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BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS – THIRD QUARTER 2023

From June 2023 to September 2023, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector 

establishments were 7.8 million, a decrease of 37,000 jobs from the previous quarter, the U.S. Bureau of 

Labor Statistics reported today. Over this period, gross job gains from opening and expanding privatesector establishments were 7.6 million, a decrease of 561,000 jobs from the previous quarter. The 

difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net 

employment decline of 192,000 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2023. (See chart 1, 

and tables A and 1.) 

The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment 

that occur at all private businesses in the economy. Business Employment Dynamics (BED) statistics 

track these changes in employment at private-sector establishments from the third month of one quarter 

to the third month of the next. The difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of 

gross job losses is the net change in employment. (See Technical Note.) The BED data series include 

gross job gains and gross job losses by industry subsector for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as gross job gains and gross job losses at the firm level by 

employer size class. 

Gross job gains

Gross job losses

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Chart 1. Total private-sector gross job gains and gross job losses, seasonally adjusted

March 2013 - September 2023

Thousands

NOTE: Shaded area represents National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defined recession period.
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Gross Job Gains

In the third quarter of 2023, gross job gains represented 5.8 percent of private-sector employment. Gross 

job gains are the sum of increases in employment due to expansions at existing establishments and the 

addition of new jobs at opening establishments. Gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 6.0 

million in the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of 510,000 jobs compared to the previous quarter. 

Opening establishments accounted for 1.6 million of the jobs gained in the third quarter of 2023, a 

decrease of 51,000 jobs from the previous quarter. (See charts 2 and 3, and tables A, 1, 2, and 3.) 

Gross Job Losses 

In the third quarter of 2023, gross job losses represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment. 

Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of 

jobs at closing establishments. Contracting establishments lost 6.2 million jobs in the third quarter of 

2023, a decrease of 122,000 jobs from the prior quarter. In the third quarter of 2023, closing

establishments lost 1.6 million jobs, an increase of 85,000 jobs from the previous quarter. (See charts 2 

and 3, and tables A, 1, 2, and 3.) 

Establishment Births and Deaths 

In the third quarter of 2023, the number of establishment births (a subset of the openings data) 

decreased by 21,000 to a total of 311,000 establishments. These new establishments accounted for 

972,000 jobs, a decrease of 43,000 jobs from the previous quarter. Data for establishment deaths (a 

subset of the closings data) are available through the fourth quarter of 2022, when 899,000 jobs were 

lost at 289,000 establishments, a decrease of 14,000 jobs from the third quarter of 2022. (See Technical 

Note and table 8.) 

Expansions

Contractions

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains at expanding establishments 

and gross job losses at contracting establishments, seasonally 

adjusted: March 2013 - September 2023

Thousands

NOTE: Shaded area represents NBER defined recession period.

Openings

Closings

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job gains at opening establishments 

and gross job losses at closing establishments, seasonally 

adjusted: March 2013 - September 2023

Thousands

NOTE: Shaded area represents NBER defined recession period.
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Table A. Three-month private-sector gross job gains and losses, seasonally adjusted 

 

Category 

3 months ended 

Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. 

2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 

Levels (in thousands) 

Gross job gains............................. 8,841 8,108 8,041 8,120 7,559 

 At expanding establishments 7,183 6,447 6,515 6,511 6,001 

 At opening establishments..... 1,658 1,661 1,526 1,609 1,558 

Gross job losses............................ 7,500 7,630 7,065 7,788 7,751 

 At contracting establishments 5,995 6,113 5,646 6,296 6,174 

 At closing establishments...... 1,505 1,517 1,419 1,492 1,577 

Net employment change1............. 1,341 478 976 332 -192 

 

Rates (percent) 

Gross job gains............................. 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.2 5.8 

 At expanding establishments 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.6 

 At opening establishments.... 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 

Gross job losses............................ 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.9 5.9 

 At contracting establishments 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.8 4.7 

 At closing establishments...... 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 

Net employment change1............. 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.3 -0.1 

1

 The net employment change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses. See the Technical Note for 

further information. 

Firm Size 

In the third quarter of 2023, firms with 1 to 49 employees had a net employment decrease of 204,000. 

Firms with 50 to 249 employees had a net employment loss of 26,000. Firms with 250 or more 

employees had a net employment decrease of 16,000. (See tables 4 and 5.) 

Industries 

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 8 out of the 13 industry sectors in the third quarter of 2023. 

The service-providing industries experienced a net job loss of 94,000. The goods-producing industries 

had a net job decrease of 98,000. (See table 3.) 

States 

Gross job losses surpassed gross job gains in 35 states in the third quarter of 2023. (See tables 6 and 7.) 
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For More Information 

Additional information on gross job gains and gross job losses is available online at www.bls.gov/bdm. 

This information includes data for the levels and rates of gross job gains and gross job losses by firm 

size, not seasonally adjusted data and seasonally adjusted time series not presented in this release, charts 

of gross job gains and gross job losses by industry and firm size, and answers to frequently asked 

questions. Additional information about the Business Employment Dynamics data can be found in the 

Technical Note of this release or can be obtained by emailing BDMinfo@bls.gov. 

 

The Business Employment Dynamics for Fourth Quarter 2023 are scheduled to be released on 

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). 
Technical Note 

The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data are a product of 

a federal-state cooperative program known as the Quarterly Census 

of Employment and Wages (QCEW). The BED data are compiled by 

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from existing QCEW records. Most employers in the U.S. are required to file quarterly reports 

on the employment and wages of workers covered by unemployment 

insurance (UI) laws and to pay quarterly UI taxes. The QCEW is 

based largely on quarterly UI reports which are sent by businesses to 

the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). These UI reports are supplemented by two additional BLS data collections to render administrative data into economic statistics. Together these data comprise the 

QCEW and form the basis of the Bureau’s establishment universe 

sampling frame. 

These reports are used to produce the quarterly QCEW data on 

total employment and wages and the longitudinal BED data on gross 

job gains and losses. The QCEW is also the employment benchmark 

for the Current Employment Statistics (CES), Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), and Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 

(JOLTS) programs and is a major input to the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis’s Personal Income Accounts. 

In the BED program, the quarterly QCEW records are linked 

across quarters to provide a longitudinal history for each establishment. The linkage process allows the tracking of net employment 

changes at the establishment level, which in turn allows the estimation of jobs gained at opening and expanding units and jobs lost at 

closing and contracting units. 

Differences between QCEW, BED, and CES employment 

measures 

The Bureau publishes three different establishment-based employment measures for any given quarter. Each of these measures—Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Employment Dynamics, and Current Employment Statistics—makes use of the quarterly UI employment reports in producing data; however, each measure has a somewhat different universe coverage, estimation procedure, and publication product. 

Differences in coverage and estimation methods can result in 

somewhat different measures of employment change over time. It is 

important to understand program differences and the intended uses 

of the program products. (See table.) Additional information on each 

program can be obtained from the program websites shown in the 

table. 

Coverage 

Employment and wage data for workers covered by state UI and 

Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) laws 

are compiled from quarterly contribution reports submitted to the 

SWAs by employers. In addition to the quarterly contribution reports, employers who operate multiple establishments within a state 

complete a questionnaire, called the “Multiple Worksite Report,” 

which provides detailed information on the location of their establishments. These reports are based on place of employment rather 

than place of residence. UI and UCFE coverage is broad and basically comparable from state to state. 

Major exclusions from UI coverage are self-employed workers, 

religious organizations, most agricultural workers on small farms, all 

members of the Armed Forces, elected officials in most states, most 

employees of railroads, some domestic workers, most student workers at schools, and employees of certain small nonprofit organizations. 

