Table 3. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains and job losses Gross job gains and job losses
(in thousands) as a percent of employment
Category 3 months ended 3 months ended
June Sept. Dec. Mar. June June Sept. Dec. Mar. June
2024 2024 2024 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2025 2025
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,639 7,665 7,802 7,448 7,585 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.7
At expanding establishments 6,078 6,101 6,142 5,859 6,058 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6
At opening establishments 1,561 1,564 1,660 1,589 1,527 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1
Gross job losses 7,716 7,607 7,496 7,238 7,906 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.0
At contracting establishments 6,183 6,065 5,964 5,850 6,336 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.8
At closing establishments 1,533 1,542 1,532 1,388 1,570 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.2
Net employment change -77 58 306 210 -321 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.3
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,260 1,242 1,258 1,282 1,240 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.4
At expanding establishments 1,062 1,026 1,044 1,069 1,050 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.6
At opening establishments 198 216 214 213 190 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
Gross job losses 1,333 1,316 1,319 1,241 1,337 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.9
At contracting establishments 1,107 1,089 1,099 1,043 1,105 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.9
At closing establishments 226 227 220 198 232 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0
Net employment change -73 -74 -61 41 -97 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 -0.5
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 219 225 197 214 219 11.9 12.4 10.8 11.7 12.2
At expanding establishments 192 193 169 184 190 10.4 10.6 9.3 10.1 10.6
At opening establishments 27 32 28 30 29 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.6
Gross job losses 211 207 248 227 206 11.4 11.4 13.6 12.4 11.4
At contracting establishments 183 178 219 199 180 9.9 9.8 12.0 10.9 10.0
At closing establishments 28 29 29 28 26 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4
Net employment change 8 18 -51 -13 13 0.5 1.0 -2.8 -0.7 0.8
Construction
Gross job gains 642 643 678 699 646 7.8 8.0 8.3 8.4 7.8
At expanding establishments 517 507 539 560 527 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.4
At opening establishments 125 136 139 139 119 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.4
Gross job losses 689 656 633 608 687 8.4 8.1 7.8 7.4 8.3
At contracting establishments 548 517 497 486 544 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.9 6.6
At closing establishments 141 139 136 122 143 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.7
Net employment change -47 -13 45 91 -41 -0.6 -0.1 0.5 1.0 -0.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 399 374 383 369 375 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9
At expanding establishments 353 326 336 325 333 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6
At opening establishments 46 48 47 44 42 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Gross job losses 433 453 438 406 444 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.5
At contracting establishments 376 394 383 358 381 2.9 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.0
At closing establishments 57 59 55 48 63 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
Net employment change -34 -79 -55 -37 -69 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,379 6,423 6,544 6,166 6,345 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.7
At expanding establishments 5,016 5,075 5,098 4,790 5,008 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.5
At opening establishments 1,363 1,348 1,446 1,376 1,337 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2
Gross job losses 6,383 6,291 6,177 5,997 6,569 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.9
At contracting establishments 5,076 4,976 4,865 4,807 5,231 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.7
At closing establishments 1,307 1,315 1,312 1,190 1,338 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
Net employment change -4 132 367 169 -224 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 -0.2
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 261 258 251 255 250 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2
At expanding establishments 210 208 199 207 203 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4
At opening establishments 51 50 52 48 47 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
Gross job losses 270 265 264 254 275 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.5
At contracting establishments 210 204 206 200 213 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5
At closing establishments 60 61 58 54 62 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0
Net employment change -9 -7 -13 1 -25 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.3
Retail trade
Gross job gains 810 813 745 841 786 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.4 5.0
At expanding establishments 692 697 633 731 670 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.7 4.3
At opening establishments 118 116 112 110 116 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Gross job losses 875 858 879 707 914 5.6 5.5 5.7 4.6 5.9
