Table 1.  Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Vermont

                                         Gross job gains                       Gross job losses
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994        7,441      28,313      19,058        9,255         20,872     13,549        7,323
March 1995        7,365      29,410      20,262        9,148         22,045     14,439        7,606
March 1996        3,420      27,381      18,197        9,184         23,961     16,633        7,328
March 1997        2,329      26,306      17,731        8,575         23,977     17,103        6,874
March 1998        6,962      29,425      21,078        8,347         22,463     14,815        7,648
March 1999        5,727      28,322      21,242        7,080         22,595     15,188        7,407
March 2000        6,271      31,130      22,026        9,104         24,859     18,258        6,601
March 2001        3,587      28,373      20,909        7,464         24,786     16,998        7,788
March 2002       -4,197      24,731      16,574        8,157         28,928     21,732        7,196
March 2003       -2,410      23,716      16,427        7,289         26,126     18,513        7,613
March 2004        2,439      25,339      17,152        8,187         22,900     16,134        6,766
March 2005        2,578      25,871      18,560        7,311         23,293     15,746        7,547
March 2006        2,077      23,741      17,359        6,382         21,664     16,156        5,508
March 2007          195      22,405      17,130        5,275         22,210     16,064        6,146
March 2008         -207      24,260      17,180        7,080         24,467     16,710        7,757
March 2009      -10,092      19,217      13,696        5,521         29,309     21,826        7,483
March 2010       -2,894      19,780      14,125        5,655         22,674     16,141        6,533
March 2011        3,814      22,668      16,540        6,128         18,854     12,910        5,944

(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.