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

Rhode Island

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

March 1994        4,484      46,394      30,817       15,577         41,910     28,433       13,477
March 1995        8,300      50,758      34,447       16,311         42,458     28,246       14,212
March 1996         -368      45,299      30,317       14,982         45,667     29,147       16,520
March 1997        5,214      49,554      32,022       17,532         44,340     27,265       17,075
March 1998        4,998      47,306      33,295       14,011         42,308     25,910       16,398
March 1999        6,120      50,288      32,114       18,174         44,168     28,899       15,269
March 2000       12,603      55,386      35,775       19,611         42,783     29,706       13,077
March 2001        4,825      53,023      37,900       15,123         48,198     31,177       17,021
March 2002       -3,578      46,362      30,687       15,675         49,940     34,010       15,930
March 2003         -621      44,539      30,638       13,901         45,160     30,336       14,824
March 2004        5,327      44,558      31,279       13,279         39,231     25,823       13,408
March 2005        3,510      43,859      30,830       13,029         40,349     27,089       13,260
March 2006        1,494      41,834      30,120       11,714         40,340     26,299       14,041
March 2007        3,754      43,224      27,122       16,102         39,470     27,573       11,897
March 2008       -7,128      36,107      25,520       10,587         43,235     30,779       12,456
March 2009      -21,268      31,102      20,847       10,255         52,370     37,921       14,449
March 2010       -4,348      33,904      23,054       10,850         38,252     27,565       10,687
March 2011        1,294      34,625      24,580       10,045         33,331     23,494        9,837
March 2012        6,020      38,685      27,613       11,072         32,665     22,919        9,746

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