At contracting establishments 749 744 750 602 777 4.8 4.8 4.9 3.9 5.0
At closing establishments 126 114 129 105 137 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9
Net employment change -65 -45 -134 134 -128 -0.4 -0.3 -0.9 0.8 -0.9
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 295 353 477 342 313 4.6 5.4 7.3 5.1 4.8
At expanding establishments 250 299 425 220 269 3.9 4.6 6.5 3.3 4.1
At opening establishments 45 54 52 122 44 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.8 0.7
Gross job losses 337 296 281 428 380 5.3 4.6 4.3 6.5 5.8
At contracting establishments 287 245 228 384 333 4.5 3.8 3.5 5.8 5.1
At closing establishments 50 51 53 44 47 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Net employment change -42 57 196 -86 -67 -0.7 0.8 3.0 -1.4 -1.0
Utilities
Gross job gains 16 15 18 16 18 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.6 3.0
At expanding establishments 13 13 15 14 15 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.5
At opening establishments 3 2 3 2 3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5
Gross job losses 16 13 13 13 16 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.6
At contracting establishments 14 11 11 11 14 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.3
At closing establishments 2 2 2 2 2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Net employment change 0 2 5 3 2 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.4
Information
Gross job gains 134 143 139 123 143 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.2 5.0
At expanding establishments 103 111 107 96 118 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.3 4.1
At opening establishments 31 32 32 27 25 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9
Gross job losses 174 152 166 156 164 6.0 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.8
At contracting establishments 137 118 128 128 117 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.1
At closing establishments 37 34 38 28 47 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.7
Net employment change -40 -9 -27 -33 -21 -1.4 -0.4 -0.9 -1.3 -0.8
Financial activities
Gross job gains 401 398 391 371 403 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.7
At expanding establishments 306 305 282 289 310 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.6
At opening establishments 95 93 109 82 93 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.1
Gross job losses 389 402 392 367 402 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.6
At contracting establishments 282 304 287 269 296 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.4
At closing establishments 107 98 105 98 106 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2
Net employment change 12 -4 -1 4 1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,466 1,473 1,434 1,340 1,439 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.5
At expanding establishments 1,132 1,148 1,089 1,051 1,132 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.7 5.1
At opening establishments 334 325 345 289 307 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4
Gross job losses 1,513 1,488 1,536 1,359 1,509 6.7 6.6 6.9 6.1 6.7
At contracting establishments 1,192 1,141 1,186 1,055 1,186 5.3 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.3
At closing establishments 321 347 350 304 323 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4
Net employment change -47 -15 -102 -19 -70 -0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.2
Education and health services
Gross job gains 1,232 1,247 1,247 1,169 1,219 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.6
At expanding establishments 978 1,012 966 933 973 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.7
At opening establishments 254 235 281 236 246 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9
Gross job losses 1,063 1,001 1,044 983 1,156 4.2 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.5
At contracting establishments 817 773 797 771 907 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.5
At closing establishments 246 228 247 212 249 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0
Net employment change 169 246 203 186 63 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.1
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,378 1,344 1,476 1,302 1,364 8.2 8.1 8.8 7.7 8.1
At expanding establishments 1,071 1,025 1,141 1,000 1,063 6.4 6.2 6.8 5.9 6.3
At opening establishments 307 319 335 302 301 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8
Gross job losses 1,404 1,474 1,262 1,400 1,401 8.4 8.9 7.5 8.3 8.4
At contracting establishments 1,144 1,192 1,027 1,148 1,137 6.8 7.2 6.1 6.8 6.8
At closing establishments 260 282 235 252 264 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6
Net employment change -26 -130 214 -98 -37 -0.2 -0.8 1.3 -0.6 -0.3
Other services
Gross job gains 329 319 308 302 313 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.8 7.0
At expanding establishments 251 246 231 232 240 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.4
At opening establishments 78 73 77 70 73 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6
Gross job losses 313 312 311 300 318 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.1
At contracting establishments 236 236 237 229 241 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.4
At closing establishments 77 76 74 71 77 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7
Net employment change 16 7 -3 2 -5 0.4 0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.
United States Department of Labor
