Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Paper Manufacturing Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September -17 2,489 2,382 107 2,580 2,456 124 December 14 2,597 2,481 116 2,403 2,301 102 1993 March -8 2,511 2,357 154 2,676 2,514 162 June 15 2,857 2,748 109 2,199 2,105 94 September -13 2,540 2,438 102 2,561 2,446 115 December 26 2,668 2,525 143 2,418 2,301 117 1994 March 4 2,533 2,387 146 2,623 2,481 142 June 15 2,992 2,866 126 2,122 2,011 111 September -7 2,707 2,602 105 2,507 2,395 112 December 34 2,936 2,800 136 2,221 2,119 102 1995 March 6 2,574 2,442 132 2,631 2,505 126 June 35 2,838 2,692 146 2,411 2,300 111 September -1 2,521 2,399 122 2,716 2,593 123 December 35 2,664 2,524 140 2,547 2,442 105 1996 March -2 2,427 2,283 144 2,846 2,700 146 June 17 2,742 2,609 133 2,515 2,399 116 September -14 2,623 2,505 118 2,638 2,506 132 December 27 2,895 2,771 124 2,369 2,272 97 1997 March 20 2,606 2,449 157 2,751 2,614 137 June 1 2,886 2,770 116 2,374 2,259 115 September -2 2,604 2,489 115 2,712 2,595 117 December 11 2,804 2,694 110 2,422 2,323 99 1998 March -2 2,618 2,433 185 2,821 2,634 187 June 49 2,697 2,538 159 2,638 2,528 110 September -7 2,465 2,324 141 2,810 2,662 148 December 0 2,638 2,526 112 2,635 2,523 112 1999 March -22 2,359 2,219 140 2,943 2,781 162 June 13 2,808 2,670 138 2,485 2,360 125 September -13 2,657 2,533 124 2,656 2,519 137 December -43 2,694 2,576 118 2,543 2,382 161 2000 March 7 2,520 2,344 176 2,839 2,670 169 June 1 2,720 2,596 124 2,563 2,440 123 September -21 2,397 2,294 103 2,836 2,712 124 December -1 2,706 2,584 122 2,459 2,336 123 2001 March -58 2,154 2,007 147 3,157 2,952 205 June 15 2,246 2,093 153 2,935 2,797 138 September -54 2,018 1,914 104 3,127 2,969 158 December -33 2,267 2,159 108 2,720 2,579 141 2002 March -57 2,027 1,887 140 2,996 2,799 197 June -14 2,413 2,282 131 2,500 2,355 145 September -53 2,240 2,122 118 2,664 2,493 171 December 27 2,327 2,178 149 2,496 2,374 122 2003 March -113 1,947 1,817 130 2,983 2,740 243 June -24 2,120 1,986 134 2,671 2,513 158 September -52 2,006 1,926 80 2,693 2,561 132 December -42 2,227 2,136 91 2,404 2,271 133 2004 March -16 2,042 1,895 147 2,709 2,546 163 June -19 2,407 2,306 101 2,277 2,157 120 September -39 2,283 2,198 85 2,358 2,234 124 December -23 2,256 2,135 121 2,291 2,147 144 2005 March -61 2,111 1,985 126 2,535 2,348 187 June -16 2,214 2,111 103 2,305 2,186 119 September -37 1,973 1,887 86 2,561 2,438 123 December 22 2,260 2,145 115 2,178 2,085 93 2006 March -66 1,956 1,862 94 2,506 2,346 160 June -24 2,208 2,097 111 2,263 2,128 135 September -36 1,943 1,857 86 2,464 2,342 122 December 9 2,254 2,148 106 2,114 2,017 97 2007 March -69 1,913 1,804 109 2,556 2,378 178 June -28 2,091 1,999 92 2,236 2,116 120 September 11 1,841 1,715 126 