 Gross job gains and gross job losses in this release are derived 

from longitudinal histories of 9.1 million private-sector employer reports out of 11.6 million total reports of employment and wages submitted by states to BLS in the first quarter of 2023. Gross job gains 

and gross job losses data in this release do not report estimates for 

government employees or private households (NAICS 814110) and 

do not include establishments with zero employment in both previous 

and current quarters. Data from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands 

are also excluded from the national data. The table below shows, in 

millions of establishments, the number of establishments excluded 

from the national gross job gains and gross job losses data in the first 

quarter of 2023. 

Number of active establishments included in 

Business Employment Dynamics data at the national level 

 Millions 

Total establishments QCEW program..........11.6 

 Excluded: Public sector....................... 0.3 

 Private households............... 0.2 

 Zero employment................. 2.0 

 

Total establishments included in Business 

Employment Dynamics data.....................9.1 
Summary of Major Differences between QCEW, BED, and CES Employment Measures

QCEW BED CES 

Source  Count of UI administrative records 

submitted by 11.6 million establishments in first quarter of 2023 

 Count of longitudinally-linked UI administrative records submitted by 9.1 

million private-sector establishments 

 Sample survey: 670,000 establishments 

Coverage  UI and UCFE coverage, including 

all employers subject to state and 

federal UI laws 

 UI coverage, excluding government, 

private households, and establishments with zero employment 

Nonfarm wage and salary jobs: 

 UI coverage, excluding agriculture, private 

households, and self-employed workers 

 Other employment, including railroads, 

religious organizations, and other nonUI-covered jobs 

Publication frequency 

 Quarterly 

— 6 months after the end of each 

quarter 

 Quarterly 

— 7 months after the end of each 

quarter 

 Monthly 

— Usually the 3rd Friday after the end 

of the week including the 12th of the 

month 

Use of UI file  Directly summarizes and publishes 

each new quarter of UI data 

 Links each new UI quarter to longitudinal database and directly summarizes gross job gains and losses 

 Uses UI file as a sampling frame and to 

annually realign sample-based estimates 

to population counts (benchmarking) 

Principal 

products 

 Provides a quarterly and annual universe count of establishments, employment, and wages at the county, 

metropolitan statistical area (MSA), 

state, and national levels by detailed 

industry 

 Provides quarterly employer dynamics data on establishment openings, 

closings, expansions, and contractions 

at the national level by NAICS supersectors, 3-digit NAICS, and by size of 

firm, and at the state private-sector total level 

 Future expansions will include data 

with greater industry detail and data 

at the county and MSA levels 

 Provides current monthly estimates of 

employment, hours, and earnings at the 

MSA, state, and national levels by industry 

Principal uses  Major uses include: 

— Detailed locality data 

— Periodic universe counts for 

benchmarking sample survey estimates 

— Sample frame for BLS establishment surveys 

 Major uses include: 

— Business cycle analysis 

— Analysis of employer dynamics 

underlying economic expansions 

and contractions 

— Analysis of employment expansion and contraction by size of 

firm 

 Major uses include: 

— Principal federal economic indicator 

— Official time series for employment 

change measures 

— Input into other major economic indicators 

Program web 

sites 

 www.bls.gov/cew  www.bls.gov/bdm  www.bls.gov/ces 

Unit of analysis 

Establishments are used in the tabulation of the BED statistics by 

industry, and firms are used in the tabulation of the BED size class 

statistics. An establishment is defined as an economic unit that produces goods or services, usually at a single physical location, and engages in one or predominantly one activity. A firm is a legal business, 

either corporate or otherwise, and may consist of several establishments. Firm-level data are compiled based on an aggregation of establishments under common ownership by a corporate parent using employer tax identification numbers. The firm level aggregation, which 

is consistent with the role of corporations as the economic decision 

makers, is used for the measurement of BED data elements by size 

class. 

Because of the difference in the unit of analysis, total gross job 

gains and gross job losses by size class are lower than total gross job 

gains and gross job losses by industry, as some establishment gains 

and losses within a firm are offset during the aggregation process. 

However, the total net changes in employment are the same for not 

seasonally adjusted data and are similar for seasonally adjusted data. 
Concepts and methodology 

The Business Employment Dynamics data measure the net change 

in employment at the establishment or firm level. These changes come 

about in one of four ways. A net increase in employment can come 

from either opening units or expanding units. A net decrease in employment can come from either closing units or contracting units. 

Gross job gains include the sum of all jobs added at either opening or 

expanding units. Gross job losses include the sum of all jobs lost in 

either closing or contracting units. The net change in employment is 

the difference between gross job gains and gross job losses. 

The formal definitions of employment changes are as follows: 

Openings. These are either units with positive third month employment for the first time in the current quarter, with no links to the prior 

quarter, or with positive third month employment in the current quarter following zero employment in the previous quarter. 

Expansions. These are units with positive employment in the third 

month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net increase in 

employment over this period. 

Closings. These are units with positive third month employment in 

the previous quarter and either not reported, or reported with zero employment, in the current quarter. 

Contractions. These are units with positive employment in the third 

month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net decrease 

in employment over this period. 

Births. These are units with positive third month employment for 

the first time in the current quarter with no links to the prior quarter, 

or units with positive third month employment in the current quarter 

and zero employment in the third month of the previous four quarters. 

Births are a subset of openings not including re-openings of seasonal 

businesses. 

Deaths. These are units with no employment or zero employment 

reported in the third month of four consecutive quarters following the 

last quarter with positive employment. Deaths are a subset of closings 

not including temporary shutdowns of seasonal businesses. A unit that 

closes during the quarter may be a death, but we wait three quarters to 

determine whether it is a permanent closing or a temporary shutdown. 

Therefore, there is always a lag of three quarters for the publication of 

death statistics. 

All employment changes are measured from the third month of the 

previous quarter to the third month of the current quarter. Not all establishments and firms change their employment levels. Units with no 

change in employment count towards estimates of total employment, 

but not for levels of gross job gains and gross job losses. 

Gross job gains and gross job losses are expressed as rates by dividing their levels by the average of employment in the current and 

previous quarters. This provides a symmetric growth rate. The rates 

are calculated for the components of gross job gains and gross job 

losses and then summed to form their respective totals. These rates 

can be added and subtracted just as their levels can. For instance, the 

difference between the gross job gains rate and the gross job losses 

rate is the net growth rate. 

Establishment Births and Deaths 

For the purpose of BED statistics, births are defined as establishments that appear in the longitudinal database for the first time with 

positive employment in the third month of a quarter, or showed four 

consecutive quarters of zero employment in the third month followed 

by a quarter in which it shows positive employment in the third month. 

Similarly, deaths are defined as establishments that either drop out of 

the longitudinal database or establishments that had positive employment in the third month of a given quarter followed by four consecutive quarters of showing zero employment in the third month. Although the data for establishment births and deaths are tabulated independently from the data for openings and closings, the concepts are 

not mutually exclusive. An establishment that is defined as a birth in 

a given quarter is necessarily an opening as well, and an establishment 

defined as a death in a quarter must also be a closing. Since openings 

include seasonal and other re-openings, and closings include temporary shutdowns, the not seasonally adjusted values for births and 

deaths must be less than those for openings and closings. However, 

because some BED series do not have many re-openings or temporary 

shutdowns, as well as the fact that births and deaths are independently 

seasonally adjusted from openings and closings, there may be instances in which the seasonally adjusted value of the former is greater 

than the latter. 

