Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, 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 298 3,126 2,345 781 2,828 2,144 684 December 3 2,889 2,169 720 2,886 2,234 652 1993 March 144 2,944 2,123 821 2,800 2,123 677 June 286 2,955 2,265 690 2,669 2,038 631 September 419 3,151 2,412 739 2,732 2,118 614 December 261 3,073 2,324 749 2,812 2,160 652 1994 March 330 3,064 2,321 743 2,734 2,102 632 June 444 3,198 2,391 807 2,754 2,076 678 September 615 3,360 2,567 793 2,745 2,177 568 December 240 3,119 2,392 727 2,879 2,235 644 1995 March 390 3,251 2,475 776 2,861 2,257 604 June 126 3,165 2,363 802 3,039 2,359 680 September 446 3,382 2,619 763 2,936 2,242 694 December 187 3,308 2,489 819 3,121 2,397 724 1996 March 201 3,337 2,513 824 3,136 2,466 670 June 383 3,425 2,540 885 3,042 2,347 695 September 308 3,498 2,640 858 3,190 2,447 743 December 420 3,471 2,589 882 3,051 2,339 712 1997 March 368 3,451 2,598 853 3,083 2,373 710 June 322 3,364 2,518 846 3,042 2,325 717 September 476 3,707 2,831 876 3,231 2,398 833 December 365 3,771 2,791 980 3,406 2,398 1,008 1998 March 492 3,870 2,841 1,029 3,378 2,478 900 June 150 3,716 2,650 1,066 3,566 2,589 977 September 474 3,680 2,725 955 3,206 2,403 803 December 379 3,578 2,737 841 3,199 2,411 788 1999 March 183 3,708 2,750 958 3,525 2,635 890 June 338 3,577 2,650 927 3,239 2,440 799 September 322 3,592 2,748 844 3,270 2,454 816 December 529 3,688 2,848 840 3,159 2,388 771 2000 March 434 3,720 2,884 836 3,286 2,522 764 June 245 3,489 2,740 749 3,244 2,490 754 September 136 3,522 2,735 787 3,386 2,582 804 December 204 3,512 2,743 769 3,308 2,541 767 2001 March -153 3,570 2,789 781 3,723 2,840 883 June -615 3,251 2,489 762 3,866 3,012 854 September -703 3,067 2,313 754 3,770 2,937 833 December -587 3,025 2,290 735 3,612 2,829 783 2002 March 60 3,409 2,591 818 3,349 2,584 765 June 3 3,229 2,456 773 3,226 2,459 767 September -99 3,028 2,363 665 3,127 2,451 676 December -147 2,904 2,286 618 3,051 2,386 665 2003 March -92 3,003 2,384 619 3,095 2,437 658 June -70 2,828 2,250 578 2,898 2,305 593 September 106 2,794 2,222 572 2,688 2,150 538 December 147 2,874 2,275 599 2,727 2,148 579 2004 March 241 2,951 2,377 574 2,710 2,136 574 June 391 2,992 2,404 588 2,601 2,022 579 September 133 2,876 2,272 604 2,743 2,129 614 December 302 2,908 2,325 583 2,606 2,047 559 2005 March 290 2,833 2,302 531 2,543 2,023 520 June 318 2,885 2,348 537 2,567 2,054 513 September 385 2,980 2,418 562 2,595 2,054 541 December 237 2,840 2,300 540 2,603 2,126 477 2006 March 308 2,666 2,198 468 2,358 1,943 415 June 266 2,844 2,313 531 2,578 2,114 464 September 93 2,659 2,169 490 2,566 2,130 436 December 240 2,794 2,275 519 2,554 2,128 426 2007 March 230 2,664 2,201 463 2,434 2,020 414 June 204 2,784 2,313 471 2,580 2,127 453 September -11 2,527 2,036 491 2,538 2,120 418 December 208 2,744 2,257 487 2,536 2,128 408 2008 March -63 2,394 1,931 463 2,457 2,049 408 June 9 2,660 2,183 477 2,651 2,175 476 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.