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

Missouri

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

March 1994       74,567     273,695     190,853       82,842        199,128    133,282       65,846
March 1995       68,142     292,833     202,946       89,887        224,691    152,973       71,718
March 1996       25,325     271,453     185,194       86,259        246,128    164,621       81,507
March 1997       64,835     291,355     178,883      112,472        226,520    156,873       69,647
March 1998       38,389     285,060     191,024       94,036        246,671    171,698       74,973
March 1999       30,702     310,705     205,591      105,114        280,003    174,355      105,648
March 2000       35,841     284,384     197,768       86,616        248,543    163,028       85,515
March 2001       -7,328     268,499     184,372       84,127        275,827    183,278       92,549
March 2002      -47,304     253,702     163,033       90,669        301,006    201,404       99,602
March 2003      -18,346     252,069     166,551       85,518        270,415    183,015       87,400
March 2004        3,752     253,834     177,598       76,236        250,082    165,679       84,403
March 2005       37,655     264,189     180,903       83,286        226,534    146,163       80,371
March 2006       32,235     258,381     178,357       80,024        226,146    151,323       74,823
March 2007       25,017     253,547     169,287       84,260        228,530    157,915       70,615
March 2008       -2,488     239,858     160,265       79,593        242,346    172,637       69,709
March 2009      -97,704     211,738     144,094       67,644        309,442    222,479       86,963
March 2010      -64,801     202,994     133,389       69,605        267,795    187,915       79,880
March 2011       12,741     212,830     150,923       61,907        200,089    135,426       64,663
March 2012       33,767     229,379     158,829       70,550        195,612    129,694       65,918

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