Linkage methodology 

Prior to the measurement of gross job gains and gross job losses, 

QCEW records are linked across two quarters. The linkage process 

matches establishments' unique SWA identification numbers (SWAID). Between 95 and 97 percent of establishments identified as continuous from quarter to quarter are matched by SWA-ID. The rest are 

linked in one of three ways. The first method uses predecessor and 

successor information, identified by the states, which relates records 

with different SWA-IDs across quarters. Predecessor and successor 

relations can come about for a variety of reasons, including a change 

in ownership, a firm restructuring, or a UI account restructuring. If a 

match cannot be attained in this manner, a probability-based match is 

used. This match attempts to identify two establishments with different SWA-IDs as continuous. The match is based upon comparisons 

such as the same name, address, and phone number. Third, an analyst 

examines unmatched records individually and makes a possible 

match. 

In order to ensure the highest possible quality of data, SWAs verify 

with employers and update, if necessary, the industry, location, and 

ownership classification of all establishments on a 3-year cycle. 

Changes in establishment classification codes resulting from the verification process are introduced with the data reported for the first quarter of the year. Changes resulting from improved employer reporting 

also are introduced in the first quarter. 

 

Sizing methodology 

The method of dynamic sizing is used in calculations for the BED 

size class data series. Dynamic sizing allocates each firm’s employment gain or loss during a quarter to each respective size class in 

which the change occurred. For example, if a firm grew from 2 employees in quarter 1 to 38 employees in quarter 2, then, of the 36-employee increase, 2 would be allocated to the first size class, 5 to the 

size class 5 to 9, 10 to size class 10 to 19, and 19 to size class 20 to 49. 

Dynamic sizing provides symmetrical firm-size estimates and eliminates any systematic effects which may be caused by the transitory 

and reverting changes in firms’ sizes over time. Additionally, it allocates each job gain or loss to the actual size class where it occurred. 

Annual Data 

The annual gross job gains and gross job losses measure the net 

change in employment at the establishment level from the third month 

of a quarter in the previous year to the third month of the same quarter 

in the current year. The BLS publishes annual BED data based on 
March-to-March changes once a year with the release of the first quarter BED data. The annual data based on over-the-year changes for 

other quarters of the year are available upon request. The definitions 

and methodology in measuring annual gross job gains and gross job 

losses are similar to the quarterly measures. The linkage method considers all predecessor and successor relations that may come about due 

to changes in ownership and corporate restructuring over the entire 

year. At the establishment level, some of the quarterly job gains and 

job losses are offset during the estimation over the year. Therefore, the 

sum of four quarters of gross job gains and gross job losses are not 

equal to annual gross job gains and gross job losses. The net change 

in employment over the year, however, is equal to the sum of four 

quarterly net changes on a not seasonally adjusted basis. 

Seasonal adjustment 

Over the course of a year, the levels of employment and the associated job flows undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events 

as changes in the weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, 

major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of 

such seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern 

each year, their influence can be eliminated by adjusting these statistics from quarter to quarter. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity, easier to recognize. 

For example, the large number of youths taking summer jobs is likely 

to obscure other changes that have taken place in June relative to 

March, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current 

year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. The adjusted 

figures provide a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in 

economic activity. 

The employment data series for opening, expanding, closing, and 

contracting units are independently seasonally adjusted; net changes 

are calculated based on the difference between gross job gains and 

gross job losses. Similarly, for industry data, the establishment counts 

data series for opening, expanding, closing, and contracting establishments are independently adjusted, and the net changes are calculated 

based on the difference between the number of opening and closing 

establishments. Additionally, establishment and employment levels 

are independently seasonally adjusted to calculate the seasonally adjusted rates. Concurrent seasonal adjustment is run using X-13 

ARIMA-SEATS. Seasonally adjusted data series for total private are 

the sum of seasonally adjusted data of all sectors including the unclassified sector, which is not separately published. 

The net over-the-quarter change derived by summing the BED 

component series will differ from the net employment change estimated from the seasonally adjusted total private employment series 

from the CES program. The intended use of BED statistics is to show 

the dynamic labor market changes that underlie the net employment 

change statistic. As such, data users interested particularly in the net 

employment change and not in the gross job flows underlying this 

change should refer to CES data for over-the-quarter net employment 

changes. 

Reliability of the data 

Since the data series on Business Employment Dynamics are based 

on administrative rather than sample data, there are no issues related 

to sampling error. Nonsampling error, however, still exists. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, such as the employer submitting corrected employment data after the end of the quarter or typographical errors made by businesses when providing information. 

Such errors, however, are likely to be distributed randomly throughout 

the dataset. 

Changes in administrative data sometimes create complications for 

the linkage process. This can result in overstating openings and closings while understating expansions and contractions. The BLS continues to refine methods for improving the linkage process to alleviate 

the effects of these complications. 

 The BED data series are subject to periodic minor changes based 

on corrections in QCEW records, updates on predecessors and successors information, and seasonal adjustment revisions. 

Annual revisions are published each year with the release of the 

first quarter data. These revisions cover the last four quarters of not 

seasonally adjusted data and 5 years of seasonally adjusted data. 

Additional statistics and other information 

Several other programs within BLS produce closely related information. The QCEW program provides both quarterly and annual estimates of employment by state, county, and detailed industry. News 

releases on quarterly county employment and wages and the annual 

bulletin also are available upon request from the Division of Administrative Statistics and Labor Turnover (Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages), phone number: (202) 691-6567; 

(www.bls.gov/cew/); (e-mail: QCEWInfo@bls.gov). 

The Current Employment Statistics program produces monthly estimates of employment, its net change, hours, and earnings by detailed 

industry. These estimates are part of the Employment Situation report 

put out monthly by BLS. 

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey program provides 

monthly measures of job openings, as well as employee hires and separations. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please 

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Table 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses, seasonally adjusted

(In thousands)

