Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Pennsylvania

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                41,719      534,257       339,188      195,069       492,538        295,081     197,457
March 1995                80,791      545,991       364,991      181,000       465,200        296,533     168,667
March 1996                30,967      508,250       323,076      185,174       477,283        313,112     164,171
March 1997               100,169      576,262       365,700      210,562       476,093        311,466     164,627
March 1998               111,694      592,680       377,090      215,590       480,986        306,039     174,947
March 1999                78,499      573,533       377,761      195,772       495,034        331,271     163,763
March 2000               101,355      605,105       397,637      207,468       503,750        330,280     173,470
March 2001                45,434      565,766       382,117      183,649       520,332        374,809     145,523
March 2002               -73,913      543,326       341,703      201,623       617,239        430,981     186,258
March 2003               -52,597      501,080       335,676      165,404       553,677        381,438     172,239
March 2004                 9,101      499,837       346,512      153,325       490,736        342,102     148,634
March 2005                47,503      496,770       347,402      149,368       449,267        316,251     133,016
March 2006                71,880      504,108       355,214      148,894       432,228        299,690     132,538
March 2007                40,567      461,025       333,064      127,961       420,458        307,080     113,378
March 2008                24,703      449,975       334,156      115,819       425,272        309,323     115,949
March 2009              -166,513      371,125       263,619      107,506       537,638        415,281     122,357
March 2010               -74,221      380,073       279,762      100,311       454,294        344,143     110,151
March 2011                95,720      446,883       337,244      109,639       351,163        260,739      90,424
March 2012                95,520      461,035       342,628      118,407       365,515        263,817     101,698
March 2013                 9,072      417,039       306,518      110,521       407,967        291,816     116,151
March 2014                31,790      407,200       299,489      107,711       375,410        276,792      98,618
March 2015                49,517      418,707       316,727      101,980       369,190        268,665     100,525
March 2016                66,027      453,785       340,551      113,234       387,758        286,039     101,719
March 2017                46,180      433,369       324,783      108,586       387,189        292,887      94,302
March 2018                79,517      453,509       350,718      102,791       373,992        275,899      98,093
March 2019                63,737      449,034       345,932      103,102       385,297        280,960     104,337
March 2020                -5,913      440,734       338,352      102,382       446,647        330,322     116,325
March 2021              -285,376      395,809       282,993      112,816       681,185        561,949     119,236
March 2022               247,934      624,990       489,278      135,712       377,056        293,448      83,608
March 2023               108,579      531,150       415,403      115,747       422,571        314,520     108,051
 
(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.