2,516 2,401 115 December -6 2,138 2,044 94 2,113 2,013 100 2008 March -38 1,839 1,735 104 2,485 2,343 142 June -40 1,915 1,826 89 2,298 2,169 129 September -51 1,741 1,651 90 2,555 2,414 141 December 12 1,628 1,502 126 2,576 2,462 114 2009 March -88 1,184 1,059 125 3,206 2,993 213 June -70 1,543 1,439 104 2,564 2,390 174 September -74 1,762 1,686 76 2,178 2,028 150 December -5 1,850 1,735 115 1,974 1,854 120 2010 March -46 1,710 1,603 107 2,169 2,016 153 June -20 2,101 2,012 89 1,674 1,565 109 September -13 1,784 1,697 87 1,951 1,851 100 December 12 1,857 1,758 99 1,833 1,746 87 2011 March -66 1,751 1,671 80 2,008 1,862 146 June -15 1,970 1,888 82 1,752 1,655 97 September -13 1,649 1,561 88 2,084 1,983 101 December -1 1,774 1,696 78 1,815 1,736 79 2012 March -31 1,646 1,546 100 2,034 1,903 131 June -18 1,937 1,854 83 1,752 1,651 101 September -48 1,654 1,592 62 1,948 1,838 110 December 5 1,808 1,723 85 1,730 1,650 80 2013 March -64 1,768 1,695 73 1,907 1,770 137 June -22 1,956 1,881 75 1,668 1,571 97 September -27 1,564 1,501 63 1,967 1,877 90 December 10 1,874 1,789 85 1,625 1,550 75 2014 March -23 1,654 1,565 89 1,859 1,747 112 June -33 1,902 1,843 59 1,627 1,535 92 September -3 1,589 1,513 76 1,917 1,838 79 December -22 1,874 1,797 77 1,582 1,483 99 2015 March -22 1,646 1,558 88 1,864 1,754 110 June -1 1,804 1,729 75 1,697 1,621 76 September -31 1,643 1,568 75 1,910 1,804 106 December 4 1,795 1,704 91 1,639 1,552 87 2016 March -35 1,730 1,620 110 1,852 1,707 145 June -3 1,799 1,712 87 1,682 1,592 90 September -14 1,597 1,518 79 1,933 1,840 93 December 5 1,853 1,779 74 1,564 1,495 69 2017 March -50 1,681 1,596 85 1,856 1,721 135 June -13 1,804 1,724 80 1,709 1,616 93 September -43 1,522 1,449 73 1,929 1,813 116 December -15 1,918 1,827 91 1,505 1,399 106 2018 March -40 1,678 1,568 110 1,868 1,718 150 June 16 1,870 1,766 104 1,622 1,534 88 September -45 1,598 1,534 64 1,889 1,780 109 December 9 1,908 1,822 86 1,457 1,380 77 2019 March -23 1,703 1,599 104 1,782 1,655 127 June -3 1,772 1,682 90 1,644 1,551 93 September -23 1,476 1,403 73 1,899 1,803 96 December -11 1,672 1,602 70 1,621 1,540 81 2020 March -47 1,666 1,571 95 1,794 1,652 142 June -64 1,180 1,118 62 2,306 2,180 126 September -18 1,520 1,427 93 1,920 1,809 111 December 30 1,954 1,856 98 1,369 1,301 68 2021 March -15 1,727 1,613 114 1,722 1,593 129 June -20 1,754 1,668 86 1,657 1,551 106 September -35 1,650 1,569 81 1,818 1,702 116 December 31 2,143 2,022 121 1,268 1,178 90 2022 March -13 1,908 1,788 120 1,619 1,486 133 June -15 1,954 1,858 96 1,565 1,454 111 September -7 1,605 1,507 98 1,786 1,681 105 December 24 1,799 1,690 109 1,585 1,500 85 2023 March -1 1,589 1,469 120 1,814 1,693 121 June 15 1,631 1,525 106 1,834 1,743 91 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.