Expanding Opening Contracting Closing

establishments establishments establishments establishments

2013 March 558 6,941 5,705 1,236 6,383 5,201 1,182

June 674 7,152 5,830 1,322 6,478 5,271 1,207

September 507 7,058 5,719 1,339 6,551 5,408 1,143

December 700 7,255 5,926 1,329 6,555 5,353 1,202

2014 March 419 6,953 5,687 1,266 6,534 5,380 1,154

June 895 7,454 6,114 1,340 6,559 5,342 1,217

September 577 7,247 5,918 1,329 6,670 5,487 1,183

December 1,038 7,617 6,248 1,369 6,579 5,346 1,233

2015 March 216 7,046 5,733 1,313 6,830 5,626 1,204

June 849 7,580 6,235 1,345 6,731 5,540 1,191

September 475 7,344 5,983 1,361 6,869 5,657 1,212

December 944 7,817 6,360 1,457 6,873 5,607 1,266

2016 March 249 7,163 5,875 1,288 6,914 5,706 1,208

June 318 7,443 6,070 1,373 7,125 5,820 1,305

September 748 7,710 6,250 1,460 6,962 5,718 1,244

December 308 7,413 6,007 1,406 7,105 5,806 1,299

2017 March 651 7,434 6,090 1,344 6,783 5,599 1,184

June 526 7,639 6,265 1,374 7,113 5,844 1,269

September -39 7,321 5,975 1,346 7,360 6,065 1,295

December 883 7,772 6,344 1,428 6,889 5,593 1,296

2018 March 683 7,494 6,135 1,359 6,811 5,616 1,195

June 498 7,688 6,286 1,402 7,190 5,907 1,283

September 86 7,485 6,113 1,372 7,399 6,083 1,316

December 723 7,719 6,283 1,436 6,996 5,665 1,331

2019 March 494 7,460 6,095 1,365 6,966 5,713 1,253

June 262 7,667 6,280 1,387 7,405 6,049 1,356

September 60 7,383 6,010 1,373 7,323 6,053 1,270

December 738 7,821 6,332 1,489 7,083 5,754 1,329

2020 March -836 7,031 5,711 1,320 7,867 6,394 1,473

June -14,538 5,733 4,441 1,292 20,271 17,349 2,922

September 4,003 10,846 8,800 2,046 6,843 5,471 1,372

December 2,016 8,786 7,095 1,691 6,770 5,417 1,353

2021 March 1,791 8,324 6,778 1,546 6,533 5,386 1,147

June 985 8,211 6,657 1,554 7,226 5,966 1,260

September 1,463 8,862 7,179 1,683 7,399 5,944 1,455

December 2,874 9,565 7,704 1,861 6,691 5,349 1,342

2022 March 1,575 8,553 6,974 1,579 6,978 5,560 1,418

June 382 8,352 6,624 1,728 7,970 6,450 1,520

September 1,341 8,841 7,183 1,658 7,500 5,995 1,505

December 478 8,108 6,447 1,661 7,630 6,113 1,517

2023 March 976 8,041 6,515 1,526 7,065 5,646 1,419

June 332 8,120 6,511 1,609 7,788 6,296 1,492

September -192 7,559 6,001 1,558 7,751 6,174 1,577

1 Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.

Year 3 months ended Net change 1

Gross job gains

Total Total

Gross job losses
Table 2. Private-sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment, 1

 seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Expanding Opening Contracting Closing

establishments establishments establishments establishments

2013 March 0.5 6.2 5.1 1.1 5.7 4.6 1.1

June 0.6 6.4 5.2 1.2 5.8 4.7 1.1

September 0.5 6.3 5.1 1.2 5.8 4.8 1.0

December 0.6 6.4 5.2 1.2 5.8 4.7 1.1

2014 March 0.4 6.1 5.0 1.1 5.7 4.7 1.0

June 0.8 6.5 5.3 1.2 5.7 4.6 1.1

September 0.5 6.2 5.1 1.1 5.7 4.7 1.0

December 0.9 6.6 5.4 1.2 5.7 4.6 1.1

2015 March 0.2 6.0 4.9 1.1 5.8 4.8 1.0

June 0.7 6.4 5.3 1.1 5.7 4.7 1.0

September 0.5 6.3 5.1 1.2 5.8 4.8 1.0

December 0.7 6.5 5.3 1.2 5.8 4.7 1.1

2016 March 0.2 6.0 4.9 1.1 5.8 4.8 1.0

June 0.2 6.2 5.1 1.1 6.0 4.9 1.1

September 0.6 6.4 5.2 1.2 5.8 4.8 1.0

December 0.3 6.2 5.0 1.2 5.9 4.8 1.1

2017 March 0.5 6.1 5.0 1.1 5.6 4.6 1.0

June 0.4 6.2 5.1 1.1 5.8 4.8 1.0

September -0.1 6.0 4.9 1.1 6.1 5.0 1.1

December 0.7 6.4 5.2 1.2 5.7 4.6 1.1

2018 March 0.6 6.1 5.0 1.1 5.5 4.5 1.0

June 0.4 6.2 5.1 1.1 5.8 4.8 1.0

September 0.0 6.0 4.9 1.1 6.0 4.9 1.1

December 0.6 6.2 5.0 1.2 5.6 4.5 1.1

2019 March 0.5 6.0 4.9 1.1 5.5 4.5 1.0

June 0.2 6.1 5.0 1.1 5.9 4.8 1.1

September 0.1 5.9 4.8 1.1 5.8 4.8 1.0

December 0.6 6.2 5.0 1.2 5.6 4.5 1.1

2020 March -0.7 5.5 4.5 1.0 6.2 5.0 1.2

June -12.1 4.8 3.7 1.1 16.9 14.5 2.4

September 3.4 9.4 7.6 1.8 6.0 4.8 1.2

December 1.7 7.4 6.0 1.4 5.7 4.6 1.1

2021 March 1.5 7.0 5.7 1.3 5.5 4.5 1.0

June 0.9 6.8 5.5 1.3 5.9 4.9 1.0

September 1.2 7.3 5.9 1.4 6.1 4.9 1.2

December 2.3 7.7 6.2 1.5 5.4 4.3 1.1

2022 March 1.2 6.7 5.5 1.2 5.5 4.4 1.1

June 0.4 6.6 5.2 1.4 6.2 5.0 1.2

September 1.0 6.9 5.6 1.3 5.9 4.7 1.2

December 0.4 6.3 5.0 1.3 5.9 4.7 1.2

2023 March 0.8 6.2 5.0 1.2 5.4 4.3 1.1

June 0.3 6.2 5.0 1.2 5.9 4.8 1.1

September -0.1 5.8 4.6 1.2 5.9 4.7 1.2

1 The rates measure gross job gains and gross job losses as a percentage of the average of the previous and current quarter employment levels. 

2 Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.

Year 3 months ended Net change 2

Gross job gains

Total Total

Gross job losses
Table 3. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by industry, seasonally adjusted

Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.

2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023

Total private 1

Gross job gains ........................... 8,841 8,108 8,041 8,120 7,559 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.2 5.8

At expanding establishments ......... 7,183 6,447 6,515 6,511 6,001 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.6

At opening establishments ............ 1,658 1,661 1,526 1,609 1,558 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2

Gross job losses ........................... 7,500 7,630 7,065 7,788 7,751 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.9 5.9

At contracting establishments ......... 5,995 6,113 5,646 6,296 6,174 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.8 4.7

At closing establishments ............ 1,505 1,517 1,419 1,492 1,577 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2

Net employment change .............. 1,341 478 976 332 -192 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.3 -0.1

Goods-producing

Gross job gains ........................... 1,383 1,341 1,343 1,350 1,214 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.4

At expanding establishments ......... 1,172 1,124 1,139 1,147 1,015 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5

At opening establishments ............ 211 217 204 203 199 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9

Gross job losses ........................... 1,234 1,288 1,211 1,318 1,312 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.8

At contracting establishments ......... 1,024 1,073 1,007 1,095 1,085 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.8

At closing establishments ............ 210 215 204 223 227 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0

Net employment change .............. 149 53 132 32 -98 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.1 -0.4

Natural resources and mining

Gross job gains ........................... 234 204 218 247 221 13.0 11.1 11.9 13.5 12.1

At expanding establishments ......... 205 176 192 217 192 11.4 9.6 10.5 11.9 10.5

At opening establishments ............ 29 28 26 30 29 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6

Gross job losses ........................... 180 240 229 204 220 10.0 13.2 12.5 11.2 12.0

At contracting establishments ......... 156 215 198 175 189 8.7 11.8 10.8 9.6 10.3

At closing establishments ............ 24 25 31 29 31 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.7

Net employment change .............. 54 -36 -11 43 1 3.0 -2.1 -0.6 2.3 0.1

Construction

Gross job gains ........................... 655 667 706 666 607 8.5 8.6 8.9 8.4 7.7

At expanding establishments ......... 525 529 571 541 483 6.8 6.8 7.2 6.8 6.1

At opening establishments ............ 130 138 135 125 124 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6

Gross job losses ........................... 626 630 580 663 642 8.1 8.1 7.4 8.4 8.1

At contracting establishments ......... 495 495 457 522 504 6.4 6.4 5.8 6.6 6.4

At closing establishments ............ 131 135 123 141 138 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7

Net employment change .............. 29 37 126 3 -35 0.4 0.5 1.5 0.0 -0.4

Manufacturing

Gross job gains ........................... 494 470 419 437 386 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.0

At expanding establishments ......... 442 419 376 389 340 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.0 2.6

