Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Michigan Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 140,627 470,015 315,787 154,228 329,388 200,135 129,253 March 1995 157,474 518,513 336,352 182,161 361,039 229,476 131,563 March 1996 64,478 487,728 303,849 183,879 423,250 273,328 149,922 March 1997 97,721 502,851 332,487 170,364 405,130 246,483 158,647 March 1998 60,467 548,077 345,791 202,286 487,610 273,068 214,542 March 1999 4,062 504,763 335,608 169,155 500,701 271,058 229,643 March 2000 125,508 572,501 337,617 234,884 446,993 289,148 157,845 March 2001 -76,145 467,567 306,255 161,312 543,712 348,456 195,256 March 2002 -130,563 433,217 258,833 174,384 563,780 380,159 183,621 March 2003 -63,725 415,326 258,176 157,150 479,051 308,301 170,750 March 2004 -30,754 399,655 251,790 147,865 430,409 281,794 148,615 March 2005 6,232 402,032 268,416 133,616 395,800 257,620 138,180 March 2006 -24,518 381,291 251,121 130,170 405,809 275,534 130,275 March 2007 -56,573 347,369 239,262 108,107 403,942 288,684 115,258 March 2008 -58,375 346,774 242,439 104,335 405,149 277,848 127,301 March 2009 -290,692 258,290 173,798 84,492 548,982 406,914 142,068 March 2010 -80,213 301,340 204,228 97,112 381,553 271,056 110,497 March 2011 106,647 357,393 274,795 82,598 250,746 159,263 91,483 March 2012 107,496 362,982 269,465 93,517 255,486 167,491 87,995 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.