Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Chemical Manufacturing 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 -4,101 34,606 26,317 8,289 38,707 28,632 10,075 December -3,607 33,181 24,511 8,670 36,788 31,303 5,485 1993 March 3,452 41,724 31,037 10,687 38,272 29,119 9,153 June -401 34,502 28,383 6,119 34,903 28,364 6,539 September 5,772 41,205 31,086 10,119 35,433 27,333 8,100 December -8,784 29,151 23,479 5,672 37,935 32,530 5,405 1994 March -2,227 33,469 25,258 8,211 35,696 30,897 4,799 June 3,874 32,805 26,665 6,140 28,931 25,221 3,710 September 2,977 34,445 28,810 5,635 31,468 27,756 3,712 December -7,578 26,849 23,056 3,793 34,427 30,480 3,947 1995 March -134 32,955 28,311 4,644 33,089 29,380 3,709 June 1,642 35,055 26,559 8,496 33,413 28,515 4,898 September 1,236 33,493 27,391 6,102 32,257 27,971 4,286 December -2,867 30,247 25,390 4,857 33,114 30,276 2,838 1996 March 1,134 33,557 28,424 5,133 32,423 28,092 4,331 June -3,196 32,899 27,762 5,137 36,095 31,873 4,222 September -3,163 32,512 26,440 6,072 35,675 29,670 6,005 December 846 34,330 28,586 5,744 33,484 26,942 6,542 1997 March 1,813 36,161 29,335 6,826 34,348 28,680 5,668 June 8,863 40,057 29,933 10,124 31,194 26,107 5,087 September 2,242 34,748 29,371 5,377 32,506 29,157 3,349 December 6,275 38,930 28,914 10,016 32,655 26,340 6,315 1998 March -11,451 37,644 30,229 7,415 49,095 42,081 7,014 June 11,848 49,674 28,298 21,376 37,826 32,095 5,731 September -1,419 33,742 28,505 5,237 35,161 29,264 5,897 December -5,979 33,211 28,317 4,894 39,190 32,635 6,555 1999 March -3,931 38,437 29,833 8,604 42,368 34,430 7,938 June -3,185 32,544 26,627 5,917 35,729 28,232 7,497 September -3,913 31,150 26,381 4,769 35,063 29,298 5,765 December 4,735 36,221 30,169 6,052 31,486 27,215 4,271 2000 March -2,027 34,395 29,501 4,894 36,422 29,416 7,006 June -2,517 31,721 27,706 4,015 34,238 30,285 3,953 September -5,751 28,798 24,755 4,043 34,549 28,163 6,386 December 616 33,219 26,865 6,354 32,603 28,621 3,982 2001 March -7,336 31,974 27,062 4,912 39,310 33,002 6,308 June -12,361 27,385 24,245 3,140 39,746 35,667 4,079 September -10,350 31,726 26,556 5,170 42,076 33,345 8,731 December -13,059 26,995 23,536 3,459 40,054 33,358 6,696 2002 March -1,729 30,183 25,628 4,555 31,912 28,030 3,882 June -6,440 26,523 22,320 4,203 32,963 27,268 5,695 September 1,725 28,321 26,141 2,180 26,596 22,925 3,671 December -7,000 23,713 20,795 2,918 30,713 26,415 4,298 2003 March -3,766 27,677 22,483 5,194 31,443 25,183 6,260 June -8,578 23,882 19,919 3,963 32,460 28,364 4,096 September -1,882 26,709 22,640 4,069 28,591 25,704 2,887 December -6,495 22,552 19,404 3,148 29,047 25,892 3,155 2004 March -674 25,607 22,890 2,717 26,281 23,166 3,115 June -7,963 22,952 20,262 2,690 30,915 26,609 4,306 September -2,210 24,557 21,420 3,137 26,767 23,725 3,042 December -935 25,082 21,337 3,745 26,017 21,517 4,500 2005 March -2,339 23,271 21,096 2,175 25,610 21,683 3,927 June -3,837 23,704 21,100 2,604 27,541 23,830 3,711 September -1,372 24,670 21,534 3,136 26,042 23,849 2,193 December -4,235 23,206 20,722 2,484 27,441 24,253 3,188 2006 March 276 24,225 21,801 2,424 23,949 21,018 2,931 June -1,151 23,888 21,423 2,465 25,039 22,050 2,989 September -3,608 22,767 20,023 2,744 26,375 22,432 3,943 December -211 23,600 21,145 2,455 23,811 20,758 3,053 2007 March 1,572 24,391 22,309 2,082 22,819 20,330 2,489 June -1,087 22,832 20,754 2,078 23,919 20,656 3,263 