At opening establishments ............ 52 51 43 48 46 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4

Gross job losses ........................... 428 418 402 451 450 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.5 3.5

At contracting establishments ......... 373 363 352 398 392 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.0

At closing establishments ............ 55 55 50 53 58 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5

Net employment change .............. 66 52 17 -14 -64 0.6 0.5 0.1 -0.1 -0.5

Service-providing 1

Gross job gains ........................... 7,458 6,767 6,698 6,770 6,345 7.1 6.3 6.2 6.2 5.9

At expanding establishments ......... 6,011 5,323 5,376 5,364 4,986 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.6

At opening establishments ............ 1,447 1,444 1,322 1,406 1,359 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3

Gross job losses ........................... 6,266 6,342 5,854 6,470 6,439 5.9 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.9

At contracting establishments ......... 4,971 5,040 4,639 5,201 5,089 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.8 4.7

At closing establishments ............ 1,295 1,302 1,215 1,269 1,350 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2

Net employment change .............. 1,192 425 844 300 -94 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.0

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains ........................... 333 293 280 280 259 5.6 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.2

At expanding establishments ......... 273 239 234 231 210 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.4

At opening establishments ............ 60 54 46 49 49 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8

Gross job losses ........................... 258 253 250 261 259 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3

At contracting establishments ......... 200 195 191 204 199 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.3

At closing establishments ............ 58 58 59 57 60 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0

Net employment change .............. 75 40 30 19 0 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.4 -0.1

See footnote at end of table.

Category

Gross job gains and losses (in thousands) Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment

(3 months ended) (3 months ended)
Table 3. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by industry, seasonally adjusted —Continued

Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.

2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023

Retail trade

Gross job gains ........................... 954 804 880 859 822 6.1 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.2

At expanding establishments ......... 828 687 771 739 709 5.3 4.5 5.0 4.7 4.5

At opening establishments ............ 126 117 109 120 113 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7

Gross job losses ........................... 920 903 729 898 903 5.9 5.8 4.8 5.7 5.7

At contracting establishments ......... 808 789 628 785 771 5.2 5.1 4.1 5.0 4.9

At closing establishments ............ 112 114 101 113 132 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8

Net employment change .............. 34 -99 151 -39 -81 0.2 -0.5 0.9 -0.2 -0.5

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains ........................... 385 473 307 324 330 6.0 7.3 4.7 5.0 5.2

At expanding establishments ......... 334 409 261 277 286 5.2 6.3 4.0 4.3 4.5

At opening establishments ............ 51 64 46 47 44 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7

Gross job losses ........................... 328 332 440 377 340 5.1 5.1 6.7 5.9 5.3

At contracting establishments ......... 277 277 393 324 290 4.3 4.3 6.0 5.1 4.5

At closing establishments ............ 51 55 47 53 50 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

Net employment change .............. 57 141 -133 -53 -10 0.9 2.2 -2.0 -0.9 -0.1

Utilities

Gross job gains ........................... 19 18 16 21 18 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.6 3.1

At expanding establishments ......... 17 16 14 19 16 3.1 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.8

At opening establishments ............ 2 2 2 2 2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

Gross job losses ........................... 12 14 11 15 13 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.6 2.2

At contracting establishments ......... 10 11 9 13 11 1.8 2.0 1.6 2.3 1.9

At closing establishments ............ 2 3 2 2 2 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3

Net employment change .............. 7 4 5 6 5 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9

 Information

Gross job gains ........................... 203 166 139 146 130 6.6 5.4 4.6 4.8 4.4

At expanding establishments ......... 162 127 112 115 94 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.2

At opening establishments ............ 41 39 27 31 36 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.2

Gross job losses ........................... 176 190 179 216 197 5.8 6.2 5.8 7.2 6.7

At contracting establishments ......... 137 151 147 180 158 4.5 4.9 4.8 6.0 5.4

At closing establishments ............ 39 39 32 36 39 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.3

Net employment change .............. 27 -24 -40 -70 -67 0.8 -0.8 -1.2 -2.4 -2.3

Financial activities

Gross job gains ........................... 497 451 410 448 386 5.8 5.2 4.8 5.2 4.5

At expanding establishments ......... 392 341 325 355 294 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.1 3.4

At opening establishments ............ 105 110 85 93 92 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.1

Gross job losses ........................... 438 473 401 413 415 5.1 5.5 4.6 4.7 4.8

At contracting establishments ......... 332 363 297 308 311 3.9 4.2 3.4 3.5 3.6

At closing establishments ............ 106 110 104 105 104 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2

Net employment change .............. 59 -22 9 35 -29 0.7 -0.3 0.2 0.5 -0.3

Professional and business services

Gross job gains ........................... 1,776 1,520 1,475 1,497 1,401 7.8 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.2

At expanding establishments ......... 1,403 1,173 1,184 1,181 1,092 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 4.8

At opening establishments ............ 373 347 291 316 309 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4

Gross job losses ........................... 1,501 1,601 1,422 1,578 1,544 6.6 7.0 6.3 7.0 6.8

At contracting establishments ......... 1,163 1,252 1,112 1,263 1,196 5.1 5.5 4.9 5.6 5.3

At closing establishments ............ 338 349 310 315 348 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5

Net employment change .............. 275 -81 53 -81 -143 1.2 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 -0.6

Education and health services

Gross job gains ........................... 1,313 1,162 1,225 1,275 1,232 5.7 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.0

At expanding establishments ......... 1,089 920 1,013 1,042 1,004 4.7 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.1

At opening establishments ............ 224 242 212 233 228 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9

Gross job losses ........................... 959 1,012 908 989 985 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.1 4.0

At contracting establishments ......... 727 770 690 773 744 3.1 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.0

At closing establishments ............ 232 242 218 216 241 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0

Net employment change .............. 354 150 317 286 247 1.6 0.6 1.3 1.2 1.0

See footnote at end of table.

Category

Gross job gains and losses (in thousands) Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment

(3 months ended) (3 months ended)
Table 3. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by industry, seasonally adjusted —Continued

Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.

2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023

 Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains ........................... 1,529 1,459 1,464 1,423 1,330 9.7 9.1 9.0 8.6 8.1

At expanding establishments ......... 1,224 1,149 1,178 1,126 1,028 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.3

At opening establishments ............ 305 310 286 297 302 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8

Gross job losses ........................... 1,347 1,224 1,182 1,375 1,436 8.5 7.6 7.2 8.4 8.7

At contracting establishments ......... 1,092 996 948 1,113 1,167 6.9 6.2 5.8 6.8 7.1

At closing establishments ............ 255 228 234 262 269 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6

Net employment change .............. 182 235 282 48 -106 1.2 1.5 1.8 0.2 -0.6

 Other services

Gross job gains ........................... 350 322 327 330 306 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.0

At expanding establishments ......... 271 246 258 255 233 6.4 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.3

At opening establishments ............ 79 76 69 75 73 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.7

Gross job losses ........................... 289 298 284 299 304 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.9 7.0

At contracting establishments ......... 213 223 209 224 227 5.1 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.2

At closing establishments ............ 76 75 75 75 77 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8

Net employment change .............. 61 24 43 31 2 1.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.0

1 Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.

