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

Ohio

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

March 1994      180,113     606,083     386,621      219,462        425,970    275,692      150,278
March 1995      145,543     605,724     414,406      191,318        460,181    279,201      180,980
March 1996       63,886     558,616     361,555      197,061        494,730    332,548      162,182
March 1997       89,162     570,310     383,107      187,203        481,148    320,375      160,773
March 1998       94,741     575,764     400,054      175,710        481,023    318,157      162,866
March 1999       55,546     599,053     400,911      198,142        543,507    374,541      168,966
March 2000       94,443     600,336     419,296      181,040        505,893    340,550      165,343
March 2001      -40,191     534,402     374,609      159,793        574,593    411,544      163,049
March 2002     -146,216     491,329     324,798      166,531        637,545    465,885      171,660
March 2003      -77,086     467,100     323,760      143,340        544,186    383,513      160,673
March 2004        1,589     477,946     331,126      146,820        476,357    339,394      136,963
March 2005       21,105     474,942     337,907      137,035        453,837    325,677      128,160
March 2006       40,161     479,906     346,205      133,701        439,745    318,829      120,916
March 2007      -22,195     439,089     321,603      117,486        461,284    339,096      122,188
March 2008      -51,169     416,961     308,623      108,338        468,130    342,670      125,460
March 2009     -245,942     338,982     247,803       91,179        584,924    454,659      130,265
March 2010     -122,981     338,834     252,347       86,487        461,815    350,505      111,310
March 2011       74,529     412,009     318,833       93,176        337,480    249,761       87,719
March 2012      112,162     437,566     329,090      108,476        325,404    231,685       93,719

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