Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Primary Metal Manufacturing Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 20 2,237 2,105 132 2,015 1,903 112 December -18 2,035 1,930 105 2,233 2,110 123 1993 March 8 2,260 2,122 138 2,004 1,874 130 June -38 2,284 2,191 93 1,900 1,769 131 September -9 2,294 2,186 108 1,942 1,825 117 December 13 2,276 2,161 115 1,885 1,783 102 1994 March 2 2,383 2,273 110 1,879 1,771 108 June -3 2,513 2,391 122 1,766 1,641 125 September -18 2,521 2,420 101 1,778 1,659 119 December 9 2,492 2,363 129 1,799 1,679 120 1995 March 35 2,472 2,328 144 1,858 1,749 109 June 9 2,297 2,178 119 2,042 1,932 110 September 22 2,196 2,066 130 2,154 2,046 108 December 36 2,238 2,120 118 2,046 1,964 82 1996 March -5 2,273 2,160 113 2,036 1,918 118 June 24 2,216 2,091 125 2,135 2,034 101 September 42 2,299 2,173 126 2,087 2,003 84 December 27 2,345 2,208 137 2,066 1,956 110 1997 March 22 2,437 2,308 129 1,990 1,883 107 June 18 2,374 2,242 132 2,035 1,921 114 September 31 2,479 2,327 152 2,011 1,890 121 December -6 2,479 2,344 135 1,996 1,855 141 1998 March 47 2,438 2,278 160 2,037 1,924 113 June 26 2,304 2,182 122 2,167 2,071 96 September -14 2,177 2,057 120 2,317 2,183 134 December 20 2,140 2,005 135 2,417 2,302 115 1999 March 20 2,193 2,044 149 2,349 2,220 129 June 18 2,196 2,054 142 2,322 2,198 124 September 20 2,396 2,236 160 2,221 2,081 140 December 0 2,444 2,310 134 2,111 1,977 134 2000 March 13 2,431 2,276 155 2,160 2,018 142 June 29 2,333 2,179 154 2,250 2,125 125 September -24 2,253 2,123 130 2,365 2,211 154 December -6 2,178 2,056 122 2,334 2,206 128 2001 March 13 1,865 1,722 143 2,695 2,565 130 June -8 1,794 1,665 129 2,821 2,684 137 September -9 1,888 1,740 148 2,637 2,480 157 December -37 1,713 1,583 130 2,863 2,696 167 2002 March -19 1,987 1,840 147 2,460 2,294 166 June -37 2,114 1,969 145 2,297 2,115 182 September -16 2,115 1,965 150 2,241 2,075 166 December -22 1,950 1,795 155 2,350 2,173 177 2003 March -24 1,835 1,704 131 2,433 2,278 155 June 7 1,776 1,631 145 2,469 2,331 138 September -39 1,908 1,779 129 2,260 2,092 168 December -46 2,136 2,012 124 2,048 1,878 170 2004 March 2 2,245 2,079 166 1,944 1,780 164 June 6 2,359 2,186 173 1,775 1,608 167 September -33 2,305 2,178 127 1,892 1,732 160 December 6 2,229 2,080 149 1,886 1,743 143 2005 March 5 2,071 1,927 144 2,037 1,898 139 June -4 1,987 1,867 120 2,075 1,951 124 September -8 2,050 1,920 130 2,019 1,881 138 December -4 2,238 2,104 134 1,887 1,749 138 2006 March -14 2,147 2,023 124 1,936 1,798 138 June 9 2,156 2,017 139 1,972 1,842 130 September -7 2,114 1,994 120 1,945 1,818 127 December 3 1,998 1,865 133 2,131 2,001 130 2007 March 21 2,005 1,868 137 2,054 1,938 116 June -2 2,002 1,862 140 2,124 1,982 142 September 36 1,976 1,823 153 2,063 1,946 117 December 21 2,081 1,943 138 2,053 1,936 117 2008 March -7 2,079 1,946 133 1,939 1,799 140 June -34 1,966 1,838 128 2,121 1,959 162 September 3 1,933 1,791 142 2,113 1,974 139 December -23 1,456 1,329 127 2,686 2,536 150 2009 March -49 968 840 128 3,080 2,903 177 June -77 1,235 1,109 126 2,810 2,607 203 September -61 1,799 1,658 141 2,087 1,885 202 December -18 1,796 1,644 152 1,972 1,802 170 2010 March -36 2,010 1,871 139 1,721 1,546 175 June -3 2,194 2,055 139 1,479 1,337 142 September -36 2,233 2,092 141 1,512 1,335 177 December 23 2,126 1,967 159 1,587 1,451 136 2011 March 6 2,137 2,008 129 1,499 1,376 123 June 2 2,141 2,006 135 1,490 1,357 133 September 21 2,112 1,982 130 1,548 1,439 109 December 21 2,021 1,877 144 1,610 1,487 123 2012 March -21 1,989 1,877 112 1,639 1,506 133 June -4 2,002 1,878 124 1,620 1,492 128 September 36 1,751 1,628 123 1,797 1,710 87 December -14 1,744 1,638 106 1,826 1,706 120 2013 March -21 1,765 1,669 96 1,748 1,631 117 June -1 1,799 1,671 128 1,768 1,639 129 September -8 1,725 1,604 121 1,811 1,682 129 December -3 1,786 1,670 116 1,722 1,603 119 2014 March -17 1,689 1,580 109 1,755 1,629 126 June 2 1,824 1,711 113 1,625 1,514 111 September -29 1,831 1,749 82 1,672 1,561 111 December -6 1,874 1,762 112 1,609 1,491 118 2015 March 29 1,761 1,631 130 1,755 1,654 101 June -13 1,630 1,523 107 1,867 1,747 120 September -17 1,496 1,404 92 1,922 1,813 109 December 5 1,594 1,462 132 1,896 1,769 127 2016 March -37 1,539 1,445 94 1,884 1,753 131 June -15 1,515 1,399 116 1,974 1,843 131 September -31 1,565 1,477 88 1,833 1,714 119 December 19 1,637 1,525 112 1,697 1,604 93 2017 March 17 1,748 1,627 121 1,608 1,504 104 June -3 1,782 1,687 95 1,579 1,481 98 September -16 1,770 1,674 96 1,649 1,537 112 December 10 1,966 1,849 117 1,412 1,305 107 2018 March -12 1,800 1,701 99 1,579 1,468 111 June -16 1,809 1,701 108 1,577 1,453 124 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.