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

Washington

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

March 1994       37,804     262,243     182,463       79,780        224,439    157,770       66,669
March 1995       54,635     279,719     188,530       91,189        225,084    154,076       71,008
March 1996       20,300     280,841     179,844      100,997        260,541    177,889       82,652
March 1997       91,620     334,875     230,181      104,694        243,255    156,072       87,183
March 1998       85,896     332,094     222,608      109,486        246,198    154,583       91,615
March 1999       43,289     331,227     227,166      104,061        287,938    178,680      109,258
March 2000       56,921     340,195     229,477      110,718        283,274    181,460      101,814
March 2001        4,419     314,331     217,341       96,990        309,912    191,117      118,795
March 2002      -99,037     254,873     162,733       92,140        353,910    240,155      113,755
March 2003        1,460     268,365     179,920       88,445        266,905    187,640       79,265
March 2004       34,847     271,082     189,432       81,650        236,235    158,798       77,437
March 2005       67,029     275,849     204,747       71,102        208,820    143,021       65,799
March 2006       81,060     292,331     216,213       76,118        211,271    149,587       61,684
March 2007       83,370     297,058     220,099       76,959        213,688    149,092       64,596
March 2008       47,713     283,492     207,147       76,345        235,779    170,183       65,596
March 2009     -127,047     219,138     157,495       61,643        346,185    261,218       84,967
March 2010      -72,481     206,085     149,676       56,409        278,566    210,092       68,474
March 2011       34,814     236,478     177,607       58,871        201,664    144,820       56,844
March 2012       54,024     253,927     191,720       62,207        199,903    140,252       59,651

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