Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March South Dakota 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 12,180 33,329 23,559 9,770 21,149 14,382 6,767 March 1995 14,078 33,946 24,808 9,138 19,868 13,976 5,892 March 1996 5,603 31,453 22,396 9,057 25,850 17,862 7,988 March 1997 5,508 30,450 21,992 8,458 24,942 17,907 7,035 March 1998 5,101 32,663 22,019 10,644 27,562 18,055 9,507 March 1999 8,020 35,622 24,243 11,379 27,602 17,922 9,680 March 2000 12,171 37,769 26,140 11,629 25,598 17,306 8,292 March 2001 -4,515 34,353 22,627 11,726 38,868 24,125 14,743 March 2002 -5,794 31,029 21,909 9,120 36,823 25,661 11,162 March 2003 1,122 30,278 21,681 8,597 29,156 20,754 8,402 March 2004 3,133 31,111 22,726 8,385 27,978 18,895 9,083 March 2005 6,863 32,247 22,967 9,280 25,384 18,474 6,910 March 2006 8,243 33,072 24,195 8,877 24,829 17,624 7,205 March 2007 8,501 33,254 23,898 9,356 24,753 18,505 6,248 March 2008 6,594 31,627 24,575 7,052 25,033 18,971 6,062 March 2009 -7,308 26,937 18,693 8,244 34,245 26,495 7,750 March 2010 -6,973 25,331 18,132 7,199 32,304 24,618 7,686 March 2011 5,296 29,075 22,140 6,935 23,779 17,692 6,087 March 2012 8,888 32,092 24,033 8,059 23,204 16,924 6,280 March 2013 3,901 30,611 23,442 7,169 26,710 19,733 6,977 March 2014 6,119 31,336 23,638 7,698 25,217 18,788 6,429 March 2015 5,722 30,100 22,703 7,397 24,378 18,320 6,058 March 2016 3,069 30,117 22,282 7,835 27,048 20,654 6,394 March 2017 2,219 30,160 22,097 8,063 27,941 21,080 6,861 March 2018 3,790 31,182 22,765 8,417 27,392 20,614 6,778 March 2019 1,296 29,489 21,996 7,493 28,193 20,816 7,377 March 2020 1,264 31,195 23,007 8,188 29,931 20,715 9,216 March 2021 -2,058 32,363 22,811 9,552 34,421 26,513 7,908 March 2022 13,415 41,709 30,604 11,105 28,294 20,746 7,548 March 2023 7,959 39,082 27,724 11,358 31,123 22,067 9,056 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.