Category

Gross job gains and losses (in thousands) Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment

(3 months ended) (3 months ended)
Table 4. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by firm size, seasonally adjusted

(In thousands)

gains losses gains losses gains losses gains losses

2013 March 582 5,743 5,161 212 3,071 2,859 156 1,029 873 214 1,643 1,429

June 650 5,906 5,256 226 3,085 2,859 135 1,071 936 289 1,750 1,461

September 473 5,764 5,291 225 3,063 2,838 69 1,021 952 179 1,680 1,501

December 631 5,886 5,255 122 3,021 2,899 105 1,034 929 404 1,831 1,427

2014 March 442 5,665 5,223 231 3,070 2,839 149 1,035 886 62 1,560 1,498

June 893 6,134 5,241 302 3,178 2,876 214 1,119 905 377 1,837 1,460

September 560 5,865 5,305 197 3,064 2,867 117 1,066 949 246 1,735 1,489

December 951 6,155 5,204 212 3,105 2,893 150 1,085 935 589 1,965 1,376

2015 March 226 5,677 5,451 168 3,098 2,930 75 1,025 950 -17 1,554 1,571

June 846 6,243 5,397 323 3,196 2,873 187 1,128 941 336 1,919 1,583

September 456 5,914 5,458 148 3,057 2,909 79 1,047 968 229 1,810 1,581

December 830 6,245 5,415 227 3,172 2,945 90 1,074 984 513 1,999 1,486

2016 March 254 5,754 5,500 191 3,114 2,923 59 1,022 963 4 1,618 1,614

June 331 6,048 5,717 74 3,123 3,049 114 1,101 987 143 1,824 1,681

September 752 6,266 5,514 192 3,160 2,968 102 1,089 987 458 2,017 1,559

December 245 5,886 5,641 71 3,065 2,994 37 1,026 989 137 1,795 1,658

2017 March 662 6,007 5,345 346 3,236 2,890 191 1,085 894 125 1,686 1,561

June 570 6,216 5,646 145 3,161 3,016 151 1,127 976 274 1,928 1,654

September -90 5,826 5,916 -100 2,999 3,099 -44 1,013 1,057 54 1,814 1,760

December 804 6,185 5,381 235 3,184 2,949 142 1,082 940 427 1,919 1,492

2018 March 729 6,072 5,343 297 3,210 2,913 164 1,071 907 268 1,791 1,523

June 515 6,214 5,699 134 3,194 3,060 162 1,135 973 219 1,885 1,666

September 24 5,967 5,943 -83 3,027 3,110 -34 1,025 1,059 141 1,915 1,774

December 663 6,087 5,424 198 3,171 2,973 138 1,076 938 327 1,840 1,513

2019 March 572 6,016 5,444 260 3,191 2,931 155 1,066 911 157 1,759 1,602

June 269 6,170 5,901 58 3,161 3,103 106 1,124 1,018 105 1,885 1,780

September -10 5,856 5,866 -6 3,044 3,050 -36 1,014 1,050 32 1,798 1,766

December 647 6,192 5,545 205 3,186 2,981 93 1,062 969 349 1,944 1,595

2020 March -653 5,612 6,265 -367 3,026 3,393 -100 969 1,069 -186 1,617 1,803

June -15,093 4,515 19,608 -4,705 2,557 7,262 -2,796 582 3,378 -7,592 1,376 8,968

September 4,020 9,428 5,408 1,515 4,482 2,967 532 1,417 885 1,973 3,529 1,556

December 1,852 7,065 5,213 506 3,488 2,982 348 1,189 841 998 2,388 1,390

2021 March 1,840 6,896 5,056 973 3,641 2,668 224 1,101 877 643 2,154 1,511

June 1,016 6,664 5,648 724 3,523 2,799 220 1,146 926 72 1,995 1,923

September 1,418 7,143 5,725 396 3,526 3,130 247 1,192 945 775 2,425 1,650

December 2,734 7,641 4,907 913 3,769 2,856 468 1,303 835 1,353 2,569 1,216

2022 March 1,671 6,994 5,323 312 3,388 3,076 274 1,163 889 1,085 2,443 1,358

June 329 6,604 6,275 174 3,353 3,179 144 1,157 1,013 11 2,094 2,083

September 1,369 7,105 5,736 71 3,321 3,250 248 1,230 982 1,050 2,554 1,504

December 460 6,291 5,831 206 3,305 3,099 157 1,128 971 97 1,858 1,761

2023 March 1,104 6,556 5,452 317 3,333 3,016 275 1,184 909 512 2,039 1,527

June 283 6,450 6,167 0 3,237 3,237 133 1,170 1,037 150 2,043 1,893

September -246 5,925 6,171 -204 3,019 3,223 -26 1,034 1,060 -16 1,872 1,888

Net 

change

Gross job Net 

change

Gross job

establishment-level data due to independent seasonal adjustment. The unit of analysis section in the technical note provides additional detail. See

www.bls.gov/bdm/bdmfirmsize.htm for more detailed firm size class data.

Net 

change

Gross job Net 

change

Gross job

NOTE: Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses. Net change totals for the firm-level data differ from the

Year 3 months ended

Total private by firm1 Firm size 1 - 49 employees

1 Total gross job gains and gross job losses by firm are lower than total gross job gains and gross job losses by establishment, as some establishment gains 

and losses within a firm are offset during the aggregation process. 

Firm size 50 - 249 employees Firm size 250 or more
Table 5. Components of private-sector gross job gains and losses by firm size, seasonally adjusted

Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.

2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023

Total private by firm 1

Gross job gains ........................ 7,105 6,291 6,556 6,450 5,925 5.5 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.6

At expanding firms .................. 6,108 5,229 5,556 5,455 4,926 4.7 4.0 4.3 4.2 3.8

At opening firms ..................... 997 1,062 1,000 995 999 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

Gross job losses ........................ 5,736 5,831 5,452 6,167 6,171 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.7 4.7

At contracting firms ............... 4,722 4,880 4,473 5,157 5,154 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.9

At closing firms ................... 1,014 951 979 1,010 1,017 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

Net employment change ............. 1,369 460 1,104 283 -246 1.0 0.3 0.9 0.3 -0.1

Firm size 1 to 49 employees

Gross job gains ........................ 3,321 3,305 3,333 3,237 3,019 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.1 8.5

At expanding firms .................. 2,363 2,278 2,366 2,280 2,065 6.7 6.4 6.7 6.4 5.8

At opening firms ..................... 958 1,027 967 957 954 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7

Gross job losses ........................ 3,250 3,099 3,016 3,237 3,223 9.2 8.8 8.5 9.1 9.1

At contracting firms ............... 2,272 2,181 2,066 2,270 2,243 6.4 6.2 5.8 6.4 6.3

At closing firms ................... 978 918 950 967 980 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8

Net employment change ............. 71 206 317 0 -204 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.0 -0.6

Firm size 50 to 249 employees

Gross job gains ........................ 1,230 1,128 1,184 1,170 1,034 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.2 4.6

At expanding firms .................. 1,195 1,095 1,153 1,134 998 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.4

At opening firms ..................... 35 33 31 36 36 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

Gross job losses ........................ 982 971 909 1,037 1,060 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.5 4.6

At contracting firms ............... 949 941 884 1,003 1,029 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.5

At closing firms ................... 33 30 25 34 31 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Net employment change ............. 248 157 275 133 -26 1.2 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.0

Firm size 250 or more employees

Gross job gains ........................ 2,554 1,858 2,039 2,043 1,872 3.6 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6

At expanding firms .................. 2,550 1,856 2,037 2,041 1,863 3.6 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6

At opening firms ..................... 4 2 2 2 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Gross job losses ........................ 1,504 1,761 1,527 1,893 1,888 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.6

At contracting firms ............... 1,501 1,758 1,523 1,884 1,882 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.6

At closing firms ................... 3 3 4 9 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Net employment change ............. 1,050 97 512 150 -16 1.5 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.0

NOTE: Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses. Net change totals for the firm-level data differ from the

establishment-level data due to independent seasonal adjustment. The unit of analysis section in the technical note provides additional detail. See

www.bls.gov/bdm/bdmfirmsize.htm for more detailed firm size class data.

