Table 1. Private sector gross jobs gains and losses by establishment age Total Private Montana 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 10,311 10,311 0 10,311 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 34 25,334 23,300 2,034 25,300 16,770 8,530 Total 10,345 35,645 23,300 12,345 25,300 16,770 8,530 March 1995 Less than one year 12,415 12,415 0 12,415 0 0 0 1 year -456 2,403 2,151 252 2,859 952 1,907 Born before March 1993 1,114 26,318 24,631 1,687 25,204 16,511 8,693 Total 13,073 41,136 26,782 14,354 28,063 17,463 10,600 March 1996 Less than one year 12,293 12,293 0 12,293 0 0 0 1 year -1,094 2,221 1,896 325 3,315 1,590 1,725 2 years -839 1,523 1,289 234 2,362 1,043 1,319 Born before March 1993 -2,771 23,607 22,094 1,513 26,378 19,403 6,975 Total 7,589 39,644 25,279 14,365 32,055 22,036 10,019 March 1997 Less than one year 11,251 11,251 0 11,251 0 0 0 1 year -1,038 2,607 2,378 229 3,645 1,841 1,804 2 years -890 1,785 1,450 335 2,675 1,261 1,414 3 years 107 1,630 1,353 277 1,523 845 678 Born before March 1993 -6,359 19,440 18,278 1,162 25,799 18,178 7,621 Total 3,071 36,713 23,459 13,254 33,642 22,125 11,517 March 1998 Less than one year 16,480 16,480 0 16,480 0 0 0 1 year -776 2,832 2,519 313 3,608 1,071 2,537 2 years -90 2,034 1,828 206 2,124 1,131 993 3 years 110 1,789 1,495 294 1,679 769 910 4 years -388 1,235 1,060 175 1,623 846 777 Born before March 1993 -5,317 20,217 18,726 1,491 25,534 18,232 7,302 Total 10,019 44,587 25,628 18,959 34,568 22,049 12,519 March 1999 Less than one year 11,254 11,254 0 11,254 0 0 0 1 year 680 4,098 3,771 327 3,418 1,650 1,768 2 years 90 2,280 2,009 271 2,190 1,209 981 3 years 238 2,041 1,793 248 1,803 935 868 4 years -169 1,529 1,203 326 1,698 801 897 5 years -509 1,191 1,010 181 1,700 892 808 Born before March 1993 -3,483 20,142 18,108 2,034 23,625 16,566 7,059 Total 8,101 42,535 27,894 14,641 34,434 22,053 12,381 March 2000 Less than one year 9,798 9,798 0 9,798 0 0 0 1 year 150 2,938 2,544 394 2,788 983 1,805 2 years -382 2,549 2,189 360 2,931 1,861 1,070 3 years 397 2,245 2,040 205 1,848 907 941 4 years -212 1,613 1,432 181 1,825 815 1,010 5 years -251 1,275 1,123 152 1,526 744 782 6 years -104 1,118 964 154 1,222 627 595 Born before March 1993 -2,594 18,059 17,197 862 20,653 14,109 6,544 Total 6,802 39,595 27,489 12,106 32,793 20,046 12,747 March 2001 Less than one year 11,656 11,656 0 11,656 0 0 0 1 year -210 2,428 2,044 384 2,638 1,040 1,598 2 years 347 2,435 2,149 286 2,088 1,034 1,054 3 years -932 2,085 1,804 281 3,017 1,568 1,449 4 years -173 1,892 1,678 214 2,065 900 1,165 5 years -70 1,664 1,429 235 1,734 919 815 6 years -412 1,115 995 120 1,527 699 828 7 years -199 1,106 969 137 1,305 754 551 Born before March 1993 -5,237 17,874 16,599 1,275 23,111 15,966 7,145 Total 4,770 42,255 27,667 14,588 37,485 22,880 14,605 March 2002 Less than one year 10,712 10,712 0 10,712 0 0 0 1 year -1,138 2,050 1,829 221 3,188 1,185 2,003 2 years -946 1,691 1,362 329 2,637 1,029 1,608 3 years -720 1,628 1,276 352 2,348 1,526 822 4 years -606 1,880 1,469 411 2,486 1,444 1,042 5 years -393 1,246 1,054 192 1,639 956 683 6 years -365 1,355 1,099 256 1,720 1,097 623 7 years -639 1,020 841 179 1,659 911 748 8 years -188 1,138 966 172 1,326 869 457 Born before March 1993 -4,837 17,159 15,369 1,790 