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

Virginia

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

March 1994       78,828     328,460     223,437      105,023        249,632    173,756       75,876
March 1995       81,736     360,495     239,042      121,453        278,759    195,437       83,322
March 1996       60,755     352,402     234,002      118,400        291,647    195,007       96,640
March 1997       85,123     394,750     257,228      137,522        309,627    220,271       89,356
March 1998       63,907     391,213     256,966      134,247        327,306    213,602      113,704
March 1999       73,999     406,635     272,359      134,276        332,636    223,677      108,959
March 2000      107,759     435,052     295,031      140,021        327,293    216,155      111,138
March 2001       45,398     393,338     280,790      112,548        347,940    241,732      106,208
March 2002      -59,677     332,989     227,375      105,614        392,666    281,143      111,523
March 2003      -20,002     329,550     224,300      105,250        349,552    241,068      108,484
March 2004       68,539     362,626     256,004      106,622        294,087    205,711       88,376
March 2005       70,695     359,510     255,363      104,147        288,815    200,279       88,536
March 2006       70,299     360,827     256,511      104,316        290,528    211,357       79,171
March 2007       25,200     340,446     237,592      102,854        315,246    228,652       86,594
March 2008       -1,730     324,897     217,477      107,420        326,627    237,757       88,870
March 2009     -116,384     275,326     181,507       93,819        391,710    292,786       98,924
March 2010      -55,194     268,548     185,502       83,046        323,742    233,952       89,790
March 2011       46,904     313,756     222,738       91,018        266,852    186,315       80,537
March 2012       42,319     314,170     221,445       92,725        271,851    187,112       84,739

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