Table 1. Private sector gross jobs gains and losses by establishment age Total Private Maine Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 18,427 18,427 0 18,427 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -4,443 40,696 35,504 5,192 45,139 26,782 18,357 Total 13,984 59,123 35,504 23,619 45,139 26,782 18,357 March 1995 Less than one year 14,471 14,471 0 14,471 0 0 0 1 year -552 3,807 3,270 537 4,359 1,806 2,553 Born before March 1993 -1,579 38,998 35,003 3,995 40,577 26,365 14,212 Total 12,340 57,276 38,273 19,003 44,936 28,171 16,765 March 1996 Less than one year 14,554 14,554 0 14,554 0 0 0 1 year -622 3,172 2,680 492 3,794 1,751 2,043 2 years -611 2,920 2,497 423 3,531 1,575 1,956 Born before March 1993 -12,075 31,724 28,705 3,019 43,799 28,895 14,904 Total 1,246 52,370 33,882 18,488 51,124 32,221 18,903 March 1997 Less than one year 12,668 12,668 0 12,668 0 0 0 1 year 350 4,268 3,770 498 3,918 1,175 2,743 2 years 443 2,950 2,450 500 2,507 960 1,547 3 years -1,188 2,894 2,587 307 4,082 2,008 2,074 Born before March 1993 -4,754 34,256 32,127 2,129 39,010 25,808 13,202 Total 7,519 57,036 40,934 16,102 49,517 29,951 19,566 March 1998 Less than one year 18,247 18,247 0 18,247 0 0 0 1 year 22 3,518 2,786 732 3,496 1,434 2,062 2 years -383 2,856 2,352 504 3,239 1,336 1,903 3 years -272 2,386 1,885 501 2,658 1,450 1,208 4 years -1,179 2,037 1,597 440 3,216 2,227 989 Born before March 1993 -1,979 34,152 30,197 3,955 36,131 24,125 12,006 Total 14,456 63,196 38,817 24,379 48,740 30,572 18,168 March 1999 Less than one year 14,548 14,548 0 14,548 0 0 0 1 year 406 4,239 3,756 483 3,833 2,039 1,794 2 years 85 2,394 1,873 521 2,309 1,146 1,163 3 years -97 2,236 1,968 268 2,333 1,153 1,180 4 years -43 2,333 1,951 382 2,376 1,181 1,195 5 years 481 2,403 2,069 334 1,922 1,156 766 Born before March 1993 -844 32,848 30,041 2,807 33,692 24,535 9,157 Total 14,536 61,001 41,658 19,343 46,465 31,210 15,255 March 2000 Less than one year 15,021 15,021 0 15,021 0 0 0 1 year 2,023 5,552 4,952 600 3,529 1,301 2,228 2 years 1,051 4,318 3,883 435 3,267 1,822 1,445 3 years 263 2,049 1,710 339 1,786 957 829 4 years 180 2,568 2,320 248 2,388 1,558 830 5 years 237 2,385 2,141 244 2,148 1,240 908 6 years -151 2,035 1,860 175 2,186 983 1,203 Born before March 1993 -2,140 29,619 27,608 2,011 31,759 23,586 8,173 Total 16,484 63,547 44,474 19,073 47,063 31,447 15,616 March 2001 Less than one year 14,372 14,372 0 14,372 0 0 0 1 year 4,535 8,107 7,732 375 3,572 1,522 2,050 2 years -982 2,836 2,428 408 3,818 2,359 1,459 3 years -822 2,816 2,584 232 3,638 2,611 1,027 4 years 22 1,897 1,772 125 1,875 1,149 726 5 years 475 2,576 2,463 113 2,101 1,324 777 6 years -535 1,667 1,530 137 2,202 1,493 709 7 years -642 1,395 1,291 104 2,037 1,331 706 Born before March 1993 -12,065 24,491 23,100 1,391 36,556 27,805 8,751 Total 4,358 60,157 42,900 17,257 55,799 39,594 16,205 March 2002 Less than one year 15,040 15,040 0 15,040 0 0 0 1 year -971 3,201 2,972 229 4,172 1,513 2,659 2 years -729 3,199 2,839 360 3,928 2,065 1,863 3 years -1,080 2,137 1,763 374 3,217 1,855 1,362 4 years -2,124 2,157 1,968 189 4,281 2,316 1,965 5 years -802 1,385 1,239 146 2,187 1,261 926 6 years -1,723 1,496 1,359 137 3,219 1,345 1,874 7 years -759 1,544 1,273 271 2,303 1,280 1,023 8 years -364 1,437 1,304 133 1,801 1,255 546 Born before March 1993 -12,710 23,464 22,180 1,284 36,174 27,366 8,808 