Technical Information: (202) 691-6467 USDL 06-856 http://www.bls.gov/bdm/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT Media Contact: 691-5902 Thursday, May 18, 2006 BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: THIRD QUARTER 2005 From June to September 2005, the number of job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments was 8.1 million, and the number of job losses from closing and contracting establishments was 7.4 million, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in all sectors, except manufacturing, leisure and hospitality, and other services. (See table 3.) Firms with 1,000 or more employees accounted for 39.8 percent of the net gains in employment, representing the largest contribution to em- ployment growth among all firm size classes. (See tables D and 4.) The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data series include gross job gains and gross job losses at the establishment level by major industry sector, as well as gross job gains and gross job losses at the firm level by employer size class. The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment that occur at all businesses in the economy. BED statistics track these changes in employment at private business units from the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employment from expansions in employment at existing units and the addition of new jobs at opening units. Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing units and the loss of jobs at closing units. The difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost is the net change in employment. (See the Technical Note for more information.) Private Sector Establishment-Level Gross Job Gains and Job Losses Opening and expanding private sector business establishments gained 8.1 million jobs in the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 123,000 from the previous quarter's total. Over the third quarter, expanding establishments added 6.4 million jobs, while opening establishments added 1.6 million jobs. Gross job losses totaled 7.4 million, an increase of 69,000 from the previous quarter's job loss total. During the quarter, contracting esta- blishments lost 5.9 million jobs, while closing establishments lost 1.5 million. (See tables A, 1, and 3.) - 2 - Table A. Three-month private sector gross job gains and losses, seasonally adjusted ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 3 months ended |-------------------------------------- Category | Sept. | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sept. | 2004 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 |-------------------------------------- | Levels (in thousands) ----------------------------------|-------------------------------------- | | | | | Gross job gains...................| 7,789 | 8,081 | 7,635 | 7,932 | 8,055 At expanding establishments.....| 6,123 | 6,365 | 6,171 | 6,311 | 6,423 At opening establishments.......| 1,666 | 1,716 | 1,464 | 1,621 | 1,632 Gross job losses..................| 7,598 | 7,212 | 7,310 | 7,358 | 7,427 At contracting establishments...| 5,953 | 5,727 | 5,852 | 5,873 | 5,915 At closing establishments.......| 1,645 | 1,485 | 1,458 | 1,485 | 1,512 |-------------------------------------- Net employment change(1)..........| 191 | 869 | 325 | 574 | 628 |-------------------------------------- | Rates (percent) |-------------------------------------- Gross job gains...................| 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 At expanding establishments.....| 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 At opening establishments.......| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 Gross job losses..................| 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 At contracting establishments...| 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 At closing establishments.......| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |-------------------------------------- Net employment change(1)..........| 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. From June to September 2005, gross job gains represented 7.3 percent of private sector employment, while gross job losses represented 6.8 percent of private sector employment. (See tables A and 2.) These gross job gain and loss statistics demonstrate that a sizable number of jobs appear and disappear in the relatively short time frame of one quarter. Major Industry Sector Gross Job Gains and Gross Job Losses Goods-producing. Expanding and opening establishments in the goods- producing sector accounted for 1,698,000 jobs gained, and contracting and closing establishments accounted for 1,663,000 jobs lost. The net gain of 35,000 jobs in the goods-producing sector was similar to the net gain recorded in the prior two quarters. (See tables B and 3.) Construction. In construction, gross job gains over the quarter increased slightly to 868,000 and gross job losses edged down to 782,000, resulting in a net gain of 86,000 jobs--the ninth consecutive quarter of net job gains in this industry. Manufacturing. Gross job gains in manufacturing were little changed at a level of 565,000 jobs in the third quarter of 2005. Gross job losses, 616,000, increased slightly for the second consecutive quarter. This resulted in a net job loss of 51,000 in manufacturing; the sector has reported a positive net employment change in only three quarters over the last 7 years. - 3 - Table B. Three-month private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, seasonally adjusted (In thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Gross job gains | Gross job losses |-----------------------------|----------------------------- Industry | 3 months ended | 3 months ended |-----------------------------|----------------------------- |Sept.|Dec. |Mar. |June |Sept.|Sept.|Dec. |Mar. |June |Sept. |2004 |2004 |2005 |2005 |2005 |2004 |2004 |2005 |2005 |2005 -------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----- Total | | | | | | | | | | private(1).......|7,789|8,081|7,365|7,932|8,055|7,598|7,212|7,310|7,358|7,427 Goods-producing....|1,667|1,734|1,720|1,713|1,698|1,691|1,637|1,686|1,679|1,663 Natural resources| | | | | | | | | | and mining.....| 271| 296| 307| 288| 265| 290| 275| 284| 285| 265 Construction.....