Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Transportation Equipment 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 61 5,345 4,912 433 4,916 4,544 372 December -28 5,037 4,611 426 5,202 4,748 454 1993 March 74 5,446 4,946 500 4,781 4,355 426 June -32 5,501 5,054 447 4,793 4,314 479 September 50 5,541 5,064 477 4,807 4,380 427 December 45 5,610 5,183 427 4,682 4,300 382 1994 March 28 5,752 5,307 445 4,629 4,212 417 June 43 5,896 5,430 466 4,499 4,076 423 September 37 6,108 5,665 443 4,472 4,066 406 December -10 5,836 5,406 430 4,680 4,240 440 1995 March 97 6,040 5,543 497 4,536 4,136 400 June 36 5,492 5,029 463 5,150 4,723 427 September 65 5,581 5,097 484 5,141 4,722 419 December 30 5,533 5,085 448 5,083 4,665 418 1996 March 105 5,755 5,230 525 5,089 4,669 420 June -71 5,631 5,201 430 5,103 4,602 501 September 87 5,837 5,344 493 4,993 4,587 406 December 10 5,765 5,328 437 5,029 4,602 427 1997 March 48 5,927 5,432 495 4,859 4,412 447 June -47 5,877 5,444 433 5,023 4,543 480 September 71 6,086 5,544 542 4,985 4,514 471 December -68 6,092 5,643 449 4,899 4,382 517 1998 March 42 5,990 5,468 522 4,853 4,373 480 June 119 5,752 5,231 521 5,197 4,795 402 September -32 5,674 5,247 427 5,309 4,850 459 December 70 5,866 5,430 436 5,049 4,683 366 1999 March -92 5,513 5,089 424 5,273 4,757 516 June 43 5,658 5,167 491 5,296 4,848 448 September 26 5,701 5,210 491 5,326 4,861 465 December 47 5,767 5,281 486 5,226 4,787 439 2000 March 9 5,694 5,203 491 5,300 4,818 482 June -7 5,354 4,922 432 5,635 5,196 439 September -72 5,122 4,698 424 5,747 5,251 496 December -84 5,068 4,658 410 5,864 5,370 494 2001 March 4 4,839 4,361 478 6,113 5,639 474 June -8 4,873 4,455 418 5,980 5,554 426 September -114 4,982 4,577 405 5,739 5,220 519 December -103 4,274 3,878 396 6,410 5,911 499 2002 March -23 4,874 4,431 443 5,617 5,151 466 June -62 5,201 4,767 434 5,314 4,818 496 September -157 4,925 4,541 384 5,402 4,861 541 December 54 4,818 4,340 478 5,487 5,063 424 2003 March -98 4,670 4,278 392 5,604 5,114 490 June -36 4,730 4,318 412 5,606 5,158 448 September -40 4,937 4,532 405 5,095 4,650 445 December -7 5,233 4,795 438 4,865 4,420 445 2004 March 1 5,294 4,895 399 4,703 4,305 398 June 9 5,493 5,077 416 4,570 4,163 407 September -1 5,489 5,054 435 4,699 4,263 436 December 30 5,217 4,778 439 4,887 4,478 409 2005 March -66 5,223 4,863 360 4,859 4,433 426 June -9 5,221 4,819 402 4,883 4,472 411 September -67 5,190 4,802 388 4,976 4,521 455 December -17 5,148 4,733 415 5,024 4,592 432 2006 March -13 5,164 4,793 371 4,827 4,443 384 June -10 5,048 4,653 395 5,062 4,657 405 September 20 4,913 4,522 391 5,112 4,741 371 December 3 4,919 4,514 405 5,225 4,823 402 2007 March -40 4,931 4,571 360 5,181 4,781 400 June -13 4,818 4,432 386 5,407 5,008 399 September -59 4,903 4,513 390 5,230 4,781 449 December 8 4,868 4,431 437 5,283 4,854 429 2008 March -47 4,658 4,255 403 5,385 4,935 450 June -39 4,339 3,901 438 5,939 5,462 477 September -115 3,914 3,545 369 5,903 5,419 484 December -126 3,501 3,097 404 6,670 6,140 530 2009 March -262 2,997 2,646 351 6,905 6,292 613 June -243 3,552 3,166 386 6,262 5,633 629 September -202 4,429 4,063 366 4,798 4,230 568 December -64 4,238 3,826 412 4,675 4,199 476 2010 March -134 4,202 3,831 371 4,646 4,141 505 June -75 4,779 4,384 395 3,984 3,514 470 September -13 4,732 4,318 414 4,066 3,639 427 December -40 4,692 4,307 385 4,063 3,638 425 2011 March -38 4,886 4,518 368 3,830 3,424 406 June -34 4,877 4,496 381 3,854 3,439 415 September 54 4,926 4,490 436 3,940 3,558 382 December -25 4,878 4,519 359 3,841 3,457 384 2012 March 12 4,947 4,563 384 3,820 3,448 372 June -36 4,796 4,465 331 3,785 3,418 367 September 2 4,492 4,158 334 4,119 3,787 332 December -10 4,491 4,131 360 4,126 3,756 370 2013 March -17 4,485 4,122 363 4,183 3,803 380 June -6 4,560 4,194 366 4,125 3,753 372 September 3 4,433 4,064 369 4,193 3,827 366 December 45 4,698 4,326 372 3,952 3,625 327 2014 March -23 4,479 4,143 336 4,068 3,709 359 June 18 4,710 4,346 364 3,846 3,500 346 September 15 4,631 4,300 331 4,105 3,789 316 December 10 4,868 4,527 341 3,913 3,582 331 2015 March -5 4,581 4,242 339 4,192 3,848 344 June 22 4,697 4,332 365 4,163 3,820 343 September -57 4,484 4,159 325 4,326 3,944 382 December 35 4,556 4,154 402 4,419 4,052 367 2016 March -22 4,232 3,885 347 4,663 4,294 369 June -109 4,225 3,898 327 4,686 4,250 436 September -20 4,342 3,968 374 4,541 4,147 394 December -23 4,452 4,082 370 4,363 3,970 393 2017 March 18 4,455 4,076 379 4,423 4,062 361 June -2 4,575 4,217 358 4,458 4,098 360 September -89 4,450 4,129 321 4,487 4,077 410 December 58 4,976 4,566 410 3,997 3,645 352 2018 March -31 4,682 4,344 338 4,317 3,948 369 June -31 4,707 4,378 329 4,312 3,952 360 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.