Total -6,222 55,060 36,897 18,163 61,282 40,256 21,026 March 2003 Less than one year 13,247 13,247 0 13,247 0 0 0 1 year -362 3,174 2,904 270 3,536 1,557 1,979 2 years -690 1,931 1,563 368 2,621 1,212 1,409 3 years -129 2,582 2,301 281 2,711 1,651 1,060 4 years -863 1,628 1,441 187 2,491 1,432 1,059 5 years -477 1,840 1,540 300 2,317 1,273 1,044 6 years -657 1,096 922 174 1,753 1,153 600 7 years -216 1,403 1,258 145 1,619 1,125 494 8 years -731 983 928 55 1,714 1,181 533 9 years -475 1,402 1,308 94 1,877 1,148 729 Born before March 1993 -9,999 19,853 18,886 967 29,852 21,500 8,352 Total -1,352 49,139 33,051 16,088 50,491 33,232 17,259 March 2004 Less than one year 12,183 12,183 0 12,183 0 0 0 1 year -230 3,267 2,993 274 3,497 1,247 2,250 2 years -541 2,763 2,447 316 3,304 1,346 1,958 3 years -592 1,748 1,434 314 2,340 1,119 1,221 4 years -788 2,260 2,073 187 3,048 1,985 1,063 5 years -180 1,710 1,417 293 1,890 1,037 853 6 years -317 2,257 1,733 524 2,574 1,193 1,381 7 years -329 1,309 1,167 142 1,638 972 666 8 years -293 1,288 1,034 254 1,581 1,169 412 9 years -195 1,202 1,086 116 1,397 850 547 10 years -445 1,458 1,137 321 1,903 1,060 843 Born before March 1993 -4,268 21,527 19,893 1,634 25,795 19,851 5,944 Total 4,005 52,972 36,414 16,558 48,967 31,829 17,138 March 2005 Less than one year 13,861 13,861 0 13,861 0 0 0 1 year -209 2,778 2,508 270 2,987 1,278 1,709 2 years -551 2,060 1,739 321 2,611 1,207 1,404 3 years -829 1,797 1,519 278 2,626 1,609 1,017 4 years -767 1,433 1,211 222 2,200 1,121 1,079 5 years -1,172 1,374 1,168 206 2,546 1,700 846 6 years -292 1,458 1,310 148 1,750 1,127 623 7 years -639 1,305 1,116 189 1,944 1,281 663 8 years -322 1,070 971 99 1,392 734 658 9 years -567 953 845 108 1,520 1,021 499 10 years -544 907 812 95 1,451 856 595 11 years -367 1,363 1,207 156 1,730 1,264 466 Born before March 1993 -8,801 19,207 17,827 1,380 28,008 20,053 7,955 Total -1,199 49,566 32,233 17,333 50,765 33,251 17,514 March 2006 Less than one year 13,279 13,279 0 13,279 0 0 0 1 year -113 3,295 3,019 276 3,408 1,477 1,931 2 years -480 1,845 1,520 325 2,325 1,097 1,228 3 years -428 1,661 1,429 232 2,089 1,048 1,041 4 years 65 2,260 2,008 252 2,195 1,275 920 5 years -554 1,443 1,172 271 1,997 1,124 873 6 years -771 1,425 1,190 235 2,196 1,290 906 7 years -506 1,172 1,044 128 1,678 1,025 653 8 years 14 1,460 1,274 186 1,446 981 465 9 years -285 994 904 90 1,279 784 495 10 years -240 1,032 945 87 1,272 828 444 11 years -205 1,034 865 169 1,239 807 432 12 years -531 986 957 29 1,517 1,017 500 Born before March 1993 -5,032 18,012 17,093 919 23,044 17,805 5,239 Total 4,213 49,898 33,420 16,478 45,685 30,558 15,127 March 2007 Less than one year 13,308 13,308 0 13,308 0 0 0 1 year -1,139 2,598 2,297 301 3,737 1,561 2,176 2 years -440 2,200 1,934 266 2,640 1,232 1,408 3 years -568 1,437 1,212 225 2,005 1,099 906 4 years -264 1,467 1,290 177 1,731 1,077 654 5 years -603 1,679 1,539 140 2,282 1,288 994 6 years -241 1,285 1,141 144 1,526 861 665 7 years -71 1,640 1,426 214 1,711 1,086 625 8 years -738 1,197 1,059 138 1,935 1,188 747 9 years -504 1,159 1,060 99 1,663 1,128 535 10 years 158 1,202 1,093 109 1,044 736 308 11 years -355 904 765 139 1,259 883 376 12 years -120 868 811 57 988 714 274 13 years -251 1,006 885 121 1,257 860 397 Born before March 1993 -4,281 18,754 16,512 2,242 23,035 17,707 5,328 Total 3,891 50,704 33,024 17,680 46,813 31,420 