Category

Gross job gains and losses (in thousands) Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment

(3 months ended) (3 months ended)

1 Total gross job gains and gross job losses by firm are lower than total gross job gains and gross job losses by establishment, as some establishment gains and 

losses within a firm are offset during the aggregation process. 
Table 6. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted

Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.

2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023

United States 1 ............ 8,841,000 8,108,000 8,041,000 8,120,000 7,559,000 7,500,000 7,630,000 7,065,000 7,788,000 7,751,000

Alabama .................. 114,951 111,392 107,346 100,702 100,216 97,672 101,269 92,757 95,939 100,987

Alaska ..................... 20,345 26,395 25,502 27,627 21,332 24,798 22,355 19,548 22,186 26,439

Arizona .................. 189,864 179,255 162,184 192,346 183,856 147,844 162,816 147,769 178,441 162,523

Arkansas .................. 67,914 66,289 61,533 63,471 60,444 55,294 55,695 54,248 65,458 61,771

California .................. 1,047,601 1,023,199 950,611 1,028,190 961,078 955,420 1,014,015 998,801 993,780 999,313

Colorado .................. 167,165 179,968 174,762 178,132 135,454 169,449 164,325 157,244 160,978 150,554

Connecticut ............... 89,510 84,396 87,749 92,604 82,905 87,391 84,879 75,054 82,681 89,425

Delaware .................. 33,739 27,950 26,861 24,278 24,305 24,076 29,640 20,741 22,852 26,130

District of Columbia ... 36,573 28,958 30,796 28,166 28,605 25,579 28,671 24,750 28,001 28,416

Florida ..................... 653,384 526,584 536,274 578,080 564,943 462,890 506,776 474,307 496,234 505,174

Georgia .................. 291,045 272,908 257,840 265,731 254,774 241,090 243,103 240,875 269,241 252,692

Hawaii ..................... 32,013 30,578 28,383 29,151 27,109 24,742 24,784 25,797 26,822 34,974

Idaho ..................... 54,532 58,731 56,541 56,214 51,518 52,224 48,159 53,049 53,223 57,935

Illinois ..................... 302,420 277,741 302,001 285,519 249,357 273,485 265,645 252,853 281,545 287,850

Indiana ..................... 174,452 156,490 152,428 153,357 159,404 150,254 142,752 137,357 166,890 160,437

Iowa ........................ 76,260 83,521 79,072 79,017 71,800 77,324 80,755 69,866 77,599 76,191

Kansas ..................... 84,737 73,945 71,362 71,788 67,090 63,428 65,323 63,683 70,057 71,269

Kentucky .................. 108,606 98,218 102,867 93,576 94,807 87,882 87,574 82,015 99,073 91,490

Louisiana .................. 109,117 96,340 100,274 95,762 97,306 89,239 98,066 89,594 102,429 96,084

Maine ..................... 40,046 39,221 41,777 41,094 36,676 38,150 36,063 32,865 41,017 41,735

Maryland .................. 158,967 143,112 147,510 145,726 137,846 128,265 148,916 121,490 137,170 140,643

Massachusetts ............ 196,202 172,267 185,080 188,783 173,510 191,141 182,910 150,369 181,977 194,523

Michigan .................. 213,654 222,363 214,563 226,977 201,709 217,371 195,166 187,424 204,760 226,384

Minnesota ............... 161,515 145,971 142,357 152,737 79,408 146,246 144,366 121,788 140,597 107,468

Mississippi ............... 66,259 63,543 56,698 58,299 57,651 58,091 57,383 53,845 61,507 57,930

Missouri .................. 164,580 146,620 159,576 144,820 138,048 153,783 141,455 126,409 146,711 144,835

Montana .................. 35,364 38,144 36,820 33,093 32,253 31,761 32,645 30,286 35,748 35,506

Nebraska .................. 57,920 50,331 52,700 51,196 50,601 50,197 47,031 43,272 47,470 49,905

Nevada ..................... 97,965 86,046 81,960 89,121 87,646 76,982 80,560 76,372 80,568 74,367

New Hampshire ......... 40,895 39,582 41,836 39,844 35,032 39,303 35,447 35,077 37,850 40,220

New Jersey ............... 246,368 245,269 225,314 252,735 218,347 230,364 216,117 206,205 215,082 219,037

New Mexico ............ 52,835 44,263 45,462 43,440 40,926 38,637 40,933 39,692 41,656 45,584

New York ............... 527,154 475,568 519,705 505,166 474,709 471,684 477,112 415,967 463,070 493,186

North Carolina ............ 266,108 268,628 263,089 248,661 230,670 234,300 230,657 214,252 235,494 253,947

North Dakota ............ 25,773 21,763 26,282 23,960 23,154 21,499 22,691 19,560 23,576 22,941

Ohio ........................ 274,284 278,516 276,221 266,857 244,248 260,595 270,059 229,257 271,213 272,478

Oklahoma ............... 96,273 88,157 83,640 82,988 83,010 73,231 78,069 70,808 80,274 80,312

Oregon ..................... 110,795 109,234 122,824 109,046 102,505 98,428 104,861 104,113 117,513 116,696

Pennsylvania ............ 316,316 289,349 291,327 278,274 274,729 267,537 269,933 246,312 293,852 273,799

Rhode Island ............ 28,042 29,058 31,968 28,983 27,524 30,831 27,302 25,190 29,771 29,163

South Carolina ............ 133,853 128,661 127,086 120,255 126,620 103,467 115,506 108,926 126,837 107,643

South Dakota ............ 26,561 23,909 27,136 25,414 23,793 23,680 23,831 21,836 23,210 23,941

Tennessee ............... 193,098 160,803 162,157 165,165 76,516 150,300 155,186 137,669 152,886 116,184

Texas ..................... 817,302 710,535 693,258 680,662 661,812 599,159 614,067 583,324 631,214 643,035

Utah ........................ 106,005 97,694 100,736 97,876 97,547 95,500 93,248 87,902 89,247 92,500

Vermont .................. 17,902 19,530 20,856 18,909 16,131 19,529 17,641 14,980 19,097 20,331

Virginia .................. 242,676 205,926 202,603 199,417 193,148 196,198 190,156 172,074 191,775 200,751

Washington ............... 212,159 178,131 192,039 181,419 161,082 185,305 159,252 164,600 168,647 179,554

West Virginia ............ 43,424 35,765 38,724 33,896 35,651 37,362 34,246 29,218 33,964 35,499

Wisconsin ............... 150,455 152,533 150,237 144,324 132,988 144,718 138,269 121,931 149,948 147,571

Wyoming .................. 19,090 19,402 18,858 17,956 17,439 17,420 16,682 16,565 18,553 17,386

Puerto Rico ............... 46,016 48,915 37,998 43,144 42,482 38,949 45,298 42,503 36,754 40,983

Virgin Islands ............ 2,042 1,432 1,838 1,841 2,036 1,326 1,153 1,613 1,688 1,782

1 The sum of the states will not necessarily add to the U.S. total because of the independent seasonal adjustment of each state.

NOTE: Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

State

Gross job gains 

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Gross job losses

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Table 7. Private-sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment by state, seasonally adjusted

Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.

