Table 8. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change, as a percent of total establishments(1), not seasonally adjusted. Utah (Percent) Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(2) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 1.2 31.3 26.2 5.1 27.9 24.0 3.9 December 1.0 31.1 25.6 5.5 29.1 24.6 4.5 1993 March -0.1 29.8 24.1 5.7 31.9 26.1 5.8 June 2.9 38.6 31.8 6.8 23.1 19.2 3.9 September 1.4 32.6 27.2 5.4 27.4 23.4 4.0 December 1.1 31.9 26.2 5.7 28.8 24.2 4.6 1994 March -0.1 31.7 25.5 6.2 32.2 25.9 6.3 June 2.9 38.6 31.7 6.9 23.6 19.6 4.0 September 1.7 32.7 27.0 5.7 28.6 24.6 4.0 December 1.0 31.2 25.3 5.9 30.5 25.6 4.9 1995 March -0.4 31.3 25.3 6.0 32.7 26.3 6.4 June 2.6 37.4 30.6 6.8 25.5 21.3 4.2 September 2.0 33.5 27.6 5.9 28.1 24.2 3.9 December 1.2 31.7 25.5 6.2 30.6 25.6 5.0 1996 March -0.1 31.2 24.9 6.3 33.5 27.1 6.4 June 3.0 38.5 31.0 7.5 26.4 21.9 4.5 September 1.6 32.6 26.6 6.0 29.5 25.1 4.4 December 0.8 32.0 25.9 6.1 30.8 25.5 5.3 1997 March -1.2 31.2 25.0 6.2 33.7 26.3 7.4 June 2.8 37.4 30.1 7.3 26.3 21.8 4.5 September 1.5 32.1 26.0 6.1 29.8 25.2 4.6 December 1.3 31.4 25.1 6.3 30.9 25.9 5.0 1998 March -1.9 29.3 23.2 6.1 34.9 26.9 8.0 June 2.9 37.4 29.7 7.7 26.2 21.4 4.8 September 1.3 31.2 25.2 6.0 29.7 25.0 4.7 December 1.7 31.8 25.2 6.6 29.8 24.9 4.9 1999 March -2.2 29.5 23.0 6.5 35.5 26.8 8.7 June 2.7 36.1 28.9 7.2 25.9 21.4 4.5 September 1.4 30.5 24.3 6.2 30.2 25.4 4.8 December 1.0 30.6 24.1 6.5 30.6 25.1 5.5 2000 March -2.0 28.6 22.4 6.2 35.2 27.0 8.2 June 2.1 35.9 28.9 7.0 25.7 20.8 4.9 September 0.7 29.7 23.9 5.8 30.6 25.5 5.1 December 1.6 30.2 23.4 6.8 30.1 24.9 5.2 2001 March -2.2 28.6 22.3 6.3 34.6 26.1 8.5 June 2.0 34.9 28.1 6.8 26.1 21.3 4.8 September 0.5 28.5 23.0 5.5 30.4 25.4 5.0 December 0.8 29.5 22.7 6.8 30.7 24.7 6.0 2002 March -3.1 26.8 20.9 5.9 35.7 26.7 9.0 June 2.5 34.8 27.2 7.6 26.0 20.9 5.1 September -0.1 28.8 23.1 5.7 30.0 24.2 5.8 December 2.4 30.2 22.4 7.8 29.2 23.8 5.4 2003 March -2.8 26.6 20.3 6.3 35.4 26.3 9.1 June 2.2 33.9 26.6 7.3 25.3 20.2 5.1 September 1.2 29.3 23.3 6.0 28.1 23.3 4.8 December 2.3 30.4 22.9 7.5 28.1 22.9 5.2 2004 March -2.5 27.7 21.5 6.2 33.5 24.8 8.7 June 2.5 35.2 28.0 7.2 23.8 19.1 4.7 September 1.3 29.2 23.2 6.0 27.7 23.0 4.7 December 2.9 31.0 22.9 8.1 27.9 22.7 5.2 2005 March -2.4 28.5 22.0 6.5 32.8 23.9 8.9 June 2.2 34.9 27.6 7.3 24.6 19.5 5.1 September 1.7 31.4 25.0 6.4 27.0 22.3 4.7 December 3.4 31.7 23.5 8.2 27.5 22.7 4.8 2006 March -1.7 29.6 22.8 6.8 31.8 23.3 8.5 June 2.7 35.4 28.1 7.3 23.9 19.3 4.6 September 1.3 29.7 23.8 5.9 27.6 23.0 4.6 December 3.7 32.2 23.8 8.4 26.9 22.2 4.7 2007 March -2.6 29.0 22.8 6.2 31.7 22.9 8.8 June 2.2 34.2 27.2 7.0 24.5 19.7 4.8 September 0.2 28.0 22.7 5.3 28.7 23.6 5.1 December 2.8 30.6 22.4 8.2 28.5 23.1 5.4 (1) The rates measure establishments gaining or losing jobs as a percentage of the average of the previous and current quarter total number of establishments. (2) See footnote 1, table 5.