Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Virgin Islands 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 1,454 3,898 2,402 1,496 2,444 1,721 723 December 1,393 3,628 2,571 1,057 2,235 1,729 506 1993 March 1,710 3,850 3,178 672 2,140 1,644 496 June 1,323 4,322 2,238 2,084 2,999 1,910 1,089 September 134 4,221 3,296 925 4,087 3,569 518 December -4,539 3,218 1,645 1,573 7,757 5,898 1,859 1994 March -933 2,445 1,814 631 3,378 2,674 704 June -376 2,616 1,797 819 2,992 2,309 683 September 96 2,523 1,951 572 2,427 1,834 593 December -210 2,174 1,552 622 2,384 1,938 446 1995 March -560 2,057 1,539 518 2,617 1,923 694 June -577 2,620 1,536 1,084 3,197 2,055 1,142 September -605 2,585 1,436 1,149 3,190 1,952 1,238 December -2,399 2,902 1,738 1,164 5,301 4,223 1,078 1996 March -16 3,075 2,402 673 3,091 1,919 1,172 June 664 3,150 2,298 852 2,486 1,864 622 September 880 3,719 2,195 1,524 2,839 2,306 533 December 246 3,174 2,657 517 2,928 2,024 904 1997 March -683 2,863 1,670 1,193 3,546 2,428 1,118 June 459 2,878 1,636 1,242 2,419 1,645 774 September 115 2,501 1,636 865 2,386 1,900 486 December -174 2,912 2,080 832 3,086 1,826 1,260 1998 March -256 2,554 1,878 676 2,810 1,852 958 June 18 2,368 1,763 605 2,350 1,664 686 September 8 2,256 1,602 654 2,248 1,690 558 December -369 2,266 1,801 465 2,635 1,644 991 1999 March 612 2,584 1,772 812 1,972 1,507 465 June -562 1,938 1,512 426 2,500 1,767 733 September -400 1,965 1,508 457 2,365 1,596 769 December 20 2,560 2,049 511 2,540 2,036 504 2000 March -678 2,025 1,664 361 2,703 1,640 1,063 June 2,542 4,580 2,791 1,789 2,038 1,429 609 September 996 3,352 2,339 1,013 2,356 1,689 667 December 891 3,124 2,531 593 2,233 1,764 469 2001 March 899 3,139 2,218 921 2,240 2,000 240 June 746 2,809 2,360 449 2,063 1,693 370 September -895 2,295 1,787 508 3,190 2,768 422 December -723 2,037 1,513 524 2,760 2,285 475 2002 March 82 2,440 1,700 740 2,358 1,947 411 June -787 2,415 2,036 379 3,202 2,612 590 September -665 2,413 1,995 418 3,078 2,566 512 December -131 2,743 2,189 554 2,874 2,263 611 2003 March -694 2,000 1,495 505 2,694 2,135 559 June -152 1,913 1,490 423 2,065 1,702 363 September 125 2,086 1,710 376 1,961 1,395 566 December 586 2,291 1,648 643 1,705 1,355 350 2004 March 265 2,336 1,565 771 2,071 1,666 405 June 173 2,221 1,581 640 2,048 1,640 408 September 925 2,836 1,913 923 1,911 1,424 487 December 2 2,158 1,879 279 2,156 1,634 522 2005 March 411 2,522 1,949 573 2,111 1,704 407 June -146 2,275 1,709 566 2,421 1,833 588 September 1,071 2,921 2,340 581 1,850 1,562 288 December 2 2,298 1,865 433 2,296 2,050 246 2006 March 593 2,516 1,903 613 1,923 1,410 513 June -65 2,228 1,915 313 2,293 1,855 438 September -54 2,683 2,072 611 2,737 1,781 956 December 395 2,368 1,595 773 1,973 1,740 233 2007 March -182 2,245 1,711 534 2,427 1,990 437 June 1,193 3,594 3,060 534 2,401 1,946 455 September -788 2,401 1,717 684 3,189 2,781 408 December 27 2,261 1,718 543 2,234 1,871 363 2008 March 36 2,193 1,820 373 2,157 1,587 570 June -363 2,119 1,670 449 2,482 2,013 469 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.