Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, not seasonally adjusted Iowa 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 -931 66,479 54,750 11,729 67,410 57,731 9,679 December -8,055 66,154 55,296 10,858 74,209 61,096 13,113 1993 March -21,859 56,243 44,092 12,151 78,102 65,824 12,278 June 55,030 104,917 83,198 21,719 49,887 42,593 7,294 September 1,235 70,505 55,408 15,097 69,270 56,997 12,273 December -1,511 70,958 60,987 9,971 72,469 59,508 12,961 1994 March -24,768 63,041 48,557 14,484 87,809 74,312 13,497 June 67,262 114,426 88,360 26,066 47,164 39,522 7,642 September -677 72,370 60,612 11,758 73,047 60,636 12,411 December -879 75,027 62,189 12,838 75,906 63,684 12,222 1995 March -12,372 68,665 54,819 13,846 81,037 66,663 14,374 June 47,413 105,631 85,771 19,860 58,218 47,748 10,470 September -407 71,863 58,804 13,059 72,270 63,490 8,780 December -3,318 76,692 65,754 10,938 80,010 66,945 13,065 1996 March -19,872 66,795 52,915 13,880 86,667 72,661 14,006 June 43,064 106,963 87,318 19,645 63,899 53,741 10,158 September -2,437 74,453 60,102 14,351 76,890 64,817 12,073 December 240 77,354 65,483 11,871 77,114 65,079 12,035 1997 March -25,640 66,227 53,380 12,847 91,867 75,733 16,134 June 56,649 113,873 92,994 20,879 57,224 48,088 9,136 September -5,925 74,957 60,337 14,620 80,882 69,822 11,060 December 5,530 82,641 71,222 11,419 77,111 64,672 12,439 1998 March -20,191 75,689 54,938 20,751 95,880 78,956 16,924 June 58,442 125,015 98,806 26,209 66,573 54,059 12,514 September -6,301 80,152 61,370 18,782 86,453 71,883 14,570 December 1,443 84,954 71,268 13,686 83,511 67,506 16,005 1999 March -39,000 71,271 54,705 16,566 110,271 77,255 33,016 June 57,050 119,139 92,739 26,400 62,089 49,642 12,447 September -3,622 90,178 62,658 27,520 93,800 76,865 16,935 December 3,916 87,027 69,879 17,148 83,111 68,211 14,900 2000 March -28,976 68,918 57,609 11,309 97,894 79,253 18,641 June 38,559 101,328 86,877 14,451 62,769 48,207 14,562 September -3,786 92,481 65,087 27,394 96,267 81,052 15,215 December -11,400 79,659 65,056 14,603 91,059 73,672 17,387 2001 March -33,429 71,671 59,242 12,429 105,100 83,284 21,816 June 41,963 114,739 90,862 23,877 72,776 53,630 19,146 September -19,966 70,329 58,976 11,353 90,295 73,102 17,193 December -19,574 67,952 57,487 10,465 87,526 70,995 16,531 2002 March -30,236 65,598 49,726 15,872 95,834 79,956 15,878 June 48,303 105,838 86,616 19,222 57,535 47,316 10,219 September -11,013 66,756 55,739 11,017 77,769 66,689 11,080 December -10,518 69,959 58,691 11,268 80,477 66,578 13,899 2003 March -37,796 55,712 43,054 12,658 93,508 79,538 13,970 June 45,625 103,592 85,488 18,104 57,967 48,143 9,824 September -3,426 66,889 55,154 11,735 70,315 61,549 8,766 December -2,682 73,002 61,581 11,421 75,684 62,354 13,330 2004 March -24,711 58,617 47,624 10,993 83,328 69,414 13,914 June 51,894 105,207 87,686 17,521 53,313 43,337 9,976 September -6,568 67,786 55,147 12,639 74,354 63,754 10,600 December 3,060 76,079 62,939 13,140 73,019 61,563 11,456 2005 March -22,088 60,179 49,180 10,999 82,267 68,277 13,990 June 48,753 106,098 88,432 17,666 57,345 46,946 10,399 September -2,852 69,840 58,432 11,408 72,692 62,735 9,957 December -3,108 73,750 61,660 12,090 76,858 64,957 11,901 2006 March -20,134 62,972 50,739 12,233 83,106 66,696 16,410 June 51,347 107,543 88,782 18,761 56,196 47,392 8,804 September -10,318 66,863 56,028 10,835 77,181 68,640 8,541 December -794 75,678 64,349 11,329 76,472 64,769 11,703 2007 March -28,761 58,919 48,295 10,624 87,680 73,672 14,008 June 53,855 109,909 92,108 17,801 56,054 46,320 9,734 September -13,066 65,957 54,785 11,172 79,023 70,419 8,604 December -2,264 72,740 62,327 10,413 75,004 64,360 10,644 2008 March -28,285 60,480 50,005 10,475 88,765 70,933 17,832 June 43,306 102,711 87,489 15,222 59,405 48,791 10,614 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.