Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Machinery 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 -160 59,941 52,271 7,670 60,101 52,473 7,628 December 2,613 58,786 51,134 7,652 56,173 48,021 8,152 1993 March 8,147 67,944 54,813 13,131 59,797 47,254 12,543 June 4,160 56,962 50,639 6,323 52,802 44,638 8,164 September 14,428 63,391 56,593 6,798 48,963 41,375 7,588 December 6,137 57,375 51,843 5,532 51,238 44,661 6,577 1994 March 12,966 63,057 55,263 7,794 50,091 42,231 7,860 June 15,253 64,416 57,652 6,764 49,163 40,258 8,905 September 20,355 73,799 65,575 8,224 53,444 46,449 6,995 December 14,118 65,670 57,798 7,872 51,552 44,204 7,348 1995 March 21,647 69,785 60,898 8,887 48,138 40,360 7,778 June 15,610 69,958 56,924 13,034 54,348 47,720 6,628 September 10,333 66,479 60,442 6,037 56,146 48,840 7,306 December 7,981 62,793 55,578 7,215 54,812 47,685 7,127 1996 March 6,339 66,937 57,971 8,966 60,598 53,749 6,849 June -2,920 60,727 50,635 10,092 63,647 56,689 6,958 September 4,969 60,968 55,655 5,313 55,999 49,193 6,806 December 3,189 59,986 54,734 5,252 56,797 49,025 7,772 1997 March 11,101 63,056 54,919 8,137 51,955 44,228 7,727 June 7,139 60,242 53,224 7,018 53,103 46,941 6,162 September 10,687 66,245 59,554 6,691 55,558 48,152 7,406 December 15,918 72,094 62,275 9,819 56,176 43,696 12,480 1998 March 8,815 67,688 57,628 10,060 58,873 49,380 9,493 June -4,860 57,791 50,416 7,375 62,651 52,992 9,659 September -4,257 58,706 50,040 8,666 62,963 55,594 7,369 December -16,470 56,090 50,000 6,090 72,560 64,629 7,931 1999 March -16,609 57,638 48,725 8,913 74,247 63,652 10,595 June -11,040 58,765 46,705 12,060 69,805 61,658 8,147 September -7,447 58,275 50,514 7,761 65,722 55,203 10,519 December 421 64,380 56,030 8,350 63,959 55,122 8,837 2000 March 352 64,676 56,564 8,112 64,324 54,070 10,254 June 2,125 62,761 56,652 6,109 60,636 52,467 8,169 September -5,443 62,840 54,194 8,646 68,283 54,851 13,432 December -3,820 60,344 54,023 6,321 64,164 54,958 9,206 2001 March -32,866 48,342 43,468 4,874 81,208 72,686 8,522 June -50,166 43,214 37,014 6,200 93,380 84,805 8,575 September -42,019 42,483 35,421 7,062 84,502 73,233 11,269 December -47,253 41,861 36,023 5,838 89,114 79,094 10,020 2002 March -33,940 45,558 39,426 6,132 79,498 68,483 11,015 June -21,916 43,927 37,088 6,839 65,843 55,050 10,793 September -21,288 41,365 36,529 4,836 62,653 51,935 10,718 December -18,579 44,169 37,313 6,856 62,748 54,152 8,596 2003 March -17,797 45,197 40,300 4,897 62,994 54,620 8,374 June -24,849 36,834 31,625 5,209 61,683 53,463 8,220 September -11,412 39,055 34,793 4,262 50,467 43,954 6,513 December -4,568 42,087 36,920 5,167 46,655 39,535 7,120 2004 March 1,164 46,865 41,769 5,096 45,701 39,377 6,324 June 6,330 48,284 43,852 4,432 41,954 36,520 5,434 September 10,366 49,823 45,483 4,340 39,457 31,258 8,199 December 5,393 45,250 38,641 6,609 39,857 33,299 6,558 2005 March 6,607 45,978 41,413 4,565 39,371 32,297 7,074 June 2,156 