Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Iowa Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 10,782 75,506 62,530 12,976 64,724 53,920 10,804 December -2,513 68,837 56,472 12,365 71,350 59,558 11,792 1993 March 5,381 72,465 58,486 13,979 67,084 56,982 10,102 June 10,286 76,769 60,400 16,369 66,483 57,404 9,079 September 12,956 79,665 63,038 16,627 66,709 53,065 13,644 December 3,932 74,239 62,628 11,611 70,307 57,835 12,472 1994 March 5,089 80,417 63,761 16,656 75,328 64,340 10,988 June 22,743 85,560 64,185 21,375 62,817 53,330 9,487 September 11,999 82,840 69,716 13,124 70,841 56,763 14,078 December 5,339 79,039 64,138 14,901 73,700 62,545 11,155 1995 March 21,462 90,557 73,377 17,180 69,095 57,376 11,719 June -1,761 76,461 62,109 14,352 78,222 65,243 12,979 September 12,697 81,691 67,049 14,642 68,994 59,217 9,777 December 4,189 81,354 68,457 12,897 77,165 65,114 12,051 1996 March 10,276 85,089 69,078 16,011 74,813 63,251 11,562 June -7,948 77,268 63,173 14,095 85,216 72,784 12,432 September 9,813 83,552 68,274 15,278 73,739 60,496 13,243 December 6,664 80,370 66,976 13,394 73,706 63,132 10,574 1997 March 6,024 84,485 69,367 15,118 78,461 65,411 13,050 June 6,493 83,174 67,578 15,596 76,681 64,815 11,866 September 6,388 84,045 68,512 15,533 77,657 65,284 12,373 December 11,446 85,271 72,385 12,886 73,825 62,462 11,363 1998 March 12,636 93,972 70,727 23,245 81,336 67,713 13,623 June 4,864 92,144 72,831 19,313 87,280 72,050 15,230 September 6,297 89,893 70,189 19,704 83,596 67,286 16,310 December 7,884 88,539 72,924 15,615 80,655 65,485 15,170 1999 March -2,085 90,874 71,213 19,661 92,959 66,967 25,992 June 5,165 87,944 67,683 20,261 82,779 66,816 15,963 September 10,248 101,254 71,760 29,494 91,006 72,132 18,874 December 11,822 91,858 72,002 19,856 80,036 66,260 13,776 2000 March 4,444 89,227 76,083 13,144 84,783 69,356 15,427 June -9,879 74,660 64,059 10,601 84,539 65,369 19,170 September 11,206 104,506 73,931 30,575 93,300 76,146 17,154 December -6,134 81,779 65,190 16,589 87,913 71,427 16,486 2001 March -1,604 90,061 75,367 14,694 91,665 71,915 19,750 June -12,945 83,646 65,986 17,660 96,591 70,530 26,061 September -8,127 78,663 66,469 12,194 86,790 68,315 18,475 December -14,104 70,480 58,613 11,867 84,584 69,176 15,408 2002 March 259 82,635 64,594 18,041 82,376 69,423 12,953 June 1,188 76,815 62,942 13,873 75,627 62,994 12,633 September 94 74,936 62,868 12,068 74,842 62,514 12,328 December -3,417 73,320 60,184 13,136 76,737 64,344 12,393 2003 March -7,658 73,001 56,816 16,185 80,659 69,139 11,520 June -1,978 74,725 61,396 13,329 76,703 64,301 12,402 September 8,379 75,529 62,449 13,080 67,150 57,397 9,753 December 4,531 77,185 63,943 13,242 72,654 60,520 12,134 2004 March 3,263 75,407 62,468 12,939 72,144 60,533 11,611 June 5,019 76,162 63,691 12,471 71,143 59,153 11,990 September 4,675 76,432 62,521 13,911 71,757 59,821 11,936 December 9,825 80,121 65,316 14,805 70,296 59,803 10,493 2005 March 7,180 78,022 64,545 13,477 70,842 59,537 11,305 June -232 76,726 