21,996 15,898 6,098 Total 880 39,879 25,265 14,614 38,999 24,915 14,084 March 2003 Less than one year 10,589 10,589 0 10,589 0 0 0 1 year -335 2,431 2,050 381 2,766 1,034 1,732 2 years -309 1,762 1,290 472 2,071 935 1,136 3 years -243 1,450 1,085 365 1,693 949 744 4 years -270 1,647 1,434 213 1,917 1,011 906 5 years -363 1,964 1,585 379 2,327 1,441 886 6 years 310 1,849 1,051 798 1,539 1,113 426 7 years -250 1,186 959 227 1,436 850 586 8 years 389 1,448 1,190 258 1,059 677 382 9 years 27 1,045 821 224 1,018 595 423 Born before March 1993 -4,487 15,814 14,107 1,707 20,301 14,226 6,075 Total 5,058 41,185 25,572 15,613 36,127 22,831 13,296 March 2004 Less than one year 11,778 11,778 0 11,778 0 0 0 1 year -496 2,440 2,129 311 2,936 1,039 1,897 2 years -320 1,911 1,490 421 2,231 904 1,327 3 years -834 1,766 1,397 369 2,600 1,604 996 4 years 147 1,408 1,189 219 1,261 590 671 5 years -356 1,383 1,149 234 1,739 1,206 533 6 years -30 2,204 1,907 297 2,234 1,257 977 7 years 374 1,710 1,485 225 1,336 796 540 8 years 39 1,356 1,104 252 1,317 812 505 9 years -54 1,374 1,204 170 1,428 598 830 10 years -170 791 702 89 961 661 300 Born before March 1993 -2,960 16,208 14,809 1,399 19,168 13,180 5,988 Total 7,118 44,329 28,565 15,764 37,211 22,647 14,564 March 2005 Less than one year 11,058 11,058 0 11,058 0 0 0 1 year 228 3,070 2,802 268 2,842 1,073 1,769 2 years 300 2,149 1,793 356 1,849 871 978 3 years -51 1,598 1,362 236 1,649 827 822 4 years -23 1,449 1,205 244 1,472 852 620 5 years 34 1,361 1,165 196 1,327 756 571 6 years -161 1,208 1,005 203 1,369 871 498 7 years 354 1,853 1,626 227 1,499 1,092 407 8 years 111 1,305 1,100 205 1,194 749 445 9 years -39 1,164 920 244 1,203 719 484 10 years 175 1,180 1,077 103 1,005 693 312 11 years -88 877 739 138 965 674 291 Born before March 1993 -136 15,764 14,778 986 15,900 11,515 4,385 Total 11,762 44,036 29,572 14,464 32,274 20,692 11,582 March 2006 Less than one year 11,246 11,246 0 11,246 0 0 0 1 year -308 3,172 2,859 313 3,480 1,407 2,073 2 years 198 2,254 1,992 262 2,056 1,063 993 3 years 147 1,825 1,578 247 1,678 940 738 4 years 119 1,369 1,218 151 1,250 767 483 5 years 195 1,426 1,291 135 1,231 719 512 6 years 670 1,612 1,418 194 942 576 366 7 years -170 1,189 1,072 117 1,359 712 647 8 years -249 1,488 1,374 114 1,737 1,174 563 9 years 487 1,481 1,383 98 994 690 304 10 years 1 1,076 1,002 74 1,075 693 382 11 years 43 925 824 101 882 569 313 12 years 6 832 772 60 826 545 281 Born before March 1993 176 14,970 14,252 718 14,794 11,225 3,569 Total 12,561 44,865 31,035 13,830 32,304 21,080 11,224 March 2007 Less than one year 11,461 11,461 0 11,461 0 0 0 1 year -660 2,504 2,271 233 3,164 1,072 2,092 2 years 84 2,296 1,618 678 2,212 1,040 1,172 3 years 57 2,011 1,783 228 1,954 1,135 819 4 years 70 1,622 1,368 254 1,552 976 576 5 years 92 1,351 1,170 181 1,259 631 628 6 years -239 1,155 1,037 118 1,394 845 549 7 years -359 969 888 81 1,328 880 448 8 years -71 1,154 1,059 95 1,225 797 428 9 years 66 1,895 1,766 129 1,829 1,205 624 10 years -21 1,114 1,079 35 1,135 808 327 11 years 346 1,206 887 319 860 697 163 12 years -6 891 828 63 897 686 211 13 years -14 729 659 70 743 582 161 Born before March 1993 1,091 15,229 14,558 671 14,138 11,034 3,104 Total 11,897 45,587 30,971 14,616 33,690 22,388 11,302 March 2008 Less than one