Table 1. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Seasonally Adjusted: Dynamic method 500 to 999 employees (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change (1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing firms firms firms firms 1992 September 25 275 263 12 250 239 11 December 20 269 262 7 249 237 12 1993 March 42 276 268 8 234 225 9 June 67 281 275 6 214 202 12 September 44 296 289 7 252 237 15 December 55 302 296 6 247 233 14 1994 March 52 304 296 8 252 242 10 June 60 304 295 9 244 228 16 September 82 323 315 8 241 236 5 December 55 315 309 6 260 252 8 1995 March 53 315 307 8 262 253 9 June 30 296 287 9 266 255 11 September 80 342 333 9 262 246 16 December 23 312 302 10 289 274 15 1996 March 11 318 308 10 307 295 12 June 53 327 316 11 274 263 11 September 51 343 330 13 292 279 13 December 62 342 331 11 280 268 12 1997 March 24 333 324 9 309 297 12 June 41 333 323 10 292 274 18 September 68 369 351 18 301 286 15 December 61 364 352 12 303 287 16 1998 March 79 393 380 13 314 299 15 June 15 354 340 14 339 318 21 September 52 357 345 12 305 289 16 December 41 356 345 11 315 299 16 1999 March 14 364 352 12 350 334 16 June 43 351 335 16 308 294 14 September 41 353 344 9 312 301 11 December 77 364 357 7 287 280 7 2000 March 71 387 379 8 316 308 8 June 46 353 347 6 307 297 10 September 25 350 343 7 325 313 12 December 11 345 339 6 334 323 11 2001 March -24 347 344 3 371 351 20 June -86 298 294 4 384 371 13 September -114 274 268 6 388 379 9 December -86 280 272 8 366 359 7 2002 March -19 317 309 8 336 323 13 June -20 300 292 8 320 305 15 September -12 294 291 3 306 295 11 December -18 290 285 5 308 300 8 2003 March -22 288 285 3 310 302 8 June -33 275 272 3 308 303 5 September 0 283 279 4 283 276 7 December 9 282 276 6 273 266 7 2004 March 30 295 292 3 265 257 8 June 47 308 302 6 261 256 5 September 9 289 285 4 280 273 7 December 45 306 302 4 261 253 8 2005 March 21 288 285 3 267 260 7 June 47 308 307 1 261 256 5 September 58 319 315 4 261 253 8 December 4 283 281 2 279 273 6 2006 March 66 293 290 3 227 225 2 June 42 302 300 2 260 257 3 September 10 280 276 4 270 268 2 December 21 289 287 2 268 265 3 2007 March 44 285 283 2 241 238 3 June 31 298 296 2 267 264 3 September -9 272 270 2 281 279 2 December 16 284 282 2 268 268 0 2008 March -3 256 254 2 259 257 2 June -23 273 271 2 296 293 3 September -62 250 249 1 312 309 3 December -111 245 243 2 356 353 3 2009 March -180 186 184 2 366 363 3 June -132 227 225 2 359 356 3 September -44 244 243 1 288 286 2 December -19 241 240 1 260 258 2 2010 March 13 233 231 2 220 219 1 June 56 285 282 3 229 228 1 September 34 277 274 3 243 238 5 December 39 279 277 2 240 239 1 2011 March 30 237 236 1 207 206 1 June 31 276 274 2 245 241 4 September 72 299 296 3 227 226 1 December 21 268 265 3 247 245 2 2012 March 68 267 266 1 199 197 2 June 62 297 295 2 235 231 4 September 33 284 280 4 251 248 3 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.