63,912 12,814 76,958 64,184 12,774 September 9,022 78,821 65,906 12,915 69,799 58,705 11,094 December 4,593 77,987 64,091 13,896 73,394 62,246 11,148 2006 March 11,277 82,715 68,453 14,262 71,438 58,068 13,370 June 2,143 78,920 64,477 14,443 76,777 65,575 11,202 September 1,706 75,733 63,315 12,418 74,027 64,309 9,718 December 6,352 79,333 66,264 13,069 72,981 61,948 11,033 2007 March 114 76,148 63,430 12,718 76,034 64,220 11,814 June 5,290 79,938 66,822 13,116 74,648 62,400 12,248 September -924 74,596 61,938 12,658 75,520 65,832 9,688 December 6,099 78,234 65,511 12,723 72,135 61,870 10,265 2008 March 438 76,595 64,862 11,733 76,157 62,037 14,120 June -4,694 75,313 63,402 11,911 80,007 66,167 13,840 September -974 74,722 62,001 12,721 75,696 64,713 10,983 December -12,808 72,219 60,383 11,836 85,027 72,128 12,899 2009 March -24,585 64,475 52,526 11,949 89,060 76,517 12,543 June -15,923 67,935 56,075 11,860 83,858 72,992 10,866 September -5,661 65,551 55,981 9,570 71,212 61,697 9,515 December -4,403 68,832 56,358 12,474 73,235 62,484 10,751 2010 March -1,934 65,202 55,553 9,649 67,136 56,697 10,439 June 1,948 69,379 60,248 9,131 67,431 58,721 8,710 September 819 69,211 59,006 10,205 68,392 58,051 10,341 December 8,437 76,164 61,596 14,568 67,727 56,233 11,494 2011 March -722 66,799 55,618 11,181 67,521 57,182 10,339 June 5,142 72,422 59,816 12,606 67,280 55,999 11,281 September 9,958 75,098 61,087 14,011 65,140 54,249 10,891 December 2,141 70,837 56,893 13,944 68,696 57,334 11,362 2012 March 12,436 76,030 60,912 15,118 63,594 54,055 9,539 June 6,645 71,162 60,363 10,799 64,517 54,466 10,051 September 2,869 71,050 58,803 12,247 68,181 57,622 10,559 December 3,534 71,553 58,827 12,726 68,019 57,345 10,674 2013 March 4,826 72,389 58,880 13,509 67,563 57,759 9,804 June 8,249 75,205 62,294 12,911 66,956 57,013 9,943 September 6,925 75,214 60,867 14,347 68,289 58,533 9,756 December 5,743 75,711 62,519 13,192 69,968 58,515 11,453 2014 March 2,260 73,109 61,588 11,521 70,849 58,942 11,907 June 6,607 78,611 65,482 13,129 72,004 59,301 12,703 September 551 74,051 62,254 11,797 73,500 62,431 11,069 December 5,783 78,151 65,584 12,567 72,368 60,601 11,767 2015 March 6,635 77,466 64,573 12,893 70,831 60,290 10,541 June 541 77,678 65,258 12,420 77,137 66,608 10,529 September -3,510 73,986 60,703 13,283 77,496 65,784 11,712 December 4,517 77,690 64,349 13,341 73,173 61,444 11,729 2016 March 8,563 79,059 66,109 12,950 70,496 59,817 10,679 June -6,856 74,094 61,777 12,317 80,950 68,831 12,119 September 4,261 79,197 65,882 13,315 74,936 63,314 11,622 December -3,307 73,779 60,667 13,112 77,086 66,538 10,548 2017 March 6,656 79,118 66,508 12,610 72,462 61,090 11,372 June -1,292 73,924 62,097 11,827 75,216 64,574 10,642 September -3,820 70,270 57,843 12,427 74,090 63,847 10,243 December 7,651 77,044 65,108 11,936 69,393 58,926 10,467 2018 March 4,287 72,763 61,928 10,835 68,476 58,673 9,803 June 4,633 74,977 63,945 11,032 70,344 60,980 9,364 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.