42,327 38,435 3,892 40,171 33,990 6,181 September 5,430 43,441 39,008 4,433 38,011 32,650 5,361 December 4,092 43,797 40,143 3,654 39,705 34,606 5,099 2006 March 9,859 45,309 42,440 2,869 35,450 31,927 3,523 June 5,293 45,065 41,891 3,174 39,772 32,082 7,690 September 3,932 43,052 39,528 3,524 39,120 34,667 4,453 December -3,396 42,052 39,073 2,979 45,448 40,248 5,200 2007 March 2,825 42,524 39,206 3,318 39,699 35,676 4,023 June -27 40,372 37,551 2,821 40,399 35,414 4,985 September -1,199 39,107 35,888 3,219 40,306 36,336 3,970 December 4,536 43,811 40,372 3,439 39,275 34,992 4,283 2008 March 3,144 40,142 36,856 3,286 36,998 33,427 3,571 June -6,173 37,778 34,737 3,041 43,951 39,432 4,519 September -3,095 37,998 34,650 3,348 41,093 35,805 5,288 December -30,284 32,477 29,196 3,281 62,761 57,481 5,280 2009 March -78,779 19,655 17,387 2,268 98,434 93,862 4,572 June -74,881 22,437 19,564 2,873 97,318 92,302 5,016 September -17,625 32,203 29,418 2,785 49,828 45,284 4,544 December -9,311 34,900 31,411 3,489 44,211 39,505 4,706 2010 March -644 35,855 33,273 2,582 36,499 32,861 3,638 June 9,904 41,805 38,824 2,981 31,901 27,983 3,918 September 15,757 43,556 40,102 3,454 27,799 24,111 3,688 December 15,145 42,026 38,730 3,296 26,881 23,575 3,306 2011 March 14,235 40,688 38,241 2,447 26,453 23,472 2,981 June 18,855 43,703 41,090 2,613 24,848 21,865 2,983 September 16,548 45,893 42,618 3,275 29,345 26,557 2,788 December 11,728 40,798 37,978 2,820 29,070 26,238 2,832 2012 March 9,696 38,332 36,236 2,096 28,636 26,348 2,288 June 13,672 41,750 38,481 3,269 28,078 25,017 3,061 September 677 33,924 31,298 2,626 33,247 30,495 2,752 December 303 33,768 31,034 2,734 33,465 30,140 3,325 2013 March -1,080 32,000 29,118 2,882 33,080 29,644 3,436 June 2,674 34,899 32,259 2,640 32,225 28,523 3,702 September -1,120 32,302 28,987 3,315 33,422 30,781 2,641 December 5,713 34,371 31,873 2,498 28,658 25,922 2,736 2014 March 3,015 33,925 30,950 2,975 30,910 27,808 3,102 June 7,675 37,801 35,264 2,537 30,126 27,364 2,762 September 1,273 33,395 31,019 2,376 32,122 28,708 3,414 December 10,393 39,624 36,634 2,990 29,231 26,443 2,788 2015 March -7,407 31,066 28,866 2,200 38,473 35,141 3,332 June -10,951 31,500 29,164 2,336 42,451 39,268 3,183 September -13,868 27,475 24,803 2,672 41,343 37,494 3,849 December -12,983 29,721 26,725 2,996 42,704 38,863 3,841 2016 March -14,355 26,239 23,914 2,325 40,594 37,613 2,981 June -14,935 28,920 26,543 2,377 43,855 39,714 4,141 September -6,868 30,403 27,236 3,167 37,271 33,616 3,655 December -3,808 30,565 27,521 3,044 34,373 30,878 3,495 2017 March 3,711 31,563 29,165 2,398 27,852 24,983 2,869 June 8,245 37,785 35,079 2,706 29,540 26,443 3,097 September 3,119 36,233 33,498 2,735 33,114 28,811 4,303 December 11,140 38,925 36,081 2,844 27,785 24,260 3,525 2018 March 7,791 34,201 31,951 2,250 26,410 24,088 2,322 June 12,288 39,036 36,564 2,472 26,748 23,432 3,316 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.