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

West Virginia

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

March 1994       15,199      69,657      46,282       23,375         54,458     34,173       20,285
March 1995       11,377      70,619      46,253       24,366         59,242     39,051       20,191
March 1996        4,653      69,540      42,816       26,724         64,887     42,877       22,010
March 1997        8,871      70,716      45,123       25,593         61,845     41,871       19,974
March 1998        7,330      72,062      46,246       25,816         64,732     43,901       20,831
March 1999        3,202      70,999      44,376       26,623         67,797     45,934       21,863
March 2000        8,066      74,619      47,272       27,347         66,553     42,050       24,503
March 2001        1,134      67,797      47,158       20,639         66,663     46,065       20,598
March 2002       -3,355      66,168      46,291       19,877         69,523     48,284       21,239
March 2003       -8,269      58,987      40,049       18,938         67,256     47,164       20,092
March 2004        7,498      66,549      44,959       21,590         59,051     41,363       17,688
March 2005        7,280      66,612      46,642       19,970         59,332     40,466       18,866
March 2006       13,741      69,547      47,452       22,095         55,806     38,211       17,595
March 2007        1,158      65,395      44,311       21,084         64,237     45,735       18,502
March 2008        1,440      61,922      42,567       19,355         60,482     42,627       17,855
March 2009      -12,502      57,948      41,059       16,889         70,450     49,986       20,464
March 2010      -12,394      52,689      37,727       14,962         65,083     46,993       18,090
March 2011        8,047      61,031      45,844       15,187         52,984     37,568       15,416
March 2012       15,003      65,359      46,161       19,198         50,356     35,728       14,628

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