15,393 March 2008 Less than one year 12,346 12,346 0 12,346 0 0 0 1 year -1,160 2,416 2,160 256 3,576 1,584 1,992 2 years -778 2,076 1,623 453 2,854 1,254 1,600 3 years -489 1,680 1,393 287 2,169 1,012 1,157 4 years -352 1,671 1,268 403 2,023 1,019 1,004 5 years -737 1,251 1,029 222 1,988 1,152 836 6 years -313 1,329 1,227 102 1,642 972 670 7 years -419 1,035 878 157 1,454 897 557 8 years -303 1,397 1,268 129 1,700 1,178 522 9 years -243 1,452 1,325 127 1,695 1,074 621 10 years -540 984 859 125 1,524 1,049 475 11 years -580 792 732 60 1,372 929 443 12 years -35 1,167 1,089 78 1,202 822 380 13 years 214 1,216 1,108 108 1,002 774 228 14 years -338 846 793 53 1,184 923 261 Born before March 1993 -3,776 17,417 16,672 745 21,193 16,484 4,709 Total 2,497 49,075 33,424 15,651 46,578 31,123 15,455 March 2009 Less than one year 12,315 12,315 0 12,315 0 0 0 1 year -1,131 2,285 2,113 172 3,416 1,205 2,211 2 years -984 1,607 1,343 264 2,591 1,081 1,510 3 years -1,024 1,409 1,083 326 2,433 1,165 1,268 4 years -699 1,479 1,228 251 2,178 1,231 947 5 years -925 1,182 1,054 128 2,107 1,085 1,022 6 years -1,011 893 744 149 1,904 1,145 759 7 years -823 1,087 814 273 1,910 1,214 696 8 years -834 760 636 124 1,594 1,068 526 9 years -929 966 835 131 1,895 1,289 606 10 years -1,025 851 730 121 1,876 1,345 531 11 years -1,218 815 735 80 2,033 1,433 600 12 years -964 631 547 84 1,595 1,143 452 13 years -1,271 693 532 161 1,964 1,568 396 14 years -939 682 612 70 1,621 1,097 524 15 years -685 712 659 53 1,397 1,032 365 Born before March 1993 -18,964 12,507 11,787 720 31,471 26,119 5,352 Total -21,111 40,874 25,452 15,422 61,985 44,220 17,765 March 2010 Less than one year 10,161 10,161 0 10,161 0 0 0 1 year -529 2,116 1,902 214 2,645 1,172 1,473 2 years -335 1,665 1,345 320 2,000 853 1,147 3 years -340 1,391 1,138 253 1,731 958 773 4 years -761 1,111 829 282 1,872 929 943 5 years -1,104 885 717 168 1,989 922 1,067 6 years -364 1,043 863 180 1,407 939 468 7 years -470 971 789 182 1,441 854 587 8 years -577 938 708 230 1,515 1,124 391 9 years -143 834 714 120 977 650 327 10 years -374 1,180 979 201 1,554 1,108 446 11 years -305 1,092 985 107 1,397 1,104 293 12 years -402 982 801 181 1,384 996 388 13 years -491 604 506 98 1,095 851 244 14 years -900 703 611 92 1,603 1,276 327 15 years -317 724 657 67 1,041 823 218 16 years -583 560 512 48 1,143 898 245 Born before March 1993 -7,992 14,138 13,271 867 22,130 17,937 4,193 Total -5,826 41,098 27,327 13,771 46,924 33,394 13,530 March 2011 Less than one year 8,416 8,416 0 8,416 0 0 0 1 year -555 2,039 1,850 189 2,594 930 1,664 2 years -61 1,954 1,666 288 2,015 921 1,094 3 years -481 1,443 1,214 229 1,924 1,058 866 4 years -966 1,169 961 208 2,135 1,147 988 5 years -96 1,206 1,015 191 1,302 678 624 6 years -429 1,132 975 157 1,561 981 580 7 years 196 1,177 1,047 130 981 606 375 8 years 25 986 899 87 961 576 385 9 years -439 925 713 212 1,364 926 438 10 years -287 843 727 116 1,130 770 360 11 years -186 1,003 916 87 1,189 809 380 12 years 54 1,231 1,126 105 1,177 728 449 13 years -421 912 786 126 1,333 781 552 14 years -19 794 710 84 813 587 226 15 years -74 809 682 127 883 641 242 16 years -105 865 820 45 970 615 355 17 years 239 971 851 120 732 557 175 Born before March 1993 -2,275 14,875 13,877 998 17,150 13,454 3,696 Total 2,536 42,750 30,835 11,915 40,214 26,765 13,449 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.