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Business Employment Dynamics
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Business Employment Dynamics is a set of statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. These quarterly data series consist of gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward. These data help to provide a picture of the dynamic state of the labor market.
Notices
- Data in this release contain annual revisions. Read More »
Latest Numbers
Gross Job Gains:
Total Private
7,381,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Goods-Producing
1,323,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Service-providing
6,058,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Gross Job Losses:
Total Private
7,293,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Goods-Producing
1,227,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Service-Providing
6,066,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Number of establishments gaining jobs:
Total Private
2,198,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Goods-Producing
327,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Service-Providing
1,871,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Number of establishments losing jobs:
Total Private
2,243,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Goods-Producing
328,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Service-Providing
1,915,000 in 1st Qtr of 2026
Historical Data
News Release
News Releases
Gross job gains are 7.4 million in 1st quarter 2026; gross job losses are 7.3 million
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10/28/2026
In the first quarter of 2026, gross job gains from expanding and opening private-sector establishments
were 7.4 million. Gross job losses from contracting and closing private-sector establishments were 7.3
million.
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Business Employment Dynamics for
Second Quarter 2026
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Wednesday, January 27, 2027,
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Publications
The Economics Daily
Job gains 7.4 million, losses 7.2 million, during first quarter 2025
From December 2024 to March 2025, job gains at opening and expanding private-sector establishments numbered 7.4 million. Job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 7.2 million. The difference between the job losses and the gross job gains yielded a net employment gain of 210,000 jobs. read more »
Spotlight on Statistics
Business Employment Dynamics Twentieth Anniversary!
In September 2003, BLS issued the first news release of the Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data series, presenting 42 quarters of gross job gains and gross job losses for the private sector of the U.S. economy. Since then, BED has published 82 quarterly releases and expanded its measures of job gains and losses. We celebrate the BED's twentieth anniversary and look forward to the future with more data spotlighting the underlying dynamics of the labor market. read more »
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Beyond the Numbers
The decline of job creation at new establishments
“Creative destruction” is often said to be one of the main drivers of economic growth. New businesses, innovative ideas, and modern technology replace outdated processes and production to support healthy economic systems. Similarly, the creation and destruction of businesses and jobs provided by those businesses facilitate robust and resilient labor markets. read more »