Table 8. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change, as a percent of total establishments(1), not seasonally adjusted Washington (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 0.9 33.4 26.5 6.9 31.5 25.5 6.0 December -1.7 29.4 23.6 5.8 35.3 27.8 7.5 1993 March 0.8 32.1 24.6 7.5 33.1 26.4 6.7 June 2.9 38.4 30.7 7.7 25.4 20.6 4.8 September 0.9 32.1 26.2 5.9 29.7 24.7 5.0 December -1.8 29.9 24.2 5.7 34.7 27.2 7.5 1994 March 0.2 31.6 24.4 7.2 33.6 26.6 7.0 June 3.3 38.8 30.5 8.3 25.8 20.8 5.0 September 0.7 33.5 26.9 6.6 30.8 24.9 5.9 December -2.3 29.3 23.6 5.7 35.9 27.9 8.0 1995 March 0.1 31.8 24.6 7.2 33.6 26.5 7.1 June 2.2 37.5 29.5 8.0 27.1 21.3 5.8 September 1.1 32.7 25.9 6.8 31.0 25.3 5.7 December -2.6 28.9 23.2 5.7 36.2 27.9 8.3 1996 March -0.1 32.0 24.7 7.3 33.2 25.8 7.4 June 2.7 38.3 30.0 8.3 26.8 21.2 5.6 September 0.8 33.3 26.6 6.7 30.3 24.4 5.9 December -2.0 29.5 23.6 5.9 35.2 27.3 7.9 1997 March 0.4 33.1 25.6 7.5 32.6 25.5 7.1 June 2.8 38.2 30.1 8.1 26.2 20.9 5.3 September 0.2 33.1 26.5 6.6 31.5 25.1 6.4 December -0.8 31.1 24.5 6.6 33.9 26.5 7.4 1998 March -0.1 31.4 24.2 7.2 33.3 26.0 7.3 June 2.2 38.1 30.3 7.8 26.5 20.9 5.6 September 0.3 32.9 26.5 6.4 31.4 25.3 6.1 December -1.6 30.2 24.1 6.1 34.9 27.2 7.7 1999 March -0.9 33.0 25.9 7.1 33.6 25.6 8.0 June 0.9 38.5 30.6 7.9 28.8 21.8 7.0 September 0.5 34.9 26.9 8.0 33.0 25.5 7.5 December -0.4 32.7 25.1 7.6 35.2 27.2 8.0 2000 March 0.1 33.2 25.3 7.9 34.4 26.6 7.8 June 2.3 38.2 29.9 8.3 28.0 22.0 6.0 September -0.7 33.5 26.7 6.8 33.0 25.5 7.5 December -2.7 30.6 24.4 6.2 36.3 27.4 8.9 2001 March 0.8 32.7 24.4 8.3 34.6 27.1 7.5 June 1.8 36.3 28.8 7.5 27.9 22.2 5.7 September -0.9 30.4 24.5 5.9 33.7 26.9 6.8 December -1.1 28.1 21.9 6.2 36.2 28.9 7.3 2002 March -1.2 29.7 22.9 6.8 34.9 26.9 8.0 June 3.0 36.8 28.7 8.1 26.3 21.2 5.1 September 0.2 31.3 25.1 6.2 30.9 24.9 6.0 December -1.7 28.5 22.8 5.7 34.2 26.8 7.4 2003 March 2.8 30.1 22.3 7.8 30.9 25.9 5.0 June 1.9 34.1 27.8 6.3 24.8 20.4 4.4 September 0.1 30.2 24.6 5.6 29.4 23.9 5.5 December -0.9 27.8 22.5 5.3 31.9 25.7 6.2 2004 March 0.8 30.1 23.7 6.4 29.9 24.3 5.6 June 0.4 34.9 29.1 5.8 25.4 20.0 5.4 September 0.6 30.3 25.0 5.3 28.7 24.0 4.7 December -0.1 28.4 23.2 5.2 30.8 25.5 5.3 2005 March 0.8 29.6 23.5 6.1 29.9 24.6 5.3 June 0.6 33.9 28.5 5.4 24.8 20.0 4.8 September 0.3 30.7 25.4 5.3 28.4 23.4 5.0 December -0.4 28.2 23.2 5.0 30.9 25.5 5.4 2006 March 0.9 29.6 23.6 6.0 29.6 24.5 5.1 June 1.2 34.5 28.7 5.8 24.7 20.1 4.6 September -0.2 29.8 24.9 4.9 29.4 24.3 5.1 December -0.1 27.7 22.8 4.9 30.4 25.4 5.0 2007 March 1.2 30.2 24.1 6.1 28.9 24.0 4.9 June 0.4 33.8 28.6 5.2 24.7 19.9 4.8 September -0.8 29.0 24.3 4.7 30.2 24.7 5.5 December 0.2 27.9 22.7 5.2 30.7 25.7 5.0 2008 March 1.6 28.5 22.5 6.0 29.5 25.1 4.4 June -0.7 31.4 26.5 4.9 26.7 21.1 5.6 (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.