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

Connecticut

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

March 1994        7,262     165,640     113,354       52,286        158,378    101,948       56,430
March 1995       23,933     173,366     117,374       55,992        149,433    101,972       47,461
March 1996        9,987     166,949     109,188       57,761        156,962    116,378       40,584
March 1997       42,993     199,694     133,943       65,751        156,701    106,253       50,448
March 1998       25,860     184,647     128,349       56,298        158,787    106,462       52,325
March 1999       20,553     185,822     129,906       55,916        165,269    114,157       51,112
March 2000       16,069     179,811     126,870       52,941        163,742    111,519       52,223
March 2001      -22,483     164,889     119,213       45,676        187,372    110,879       76,493
March 2002      -18,293     152,387     105,199       47,188        170,680    129,932       40,748
March 2003      -29,039     127,611      88,351       39,260        156,650    117,835       38,815
March 2004        2,621     137,905     100,883       37,022        135,284     99,949       35,335
March 2005       13,408     141,906     101,986       39,920        128,498     92,496       36,002
March 2006       13,983     139,550     102,740       36,810        125,567     96,108       29,459
March 2007       11,371     138,732     102,231       36,501        127,361     95,584       31,777
March 2008       14,256     138,041     104,292       33,749        123,785     93,617       30,168
March 2009      -63,177     106,399      77,423       28,976        169,576    136,408       33,168
March 2010      -44,800     101,090      76,232       24,858        145,890    105,191       40,699
March 2011       26,517     123,031      91,724       31,307         96,514     76,813       19,701
March 2012       23,859     126,796      97,237       29,559        102,937     77,903       25,034

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