Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, seasonally adjusted 1 to 4 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 93 2,161 1,770 391 2,068 1,716 352 December 45 2,135 1,753 382 2,090 1,727 363 1993 March 72 2,160 1,766 394 2,088 1,732 356 June 191 2,232 1,834 398 2,041 1,684 357 September 211 2,265 1,860 405 2,054 1,721 333 December 122 2,226 1,854 372 2,104 1,749 355 1994 March 74 2,214 1,837 377 2,140 1,781 359 June 206 2,318 1,900 418 2,112 1,743 369 September 231 2,355 1,941 414 2,124 1,776 348 December 81 2,283 1,899 384 2,202 1,823 379 1995 March 138 2,320 1,922 398 2,182 1,828 354 June 97 2,313 1,901 412 2,216 1,845 371 September 129 2,348 1,945 403 2,219 1,839 380 December 68 2,324 1,918 406 2,256 1,868 388 1996 March 123 2,355 1,939 416 2,232 1,851 381 June 110 2,369 1,942 427 2,259 1,871 388 September 144 2,400 1,965 435 2,256 1,877 379 December 130 2,411 1,983 428 2,281 1,886 395 1997 March 180 2,442 2,010 432 2,262 1,878 384 June 111 2,420 1,993 427 2,309 1,913 396 September 159 2,461 2,032 429 2,302 1,904 398 December 107 2,458 2,024 434 2,351 1,925 426 1998 March 124 2,450 2,001 449 2,326 1,915 411 June 199 2,489 2,022 467 2,290 1,912 378 September 101 2,467 2,032 435 2,366 1,960 406 December 162 2,496 2,075 421 2,334 1,928 406 1999 March 109 2,480 2,045 435 2,371 1,963 408 June 93 2,497 2,051 446 2,404 1,976 428 September 100 2,516 2,064 452 2,416 1,984 432 December 192 2,563 2,112 451 2,371 1,954 417 2000 March 144 2,564 2,096 468 2,420 2,008 412 June 49 2,516 2,076 440 2,467 2,050 417 September 60 2,538 2,077 461 2,478 2,036 442 December 55 2,520 2,071 449 2,465 2,035 430 2001 March 63 2,512 2,065 447 2,449 2,016 433 June -48 2,457 2,022 435 2,505 2,075 430 September -166 2,394 1,958 436 2,560 2,097 463 December -95 2,401 1,958 443 2,496 2,072 424 2002 March -24 2,418 1,977 441 2,442 2,016 426 June -19 2,435 1,988 447 2,454 2,033 421 September 3 2,438 1,999 439 2,435 2,020 415 December -20 2,437 1,989 448 2,457 2,035 422 2003 March -126 2,372 1,934 438 2,498 2,066 432 June 1 2,433 2,000 433 2,432 2,009 423 September 50 2,455 2,019 436 2,405 1,996 409 December 68 2,476 2,020 456 2,408 1,998 410 2004 March 74 2,506 2,054 452 2,432 2,006 426 June 85 2,508 2,063 445 2,423 2,000 423 September 49 2,510 2,047 463 2,461 2,022 439 December 158 2,587 2,098 489 2,429 2,018 411 2005 March 3 2,531 2,065 466 2,528 2,075 453 June 100 2,580 2,100 480 2,480 2,049 431 September 141 2,623 2,131 492 2,482 2,046 436 December 90 2,623 2,118 505 2,533 2,104 429 2006 March 156 2,670 2,182 488 2,514 2,063 451 June 42 2,618 2,142 476 2,576 2,128 448 September -25 2,579 2,109 470 2,604 2,139 465 December 75 2,656 2,139 517 2,581 2,125 456 2007 March 64 2,665 2,173 492 2,601 2,128 473 June -40 2,597 2,136 461 2,637 2,160 477 September -72 2,575 2,093 482 2,647 2,177 470 December 4 2,631 2,134 497 2,627 2,160 467 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.