year 11,224 11,224 0 11,224 0 0 0 1 year -400 2,399 2,145 254 2,799 975 1,824 2 years -396 1,736 1,494 242 2,132 1,106 1,026 3 years -270 1,722 1,474 248 1,992 1,054 938 4 years -802 1,533 1,357 176 2,335 1,290 1,045 5 years -382 1,398 1,178 220 1,780 902 878 6 years -347 1,053 957 96 1,400 973 427 7 years -410 1,051 957 94 1,461 1,024 437 8 years 32 1,046 957 89 1,014 774 240 9 years -141 1,056 989 67 1,197 748 449 10 years -443 1,251 1,121 130 1,694 1,174 520 11 years -454 824 776 48 1,278 1,047 231 12 years -76 1,126 1,072 54 1,202 750 452 13 years -138 815 770 45 953 776 177 14 years -108 694 671 23 802 665 137 Born before March 1993 -3,446 13,333 12,835 498 16,779 12,680 4,099 Total 3,443 42,261 28,753 13,508 38,818 25,938 12,880 March 2009 Less than one year 8,140 8,140 0 8,140 0 0 0 1 year -1,751 1,731 1,467 264 3,482 1,661 1,821 2 years -1,584 1,201 1,002 199 2,785 1,373 1,412 3 years -1,134 1,444 1,167 277 2,578 1,247 1,331 4 years -1,394 1,406 1,230 176 2,800 1,270 1,530 5 years -917 1,163 1,046 117 2,080 1,284 796 6 years -1,014 863 783 80 1,877 1,267 610 7 years -713 824 660 164 1,537 1,056 481 8 years -960 775 737 38 1,735 1,291 444 9 years -1,059 669 619 50 1,728 1,252 476 10 years -1,330 650 584 66 1,980 1,512 468 11 years -1,173 962 910 52 2,135 1,727 408 12 years -786 658 613 45 1,444 1,215 229 13 years -1,082 538 513 25 1,620 1,232 388 14 years -704 568 516 52 1,272 1,001 271 15 years -759 452 414 38 1,211 871 340 Born before March 1993 -11,339 10,398 9,803 595 21,737 18,068 3,669 Total -19,559 32,442 22,064 10,378 52,001 37,327 14,674 March 2010 Less than one year 7,502 7,502 0 7,502 0 0 0 1 year -556 1,627 1,429 198 2,183 815 1,368 2 years -783 1,269 991 278 2,052 828 1,224 3 years -787 1,044 806 238 1,831 774 1,057 4 years -370 1,240 984 256 1,610 996 614 5 years -417 1,226 1,026 200 1,643 892 751 6 years -546 1,079 919 160 1,625 1,018 607 7 years -435 913 782 131 1,348 988 360 8 years -220 868 757 111 1,088 772 316 9 years -511 656 591 65 1,167 846 321 10 years -620 632 588 44 1,252 916 336 11 years -407 660 567 93 1,067 874 193 12 years -505 1,020 957 63 1,525 1,154 371 13 years -307 923 873 50 1,230 973 257 14 years -552 562 519 43 1,114 865 249 15 years -313 532 480 52 845 632 213 16 years -270 508 452 56 778 531 247 Born before March 1993 -6,404 9,679 8,919 760 16,083 13,058 3,025 Total -6,501 31,940 21,640 10,300 38,441 26,932 11,509 March 2011 Less than one year 6,880 6,880 0 6,880 0 0 0 1 year -165 1,779 1,569 210 1,944 818 1,126 2 years -152 1,167 961 206 1,319 566 753 3 years -466 1,134 912 222 1,600 808 792 4 years -159 1,137 809 328 1,296 658 638 5 years -363 1,287 1,030 257 1,650 830 820 6 years -150 1,095 930 165 1,245 659 586 7 years 180 1,234 1,055 179 1,054 643 411 8 years -184 866 746 120 1,050 662 388 9 years -462 727 659 68 1,189 749 440 10 years -307 676 612 64 983 616 367 11 years 194 960 822 138 766 481 285 12 years -113 727 655 72 840 598 242 13 years 235 1,380 1,310 70 1,145 864 281 14 years -345 661 588 73 1,006 781 225 15 years -81 715 669 46 796 683 113 16 years -21 687 612 75 708 519 189 17 years -203 444 371 73 647 502 145 Born before March 1993 -1,837 11,168 10,629 539 13,005 10,279 2,726 Total 2,481 34,724 24,939 9,785 32,243 21,716 10,527 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.