Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses by size of employment change, not 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 -127 2,032 1,683 349 2,159 1,840 319 December 85 2,128 1,743 385 2,043 1,700 343 1993 March -324 2,011 1,633 378 2,335 1,873 462 June 770 2,527 2,074 453 1,757 1,454 303 September -22 2,127 1,768 359 2,149 1,847 302 December 163 2,220 1,843 377 2,057 1,721 336 1994 March -331 2,061 1,699 362 2,392 1,926 466 June 809 2,624 2,149 475 1,815 1,502 313 September -5 2,214 1,845 369 2,219 1,904 315 December 126 2,277 1,887 390 2,151 1,795 356 1995 March -279 2,161 1,778 383 2,440 1,977 463 June 713 2,619 2,151 468 1,906 1,592 314 September -111 2,206 1,848 358 2,317 1,972 345 December 113 2,318 1,906 412 2,205 1,839 366 1996 March -307 2,192 1,792 400 2,499 2,001 498 June 737 2,680 2,195 485 1,943 1,614 329 September -105 2,253 1,868 385 2,358 2,014 344 December 177 2,406 1,972 434 2,229 1,855 374 1997 March -255 2,273 1,859 414 2,528 2,030 498 June 753 2,737 2,253 484 1,984 1,650 334 September -90 2,313 1,932 381 2,403 2,042 361 December 156 2,452 2,012 440 2,296 1,895 401 1998 March -326 2,280 1,849 431 2,606 2,070 536 June 847 2,818 2,287 531 1,971 1,649 322 September -150 2,318 1,932 386 2,468 2,101 367 December 210 2,491 2,062 429 2,281 1,898 383 1999 March -345 2,307 1,889 418 2,652 2,122 530 June 760 2,825 2,320 505 2,065 1,703 362 September -159 2,361 1,960 401 2,520 2,129 391 December 244 2,560 2,099 461 2,316 1,922 394 2000 March -319 2,388 1,937 451 2,707 2,170 537 June 727 2,845 2,347 498 2,118 1,765 353 September -197 2,386 1,976 410 2,583 2,183 400 December 111 2,517 2,059 458 2,406 2,003 403 2001 March -407 2,338 1,909 429 2,745 2,179 566 June 628 2,779 2,286 493 2,151 1,787 364 September -423 2,247 1,861 386 2,670 2,250 420 December -39 2,399 1,947 452 2,438 2,040 398 2002 March -483 2,251 1,828 423 2,734 2,176 558 June 645 2,754 2,247 507 2,109 1,752 357 September -250 2,292 1,901 391 2,542 2,166 376 December 35 2,435 1,976 459 2,400 2,004 396 2003 March -587 2,210 1,789 421 2,797 2,233 564 June 661 2,751 2,260 491 2,090 1,733 357 September -205 2,307 1,921 386 2,512 2,141 371 December 122 2,474 2,008 466 2,352 1,966 386 2004 March -392 2,333 1,899 434 2,725 2,168 557 June 753 2,837 2,332 505 2,084 1,726 358 September -212 2,357 1,947 410 2,569 2,169 400 December 215 2,586 2,086 500 2,371 1,985 386 2005 March -479 2,355 1,909 446 2,834 2,242 592 June 782 2,917 2,373 544 2,135 1,769 366 September -126 2,464 2,027 437 2,590 2,195 395 December 150 2,623 2,106 517 2,473 2,071 402 2006 March -334 2,484 2,017 467 2,818 2,228 590 June 742 2,958 2,420 538 2,216 1,836 380 September -294 2,424 2,006 418 2,718 2,296 422 December 137 2,656 2,126 530 2,519 2,091 428 2007 March -441 2,481 2,010 471 2,922 2,301 621 June 662 2,946 2,417 529 2,284 1,875 409 September -344 2,436 1,996 440 2,780 2,350 430 December 72 2,651 2,128 523 2,579 2,137 442 2008 March -641 2,375 1,927 448 3,016 2,367 649 June 434 2,805 2,288 517 2,371 1,937 434 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.