Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, not seasonally adjusted 20 or more 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 275 2,756 2,073 683 2,481 1,888 593 December 69 2,876 2,269 607 2,807 2,275 532 1993 March -938 2,781 1,796 985 3,719 2,729 990 June 1,308 3,509 2,761 748 2,201 1,663 538 September 383 2,779 2,132 647 2,396 1,863 533 December 335 3,064 2,433 631 2,729 2,199 530 1994 March -764 2,866 1,974 892 3,630 2,701 929 June 1,520 3,791 2,916 875 2,271 1,693 578 September 551 2,963 2,268 695 2,412 1,917 495 December 305 3,117 2,503 614 2,812 2,277 535 1995 March -742 3,040 2,107 933 3,782 2,903 879 June 1,246 3,748 2,879 869 2,502 1,923 579 September 406 2,983 2,315 668 2,577 1,975 602 December 264 3,295 2,605 690 3,031 2,438 593 1996 March -1,006 3,130 2,138 992 4,136 3,167 969 June 1,545 4,048 3,094 954 2,503 1,910 593 September 293 3,085 2,334 751 2,792 2,150 642 December 492 3,457 2,712 745 2,965 2,382 583 1997 March -844 3,240 2,210 1,030 4,084 3,049 1,035 June 1,476 3,982 3,068 914 2,506 1,897 609 September 445 3,269 2,503 766 2,824 2,106 718 December 494 3,743 2,920 823 3,249 2,441 808 1998 March -825 3,678 2,434 1,244 4,503 3,183 1,320 June 1,430 4,377 3,228 1,149 2,947 2,120 827 September 424 3,244 2,410 834 2,820 2,121 699 December 472 3,572 2,865 707 3,100 2,455 645 1999 March -1,192 3,500 2,347 1,153 4,692 3,386 1,306 June 1,568 4,234 3,232 1,002 2,666 1,985 681 September 292 3,170 2,430 740 2,878 2,168 710 December 622 3,687 2,980 707 3,065 2,432 633 2000 March -894 3,455 2,457 998 4,349 3,243 1,106 June 1,488 4,157 3,340 817 2,669 2,024 645 September 131 3,106 2,418 688 2,975 2,280 695 December 299 3,512 2,869 643 3,213 2,589 624 2001 March -1,644 3,306 2,380 926 4,950 3,653 1,297 June 689 3,868 3,036 832 3,179 2,451 728 September -606 2,700 2,044 656 3,306 2,591 715 December -507 3,012 2,398 614 3,519 2,878 641 2002 March -1,249 3,145 2,217 928 4,394 3,327 1,067 June 1,188 3,840 2,996 844 2,652 1,998 654 September -83 2,673 2,090 583 2,756 2,165 591 December -57 2,922 2,396 526 2,979 2,428 551 2003 March -1,309 2,762 2,033 729 4,071 3,131 940 June 1,001 3,383 2,747 636 2,382 1,873 509 September 86 2,465 1,964 501 2,379 1,905 474 December 223 2,893 2,390 503 2,670 2,189 481 2004 March -873 2,689 2,018 671 3,562 2,745 817 June 1,442 3,578 2,931 647 2,136 1,640 496 September 112 2,540 2,009 531 2,428 1,886 542 December 382 2,936 2,440 496 2,554 2,084 470 2005 March -762 2,568 1,947 621 3,330 2,597 733 June 1,353 3,461 2,869 592 2,108 1,669 439 September 328 2,630 2,137 493 2,302 1,822 480 December 301 2,874 2,414 460 2,573 2,167 406 2006 March -680 2,385 1,842 543 3,065 2,497 568 June 1,305 3,415 2,827 588 2,110 1,709 401 September 80 2,346 1,916 430 2,266 1,876 390 December 289 2,824 2,379 445 2,535 2,170 365 2007 March -776 2,381 1,842 539 3,157 2,595 562 June 1,237 3,349 2,828 521 2,112 1,720 392 September -30 2,229 1,799 430 2,259 1,883 376 December 258 2,768 2,353 415 2,510 2,154 356 2008 March -1,066 2,198 1,657 541 3,264 2,696 568 June 1,019 3,204 2,682 522 2,185 1,779 406 September -266 2,133 1,743 390 2,399 2,032 367 December -720 2,365 2,006 359 3,085 2,702 383 2009 March -2,171 1,681 1,279 402 3,852 3,294 558 June 374 2,778 2,317 461 2,404 2,066 338 September -111 2,024 1,701 323 2,135 1,809 326 December 24 2,353 2,040 313 2,329 2,019 310 2010 March -753 1,811 1,431 380 2,564 2,154 410 June 1,396 3,065 2,624 441 1,669 1,417 252 September 229 2,070 1,746 324 1,841 1,552 289 December 292 2,496 2,157 339 2,204 1,906 298 2011 March -618 1,796 1,432 364 2,414 2,036 378 June 1,213 2,945 2,514 431 1,732 1,461 271 September 474 2,246 1,893 353 1,772 1,508 264 December 187 2,422 2,082 340 2,235 1,904 331 2012 March -507 2,022 1,606 416 2,529 2,050 479 June 1,274 3,056 2,613 443 1,782 1,472 310 September 206 2,147 1,800 347 1,941 1,620 321 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.