Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Pipeline Transportation 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 -946 1,793 1,135 658 2,739 2,359 380 December -728 1,822 1,420 402 2,550 2,138 412 1993 March -1,655 2,234 1,471 763 3,889 2,780 1,109 June 465 2,574 1,926 648 2,109 1,725 384 September -1,107 1,738 1,314 424 2,845 2,256 589 December -1,071 1,994 1,564 430 3,065 2,409 656 1994 March -958 1,699 1,316 383 2,657 2,121 536 June 76 2,616 1,855 761 2,540 1,829 711 September -756 1,591 1,364 227 2,347 2,000 347 December -836 1,413 1,091 322 2,249 2,081 168 1995 March -537 1,620 1,305 315 2,157 1,782 375 June -308 2,073 1,739 334 2,381 2,015 366 September -976 1,868 1,515 353 2,844 2,150 694 December -759 1,416 1,098 318 2,175 1,931 244 1996 March -1,555 2,148 1,703 445 3,703 2,816 887 June -307 2,233 1,633 600 2,540 2,178 362 September -118 2,929 1,834 1,095 3,047 2,356 691 December -698 1,669 1,247 422 2,367 2,004 363 1997 March -346 2,235 1,623 612 2,581 2,239 342 June -549 2,234 1,832 402 2,783 2,358 425 September -674 2,265 1,763 502 2,939 2,584 355 December -1,614 1,950 1,673 277 3,564 3,137 427 1998 March 152 2,229 1,446 783 2,077 1,400 677 June -114 1,895 1,612 283 2,009 1,148 861 September -732 1,687 1,555 132 2,419 1,869 550 December -377 1,936 1,646 290 2,313 2,114 199 1999 March -990 2,014 1,588 426 3,004 2,348 656 June -872 2,155 1,621 534 3,027 1,984 1,043 September 142 2,528 1,552 976 2,386 1,799 587 December -177 1,808 1,545 263 1,985 1,553 432 2000 March 797 3,122 2,777 345 2,325 1,970 355 June -469 2,222 1,729 493 2,691 2,091 600 September -1,076 1,546 1,278 268 2,622 2,205 417 December -114 2,120 1,714 406 2,234 1,633 601 2001 March 160 3,519 2,985 534 3,359 1,920 1,439 June 79 3,082 1,821 1,261 3,003 2,215 788 September -376 1,803 1,518 285 2,179 1,482 697 December -604 2,436 2,163 273 3,040 2,722 318 2002 March -594 2,718 1,755 963 3,312 2,409 903 June -559 1,633 1,181 452 2,192 1,827 365 September 922 3,117 2,653 464 2,195 1,840 355 December -1,760 2,245 1,582 663 4,005 2,026 1,979 2003 March -787 1,321 1,033 288 2,108 1,699 409 June -445 1,320 1,075 245 1,765 1,596 169 September -567 1,081 878 203 1,648 1,458 190 December -368 1,127 942 185 1,495 1,399 96 2004 March -772 1,146 802 344 1,918 1,589 329 June -754 1,678 1,451 227 2,432 2,036 396 September -141 1,196 849 347 1,337 857 480 December -355 1,321 911 410 1,676 1,111 565 2005 March 276 1,351 1,221 130 1,075 841 234 June -234 1,814 1,495 319 2,048 644 1,404 September 18 1,145 953 192 1,127 867 260 December 326 1,355 1,027 328 1,029 735 294 2006 March 145 1,106 955 151 961 779 182 June 295 1,345 1,061 284 1,050 873 177 September 684 1,803 1,441 362 1,119 758 361 December 196 1,413 1,289 124 1,217 1,017 200 2007 March 179 1,370 1,208 162 1,191 1,060 131 June -12 1,459 1,319 140 1,471 1,249 222 September 685 1,777 1,646 131 1,092 939 153 December 441 1,825 1,520 305 1,384 1,138 246 2008 March 429 1,433 1,167 266 1,004 886 118 June 41 1,340 1,196 144 1,299 1,139 160 September 974 1,917 1,632 285 943 732 211 December 250 1,422 1,120 302 1,172 894 278 2009 March 258 1,176 984 192 918 858 60 June -533 929 751 178 1,462 1,264 198 September 136 1,191 1,001 190 1,055 945 110 December 8 1,099 807 292 1,091 869 222 2010 March 33 1,412 1,165 247 1,379 1,142 237 June -120 1,091 833 258 1,211 977 234 September 243 1,128 944 184 885 783 102 December 209 1,378 1,095 283 1,169 903 266 2011 March 185 1,175 1,023 152 990 815 175 June 88 1,165 940 225 1,077 949 128 September 534 1,699 1,244 455 1,165 966 199 December 486 1,535 1,325 210 1,049 802 247 2012 March 332 1,111 952 159 779 694 85 June 115 1,149 982 167 1,034 897 137 September 1 1,147 996 151 1,146 970 176 December 351 1,852 1,350 502 1,501 1,217 284 2013 March -63 1,489 1,070 419 1,552 1,142 410 June 759 1,766 1,326 440 1,007 781 226 September 231 1,686 1,258 428 1,455 1,117 338 December 1,356 2,311 1,837 474 955 851 104 2014 March 942 1,992 1,658 334 1,050 727 323 June 406 1,588 1,321 267 1,182 1,090 92 September 640 2,008 1,474 534 1,368 1,171 197 December 86 1,690 1,434 256 1,604 1,117 487 2015 March 115 1,852 1,446 406 1,737 1,503 234 June 279 1,526 1,376 150 1,247 1,021 226 September 296 2,020 1,799 221 1,724 1,253 471 December 69 1,903 1,258 645 1,834 1,582 252 2016 March 1,139 2,290 2,128 162 1,151 979 172 June -642 1,361 940 421 2,003 1,763 240 September -56 1,737 1,517 220 1,793 1,482 311 December -1,238 1,363 1,118 245 2,601 2,126 475 2017 March 38 1,531 1,313 218 1,493 1,285 208 June -384 1,567 936 631 1,951 1,616 335 September 108 1,759 1,298 461 1,651 1,429 222 December 134 2,044 1,514 530 1,910 1,260 650 2018 March -17 1,790 1,432 358 1,807 1,364 443 June 83 1,693 1,066 627 1,610 1,303 307 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.