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 1,431 4,378 3,228 1,150 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 128 3,106 2,416 690 2,978 2,280 698 December 301 3,518 2,869 649 3,217 2,588 629 2001 March -1,644 3,306 2,380 926 4,950 3,653 1,297 June 689 3,869 3,037 832 3,180 2,451 729 September -616 2,703 2,044 659 3,319 2,592 727 December -500 3,019 2,397 622 3,519 2,878 641 2002 March -1,247 3,186 2,212 974 4,433 3,320 1,113 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 -1,308 2,767 2,038 729 4,075 3,131 944 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 2,896 2,388 508 2,673 2,189 484 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 -761 2,575 1,954 621 3,336 2,596 740 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 70 2,346 1,916 430 2,276 1,886 390 December 299 2,834 2,389 445 2,535 2,169 366 2007 March -778 2,390 1,840 550 3,168 2,596 572 June 1,254 3,337 2,829 508 2,083 1,704 379 September -3 2,213 1,797 416 2,216 1,843 373 December 268 2,759 2,361 398 2,491 2,145 346 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.