2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023

United States .......................... 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.9 5.9

Alabama ............................. 6.9 6.6 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.1 5.5 5.7 6.0

Alaska ................................. 8.5 10.9 10.4 11.0 8.5 10.4 9.2 8.0 8.9 10.5

Arizona ............................... 7.1 6.6 5.9 7.0 6.7 5.5 6.0 5.4 6.5 5.9

Arkansas .............................. 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.0 6.0 5.7

California ........................... 6.8 6.6 6.1 6.7 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.5

Colorado .............................. 7.0 7.6 7.2 7.3 5.5 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.6 6.2

Connecticut ......................... 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.4 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.7 6.2

Delaware .............................. 8.6 7.0 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.2 7.5 5.2 5.7 6.5

District of Columbia ............... 7.2 5.6 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.5 4.8 5.3 5.4

Florida ................................. 7.8 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.5 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.8

Georgia .............................. 7.1 6.7 6.2 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.5 6.1

Hawaii ............................... 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.2 6.9

Idaho .................................... 7.8 8.4 7.9 7.9 7.3 7.5 6.9 7.5 7.5 8.2

Illinois ................................ 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.4 4.8 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.3 5.5

Indiana ............................... 6.4 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.0 6.1 5.8

Iowa .................................... 5.9 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.9 6.2 5.4 5.9 5.8

Kansas ................................. 7.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.4 6.0 6.0

Kentucky .............................. 6.6 6.0 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.9 5.9 5.5

Louisiana .............................. 6.9 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.2 5.7 6.2 5.6 6.4 6.0

Maine ................................ 7.6 7.4 7.7 7.6 6.8 7.3 6.8 6.2 7.6 7.8

Maryland ............................ 7.4 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.9 5.6 6.3 6.5

Massachusetts ....................... 6.2 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.4 6.1 5.8 4.7 5.7 6.1

Michigan ............................. 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.2 5.8 5.2 4.9 5.3 5.9

Minnesota ........................... 6.5 5.9 5.7 6.0 3.1 5.9 5.8 4.9 5.6 4.2

Mississippi ........................... 7.2 6.8 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2 5.7 6.6 6.2

Missouri .............................. 6.8 6.1 6.5 5.9 5.6 6.3 5.8 5.1 5.9 5.8

Montana ............................... 8.7 9.2 8.7 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.1 8.4 8.5

Nebraska .............................. 7.1 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.1 5.6 5.9

Nevada ............................... 7.4 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.1 5.7 6.0 5.5

New Hampshire ..................... 6.9 6.7 7.0 6.7 5.9 6.7 6.0 5.9 6.3 6.7

New Jersey ........................... 6.8 6.8 6.1 6.8 5.9 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.9

New Mexico ........................ 8.0 6.7 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.7

New York ........................... 6.6 5.9 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.1 5.7 6.1

North Carolina ........................ 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.7 6.2

North Dakota ........................ 7.6 6.4 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.7 5.6 6.7 6.6

Ohio .................................... 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.7 4.9 5.7 5.7

Oklahoma ........................... 7.4 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.9 5.3 6.0 6.0

Oregon ................................. 6.7 6.5 7.3 6.4 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.9 6.9

Pennsylvania ........................ 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 4.6 5.5 5.2

Rhode Island ........................ 6.7 6.9 7.5 6.7 6.5 7.3 6.4 5.9 7.0 6.8

South Carolina ........................ 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.8 5.6 6.2 5.8 6.8 5.7

South Dakota ........................ 7.3 6.5 7.2 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.5 5.9 6.2 6.3

Tennessee ........................... 7.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 2.7 5.5 5.6 5.0 5.5 4.2

Texas ................................. 7.2 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.4 5.5

Utah .................................... 7.5 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.5

Vermont .............................. 7.2 7.8 8.2 7.4 6.3 7.8 7.0 6.0 7.5 8.0

Virginia .............................. 7.5 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.8 5.2 5.8 6.0

Washington ........................... 7.2 5.9 6.4 6.0 5.4 6.3 5.3 5.5 5.6 6.0

West Virginia ........................ 8.1 6.6 7.1 6.1 6.5 6.9 6.4 5.3 6.1 6.5

Wisconsin ........................... 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.2 5.8 5.5 4.9 5.9 5.9

Wyoming .............................. 9.2 9.2 8.9 8.4 8.2 8.4 7.9 7.8 8.7 8.2

Puerto Rico ........................... 6.2 6.6 5.1 5.8 5.7 5.3 6.1 5.7 4.9 5.4

Virgin Islands ........................ 8.5 5.9 7.5 7.4 8.2 5.5 4.7 6.5 6.8 7.1

NOTE: Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

State

Gross job gains as a percent of employment Gross job losses as a percent of employment

(3 months ended) (3 months ended)
Table 8. Private-sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted

(Levels in thousands)

Level Rate 2 Level Rate Level Rate Level Rate

2013 March 205 2.8 193 2.6 748 0.7 648 0.6

June 222 3.0 215 2.9 789 0.7 695 0.6

September 219 2.9 195 2.6 818 0.7 678 0.6

December 215 2.9 187 2.5 803 0.7 670 0.6

2014 March 220 2.9 190 2.5 784 0.7 635 0.6

June 221 2.9 204 2.7 806 0.7 711 0.6

September 225 3.0 199 2.6 825 0.7 703 0.6

December 224 2.9 198 2.6 836 0.7 705 0.6

2015 March 233 3.0 207 2.7 818 0.7 696 0.6

June 234 3.1 211 2.8 838 0.7 728 0.6

September 243 3.2 207 2.7 881 0.7 699 0.6

December 247 3.2 209 2.7 892 0.7 733 0.6

2016 March 236 3.0 204 2.6 789 0.7 671 0.6

June 241 3.1 213 2.7 838 0.7 719 0.6

September 238 3.0 214 2.7 872 0.7 745 0.6

December 238 3.0 217 2.8 865 0.7 729 0.6

2017 March 242 3.0 203 2.6 806 0.7 668 0.5

June 240 3.0 223 2.8 848 0.7 752 0.6

September 244 3.1 225 2.8 851 0.7 760 0.6

December 246 3.1 216 2.7 849 0.7 731 0.6

2018 March 248 3.1 215 2.7 816 0.7 668 0.5

June 263 3.3 228 2.8 879 0.7 769 0.6

September 250 3.1 231 2.8 863 0.7 785 0.6

December 249 3.1 222 2.7 855 0.7 758 0.6

2019 March 260 3.2 220 2.7 812 0.6 698 0.6

June 257 3.1 240 2.9 847 0.7 801 0.6

September 251 3.0 231 2.8 847 0.7 767 0.6

December 269 3.2 234 2.8 903 0.7 784 0.6

2020 March 279 3.3 240 2.9 811 0.6 735 0.6

June 227 2.8 327 4.0 658 0.5 1,152 1.0

September 278 3.4 233 2.9 821 0.7 691 0.6

December 287 3.5 218 2.6 916 0.8 688 0.6

2021 March 308 3.6 210 2.5 833 0.7 604 0.5

June 351 4.1 226 2.6 981 0.8 664 0.5

September 359 4.1 245 2.8 1,026 0.8 736 0.6

December 378 4.3 254 2.9 1,117 0.9 779 0.6

2022 March 349 3.9 255 2.9 960 0.8 744 0.6

June 365 4.1 322 3.6 1,062 0.8 925 0.7

September 349 3.9 294 3.3 1,031 0.8 913 0.7

December 344 3.8 289 3.2 1,045 0.8 899 0.7

2023 March 331 3.6 N/A N/A 944 0.7 N/A N/A

June 332 3.6 N/A N/A 1,015 0.8 N/A N/A

September 311 3.4 N/A N/A 972 0.7 N/A N/A

1 Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters. See the Technical Note for more information.

2 The rates measure births and deaths as a percentage of the average of the previous and current quarter employment levels or total number of establishments

Year 3 months ended

Number of Establishments Employment

Births Deaths 1 Births Deaths