Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 Jobs (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 91 2,161 1,769 392 2,070 1,718 352 December 38 2,130 1,753 377 2,092 1,728 364 1993 March 76 2,163 1,765 398 2,087 1,732 355 June 194 2,234 1,835 399 2,040 1,683 357 September 208 2,265 1,861 404 2,057 1,724 333 December 116 2,221 1,852 369 2,105 1,749 356 1994 March 80 2,217 1,836 381 2,137 1,779 358 June 211 2,320 1,902 418 2,109 1,741 368 September 230 2,356 1,941 415 2,126 1,778 348 December 73 2,276 1,895 381 2,203 1,823 380 1995 March 145 2,326 1,923 403 2,181 1,827 354 June 104 2,317 1,905 412 2,213 1,843 370 September 124 2,348 1,945 403 2,224 1,843 381 December 61 2,319 1,915 404 2,258 1,868 390 1996 March 125 2,356 1,937 419 2,231 1,850 381 June 115 2,371 1,944 427 2,256 1,869 387 September 140 2,401 1,966 435 2,261 1,881 380 December 125 2,407 1,982 425 2,282 1,885 397 1997 March 189 2,448 2,011 437 2,259 1,876 383 June 118 2,423 1,995 428 2,305 1,912 393 September 156 2,462 2,033 429 2,306 1,908 398 December 99 2,452 2,022 430 2,353 1,925 428 1998 March 129 2,454 2,000 454 2,325 1,914 411 June 203 2,492 2,025 467 2,289 1,911 378 September 101 2,469 2,033 436 2,368 1,962 406 December 154 2,490 2,073 417 2,336 1,928 408 1999 March 117 2,483 2,044 439 2,366 1,959 407 June 98 2,498 2,052 446 2,400 1,974 426 September 94 2,516 2,064 452 2,422 1,989 433 December 185 2,558 2,110 448 2,373 1,954 419 2000 March 154 2,570 2,096 474 2,416 2,005 411 June 53 2,516 2,077 439 2,463 2,047 416 September 57 2,539 2,078 461 2,482 2,040 442 December 47 2,515 2,069 446 2,468 2,036 432 2001 March 69 2,515 2,065 450 2,446 2,013 433 June -43 2,458 2,023 435 2,501 2,072 429 September -170 2,394 1,958 436 2,564 2,100 464 December -103 2,395 1,956 439 2,498 2,073 425 2002 March -14 2,423 1,978 445 2,437 2,012 425 June -13 2,439 1,991 448 2,452 2,031 421 September -2 2,438 1,998 440 2,440 2,024 416 December -30 2,430 1,986 444 2,460 2,036 424 2003 March -119 2,377 1,933 444 2,496 2,065 431 June 7 2,435 2,002 433 2,428 2,007 421 September 46 2,455 2,020 435 2,409 1,999 410 December 60 2,470 2,019 451 2,410 1,998 412 2004 March 83 2,511 2,054 457 2,428 2,004 424 June 91 2,511 2,065 446 2,420 1,999 421 September 43 2,509 2,046 463 2,466 2,026 440 December 149 2,580 2,095 485 2,431 2,018 413 2005 March 9 2,534 2,064 470 2,525 2,073 452 June 103 2,582 2,101 481 2,479 2,048 431 September 136 2,623 2,131 492 2,487 2,050 437 December 82 2,617 2,116 501 2,535 2,105 430 2006 March 171 2,678 2,186 492 2,507 2,058 449 June 39 2,617 2,141 476 2,578 2,128 450 September -29 2,580 2,109 471 2,609 2,144 465 December 62 2,645 2,136 509 2,583 2,126 457 2007 March 78 2,671 2,173 498 2,593 2,123 470 June -52 2,606 2,137 469 2,658 2,174 484 September -78 2,595 2,099 496 2,673 2,197 476 December -3 2,642 2,141 501 2,645 2,172 473 2008 March -127 2,572 2,092 480 2,699 2,197 502 June -284 2,501 2,032 469 2,785 2,263 522 September -278 2,446 1,977 469 2,724 2,221 503 December -501 2,356 1,876 480 2,857 2,319 538 2009 March -705 2,180 1,736 444 2,885 2,331 554 June -462 2,286 1,823 463 2,748 2,226 522 September -370 2,262 1,817 445 2,632 2,100 532 December -164 2,376 1,870 506 2,540 2,052 488 2010 March -238 2,311 1,856 455 2,549 2,044 505 June 49 2,452 1,979 473 2,403 1,945 458 September -33 2,412 1,942 470 2,445 1,969 476 December 82 2,496 1,985 511 2,414 1,949 465 2011 March -5 2,443 1,976 467 2,448 1,972 476 June 62 2,484 2,008 476 2,422 1,940 482 September 118 2,534 2,043 491 2,416 1,965 451 December 54 2,497 2,000 497 2,443 1,976 467 2012 March 141 2,546 2,072 474 2,405 1,943 462 June 89 2,500 2,045 455 2,411 1,967 444 September -3 2,462 2,006 456 2,465 2,010 455 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.