September -3,708 20,318 18,622 1,696 24,026 21,207 2,819 December -1,402 23,495 20,847 2,648 24,897 21,987 2,910 2008 March -4,438 20,589 18,620 1,969 25,027 22,099 2,928 June -2,346 22,376 19,574 2,802 24,722 22,331 2,391 September -4,257 20,966 19,072 1,894 25,223 22,522 2,701 December -11,622 21,319 18,860 2,459 32,941 29,626 3,315 2009 March -17,829 16,545 14,901 1,644 34,374 31,346 3,028 June -15,965 16,107 14,440 1,667 32,072 28,730 3,342 September -6,423 18,122 15,652 2,470 24,545 21,973 2,572 December 526 21,101 18,534 2,567 20,575 18,264 2,311 2010 March -1,273 18,684 17,069 1,615 19,957 18,101 1,856 June -1,107 19,794 17,662 2,132 20,901 18,487 2,414 September -1,436 19,395 17,584 1,811 20,831 18,368 2,463 December -320 20,164 18,193 1,971 20,484 17,581 2,903 2011 March 267 18,084 16,023 2,061 17,817 15,957 1,860 June 1,260 20,430 18,126 2,304 19,170 16,328 2,842 September 2,202 21,628 19,390 2,238 19,426 17,145 2,281 December -274 19,742 18,032 1,710 20,016 17,538 2,478 2012 March 1,004 18,362 16,725 1,637 17,358 15,523 1,835 June 4,442 21,017 19,365 1,652 16,575 14,749 1,826 September -145 19,369 17,504 1,865 19,514 17,392 2,122 December 4,723 21,958 19,902 2,056 17,235 15,349 1,886 2013 March 46 18,952 16,950 2,002 18,906 16,767 2,139 June 4,023 21,390 19,529 1,861 17,367 15,110 2,257 September -259 19,316 17,530 1,786 19,575 17,354 2,221 December 2,726 21,180 18,999 2,181 18,454 15,686 2,768 2014 March -105 18,322 16,803 1,519 18,427 16,803 1,624 June 3,248 21,958 19,857 2,101 18,710 16,531 2,179 September -354 20,450 17,886 2,564 20,804 18,738 2,066 December 3,150 21,041 19,380 1,661 17,891 15,779 2,112 2015 March -3,095 19,168 17,353 1,815 22,263 20,162 2,101 June 5,806 24,765 22,384 2,381 18,959 16,910 2,049 September 26 19,899 18,293 1,606 19,873 17,660 2,213 December 1,468 21,427 19,440 1,987 19,959 17,309 2,650 2016 March 693 19,259 17,561 1,698 18,566 16,542 2,024 June 3,242 22,308 19,701 2,607 19,066 16,567 2,499 September 943 21,486 18,908 2,578 20,543 17,996 2,547 December -313 21,180 18,652 2,528 21,493 18,520 2,973 2017 March 913 21,571 19,407 2,164 20,658 18,310 2,348 June 4,519 23,787 21,458 2,329 19,268 16,420 2,848 September -1,230 20,281 18,053 2,228 21,511 18,448 3,063 December 2,471 22,820 20,433 2,387 20,349 17,359 2,990 2018 March 3,199 23,806 21,246 2,560 20,607 18,018 2,589 June 3,654 23,911 21,283 2,628 20,257 17,613 2,644 September 2,260 23,336 20,672 2,664 21,076 18,268 2,808 December 5,276 24,828 22,651 2,177 19,552 15,665 3,887 2019 March 2,573 22,089 20,013 2,076 19,516 17,366 2,150 June 3,499 24,971 22,001 2,970 21,472 18,613 2,859 September -1,491 21,181 18,846 2,335 22,672 20,059 2,613 December 1,021 22,303 19,990 2,313 21,282 18,584 2,698 2020 March 570 20,381 18,156 2,225 19,811 17,528 2,283 June -19,012 20,636 18,172 2,464 39,648 36,857 2,791 September 10,357 31,198 28,340 2,858 20,841 18,214 2,627 December 11,637 31,551 28,456 3,095 19,914 16,727 3,187 2021 March 5,788 25,606 23,116 2,490 19,818 17,524 2,294 June 1,396 26,555 22,899 3,656 25,159 21,786 3,373 September 4,610 29,239 25,341 3,898 24,629 20,416 4,213 December 17,639 38,304 33,975 4,329 20,665 17,478 3,187 2022 March 5,105 26,516 24,049 2,467 21,411 18,425 2,986 June -5,034 26,075 21,925 4,150 31,109 25,750 5,359 September 6,565 30,889 27,526 3,363 24,324 20,443 3,881 December -939 25,820 22,205 3,615 26,759 22,348 4,411 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.