 140 17,411 12,920 4,491 16,936 12,585 4,351 March 2009 -129 16,090 11,780 4,310 18,032 13,593 4,439 March 2010 -464 15,398 11,395 4,003 17,873 13,406 4,467 March 2011 405 17,225 12,735 4,490 16,164 12,079 4,085 March 2012 4,835 22,279 13,517 8,762 15,745 11,818 3,927 March 2013 790 19,858 13,567 6,291 18,271 12,770 5,501 March 2014 1,208 20,469 13,817 6,652 18,462 13,018 5,444 March 2015 318 20,610 14,405 6,205 18,582 12,695 5,887 March 2016 446 20,790 14,466 6,324 19,065 13,187 5,878 March 2017 78 19,928 13,755 6,173 19,927 13,832 6,095 March 2018 -402 19,642 13,661 5,981 20,198 13,815 6,383 March 2019 357 19,846 13,392 6,454 20,288 14,191 6,097 March 2020 40 20,354 14,125 6,229 19,837 13,648 6,189 March 2021 269 20,213 13,403 6,810 21,367 14,826 6,541 March 2022 1,434 22,939 15,576 7,363 19,399 13,470 5,929 March 2023 1,080 23,807 15,666 8,141 20,471 13,410 7,061 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.