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

Nevada

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

March 1994       58,260     124,002      72,777       51,225         65,742     40,465       25,277
March 1995       48,475     126,570      75,754       50,816         78,095     49,487       28,608
March 1996       44,530     137,903      83,236       54,667         93,373     54,030       39,343
March 1997       54,379     144,615      91,111       53,504         90,236     56,898       33,338
March 1998       23,257     123,908      74,986       48,922        100,651     67,789       32,862
March 1999       51,967     150,868      95,112       55,756         98,901     65,606       33,295
March 2000       37,601     145,833      99,712       46,121        108,232     71,463       36,769
March 2001       41,154     149,585     102,451       47,134        108,431     68,242       40,189
March 2002      -19,373     120,245      76,170       44,075        139,618     97,812       41,806
March 2003       28,306     135,625      89,649       45,976        107,319     69,282       38,037
March 2004       47,474     145,080      98,047       47,033         97,606     65,748       31,858
March 2005       67,250     163,915     116,171       47,744         96,665     61,201       35,464
March 2006       67,618     171,025     124,508       46,517        103,407     72,589       30,818
March 2007       15,148     146,546     102,238       44,308        131,398    101,914       29,484
March 2008      -20,245     137,996      92,881       45,115        158,241    117,020       41,221
March 2009     -111,235      98,173      65,051       33,122        209,408    163,123       46,285
March 2010      -50,723      98,029      68,812       29,217        148,752    112,697       36,055
March 2011       10,087     107,733      75,466       32,267         97,646     69,040       28,606
March 2012       17,394     106,069      76,473       29,596         88,675     59,902       28,773

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