Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Primary Metal 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 27 20,770 17,115 3,655 20,743 18,282 2,461 December -7,671 15,195 14,277 918 22,866 21,118 1,748 1993 March -2,701 19,763 16,110 3,653 22,464 19,452 3,012 June 269 18,816 15,761 3,055 18,547 16,401 2,146 September 801 19,201 17,545 1,656 18,400 16,146 2,254 December 726 17,503 16,135 1,368 16,777 15,591 1,186 1994 March -422 21,928 19,006 2,922 22,350 14,420 7,930 June 2,287 26,139 22,664 3,475 23,852 16,382 7,470 September 7,515 23,869 23,056 813 16,354 15,120 1,234 December 8,089 21,658 20,463 1,195 13,569 12,346 1,223 1995 March 6,029 22,107 20,454 1,653 16,078 14,212 1,866 June 40 17,645 16,421 1,224 17,605 15,511 2,094 September -3,957 17,806 15,603 2,203 21,763 19,298 2,465 December 1,113 16,868 15,922 946 15,755 15,162 593 1996 March -1,556 17,299 15,934 1,365 18,855 17,599 1,256 June 473 18,304 16,568 1,736 17,831 16,401 1,430 September 301 17,687 16,311 1,376 17,386 15,960 1,426 December -806 17,708 16,579 1,129 18,514 17,587 927 1997 March -150 19,581 16,976 2,605 19,731 16,913 2,818 June 348 19,450 17,150 2,300 19,102 17,996 1,106 September 5,500 25,479 21,179 4,300 19,979 17,673 2,306 December 3,331 21,645 18,782 2,863 18,314 16,018 2,296 1998 March 4,615 21,947 17,213 4,734 17,332 15,429 1,903 June -1,465 18,174 16,446 1,728 19,639 17,853 1,786 September -4,353 16,431 14,421 2,010 20,784 19,087 1,697 December -6,869 17,517 15,445 2,072 24,386 22,815 1,571 1999 March -6,952 17,874 16,285 1,589 24,826 22,720 2,106 June -2,246 20,809 16,866 3,943 23,055 21,576 1,479 September -1,232 21,932 18,747 3,185 23,164 20,626 2,538 December 1,380 21,248 17,956 3,292 19,868 17,643 2,225 2000 March 2,333 21,235 18,434 2,801 18,902 16,140 2,762 June -2,801 18,350 16,792 1,558 21,151 18,757 2,394 September -7,109 17,632 14,792 2,840 24,741 22,196 2,545 December -7,221 17,684 16,454 1,230 24,905 22,719 2,186 2001 March -17,253 15,214 14,140 1,074 32,467 30,303 2,164 June -19,185 13,174 11,472 1,702 32,359 30,529 1,830 September -20,479 12,699 11,034 1,665 33,178 31,073 2,105 December -27,390 13,581 11,307 2,274 40,971 32,591 8,380 2002 March -14,260 14,385 12,822 1,563 28,645 26,487 2,158 June -6,729 15,909 14,212 1,697 22,638 18,745 3,893 September -3,883 17,102 13,569 3,533 20,985 18,427 2,558 December -7,626 13,638 10,730 2,908 21,264 18,700 2,564 2003 March -7,823 12,535 10,631 1,904 20,358 17,912 2,446 June -12,755 11,028 8,983 2,045 23,783 21,380 2,403 September -8,850 11,605 10,278 1,327 20,455 18,935 1,520 December -8,509 12,634 11,522 1,112 21,143 19,079 2,064 2004 March 2,060 16,575 15,346 1,229 14,515 12,877 1,638 June 2,830 15,903 14,207 1,696 13,073 10,718 2,355 September 2,532 16,246 14,582 1,664 13,714 12,060 1,654 December 163 16,470 14,229 2,241 16,307 12,068 4,239 2005 March -106 14,300 12,499 1,801 14,406 11,577 2,829 June -3,829 11,651 10,866 785 15,480 14,165 1,315 September -67 13,307 12,753 554 13,374 12,360 1,014 December 1,998 14,011 13,077 934 12,013 10,751 1,262 2006 March -2,012 13,592 12,315 1,277 15,604 14,182 1,422 June 201 14,234 13,433 801 14,033 12,819 1,214 September -1,333 12,612 11,594 1,018 13,945 12,785 1,160 December -3,445 11,724 10,403 1,321 15,169 13,819 1,350 2007 March -2,034 12,143 11,362 781 14,177 13,298 879 June -2,074 12,048 10,901 1,147 14,122 12,796 1,326 September -2,998 11,224 10,420 804 14,222 13,152 1,070 December -2,880 11,553 10,754 799 14,433 13,155 1,278 2008 March -617 12,037 11,527 510 12,654 11,467 1,187 June -4,090 11,101 10,586 515 15,191 13,935 1,256 September -3,034 11,600 10,910 690 14,634 13,347 1,287 December -17,975 9,760 7,441 2,319 27,735 24,837 2,898 2009 March -39,877 5,486 4,831 655 45,363 44,020 1,343 June -35,153 7,268 6,163 1,105 42,421 40,495 1,926 September 1,853 19,417 18,612 805 17,564 15,970 1,594 December 780 14,023 13,279 744 13,243 12,043 1,200 2010 March 2,011 14,100 13,510 590 12,089 10,299 1,790 June 5,751 14,851 14,092 759 9,100 8,309 791 September 6,288 15,299 14,452 847 9,011 7,779 1,232 December 5,687 14,925 13,732 1,193 9,238 8,198 1,040 2011 March 7,925 14,701 13,909 792 6,776 6,285 491 June 6,846 13,889 13,395 494 7,043 6,441 602 September 5,084 13,490 12,781 709 8,406 7,677 729 December 5,445 12,792 11,924 868 7,347 6,791 556 2012 March 2,191 10,336 9,824 512 8,145 7,525 620 June 5,363 12,278 11,604 674 6,915 6,304 611 September -5,928 8,710 8,134 576 14,638 14,151 487 December -1,526 9,571 9,170 401 11,097 10,407 690 2013 March 71 8,771 8,456 315 8,700 8,185 515 June -1,000 9,411 8,815 596 10,411 9,556 855 September -2,085 8,856 8,248 608 10,941 10,325 616 December 1,191 9,678 9,233 445 8,487 7,986 501 2014 March 131 8,940 8,396 544 8,809 8,209 600 June 2,119 10,818 10,217 601 8,699 8,028 671 September 459 9,705 9,312 393 9,246 8,663 583 December 1,455 10,531 10,048 483 9,076 7,719 1,357 2015 March -1,182 8,510 7,955 555 9,692 9,209 483 June -5,336 8,377 7,979 398 13,713 13,130 583 September -5,206 8,578 8,198 380 13,784 13,119 665 December -5,534 8,594 7,941 653 14,128 13,021 1,107 2016 March -4,739 8,971 8,631 340 13,710 13,222 488 June -7,027 7,824 7,359 465 14,851 13,964 887 September -2,857 8,127 7,724 403 10,984 10,064 920 December -818 8,566 7,978 588 9,384 8,714 670 2017 March -803 8,968 8,470 498 9,771 8,959 812 June 1,734 9,753 9,334 419 8,019 7,354 665 September 840 9,512 8,924 588 8,672 7,763 909 December 4,328 11,267 10,531 736 6,939 6,253 686 2018 March 1,819 9,964 9,441 523 8,145 7,386 759 June 2,859 10,126 9,707 419 7,267 6,710 557 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.