| 799| 848| 844| 859| 868| 789| 747| 806| 786| 782 Manufacturing....| 597| 590| 569| 566| 565| 612| 615| 596| 608| 616 Service- | | | | | | | | | | providing(1).....|6,122|6,347|5,915|6,219|6,357|5,907|5,575|5,624|5,679|5,764 Wholesale | | | | | | | | | | trade..........| 329| 329| 319| 337| 338| 327| 294| 310| 300| 311 Retail trade.....|1,044|1,090|1,020|1,047|1,074|1,126| 992| 980| 989|1,063 Transportation | | | | | | | | | | and ware- | | | | | | | | | | housing........| 244| 255| 243| 248| 254| 235| 217| 231| 262| 236 Utilities........| 14| 11| 15| 15| 13| 16| 15| 15| 18| 12 Information......| 163| 188| 143| 155| 170| 194| 169| 164| 153| 154 Financial | | | | | | | | | | activities.....| 469| 497| 452| 475| 480| 452| 451| 443| 439| 413 Professional | | | | | | | | | | and business | | | | | | | | | | services.......|1,416|1,512|1,370|1,456|1,523|1,366|1,300|1,304|1,332|1,311 Education and | | | | | | | | | | health | | | | | | | | | | services.......| 757| 802| 741| 800| 811| 704| 647| 704| 701| 691 Leisure and | | | | | | | | | | hospitality....|1,169|1,204|1,138|1,212|1,202|1,135|1,134|1,131|1,135|1,219 Other services...| 297| 299| 302| 309| 297| 308| 310| 297| 300| 309 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately. Service-providing. In the service-providing sector, gross job gains totaled 6,357,000 and gross job losses totaled 5,764,000 in the third quarter of 2005. This resulted in a positive net change of 593,000 jobs. Financial Activities. The financial sector gained 480,000 jobs and lost 413,000 jobs in the third quarter of 2005, for a net gain of 67,000. This was the largest net gain in this sector in 7 years. Leisure and Hospitality. Establishments in the leisure and hospitality sector reported a net loss of 17,000 jobs in the third quarter of 2005, the first net job loss in this sector in ten quarters. Gross job losses in- creased by 84,000 from the second quarter of 2005 to 1,219,000 in the third quarter and gross job gains fell by 10,000 to 1,202,000 over the quarter. Number of Establishments Gaining and Losing Employment Another way to look at the dynamics of business activities is to monitor the number and proportion of business units that are growing and declining. The third quarter of 2005 represented the ninth consecutive quarter where the number of expanding establishments exceeded the number of contracting establishments. Out of 6.7 million active private sector establishments, a total of 1,924,000 establishments gained jobs from June 2005 to September 2005. (See table C.) Of these, 1,549,000 were expanding establishments and 375,000 were opening establishments. During the quarter, 1,486,000 establishments contracted and 339,000 establishments closed, resulting in 1,825,000 establishments losing jobs. Overall, the number of active pri- vate sector establishments increased by 36,000 during the quarter. This change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments. - 4 - Table C. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted (In thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 3 months ended Category |--------------------------------------- | Sept. | Dec. | Mar. | June | Sept. | 2004 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 ----------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------- | | | | | Establishments gaining jobs.......| 1,840 | 1,909 | 1,851 | 1,897 | 1,924 Expanding establishments........| 1,486 | 1,530 | 1,506 | 1,526 | 1,549 Opening establishments..........| 354 | 379 | 345 | 371 | 375 |-------|-------|-------|-------|------- Establishments losing jobs .......| 1,814 | 1,787 | 1,851 | 1,836 | 1,825 Contracting establishments......| 1,469 | 1,467 | 1,504 | 1,496 | 1,486 Closing establishments..........| 345 | 320 | 347 | 340 | 339 |-------|-------|-------|-------|------- Net establishment change(1).......| 9 | 59 | -2 | 31 | 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 The net establishment change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments. See the Technical Note for further information. Firm-level Gross Job Gains and Gross Job Losses by Size Class From June to September 2005, firms with 1,000 or more employees accounted for 39.8 percent of the total net change in employment, the largest share of any size class; however, in the previous quarter, this size class only accounted for 6.2 percent of the total net change in em- ployment. This size class continued to have the largest shares of both gross job gains (19.0 percent) and gross job losses (16.7 percent). (See tables D and 4.) Firms with 50-99 employees had the smallest contribution to the total net change in employment from June to September 2005 (5.5 percent). This size class experienced an increase in its share of gross job losses (9.0 percent) and a decrease in its share of gross job gains (8.6 percent). (See table D.) In the third quarter of 2005, firms with fewer than 500 employees repre- sented 51.9 percent of the total net change in employment, 76.2 percent of gross job gains, and 78.9 percent of gross job losses. This group's share of net employment growth fell from the previous quarter when these firms accounted for 85.7 percent of the total net change in employment. (See table D.) Historically, from September 1992 through September 2005, firms with fewer than 500 employees have accounted, on average, for 65.5 percent of quarterly net employment growth. (See table E.) Firms with 1-4 employees continued to have the largest shares of both job gains at opening firms and job losses at closing firms in the third quarter of 2005. The share of job gains at opening firms for this size class increased to 56.3 percent, while the share of job losses at closing firms fell to 52.9 percent. (See table 4.) - 5 - Table D. Three-month private sector percentage share(1) of net change, gross job gains, and gross job losses by firm size class, seasonally adjusted (Percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Share of net change | Share of gross job gains | Share of gross job losses |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------ | 3 months ended | 3 months ended | 3 months ended Firm size class |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------ |Sept.| Dec.| Mar.| June|Sept.|Sept.| Dec.| Mar.| June|Sept.|Sept.| Dec.| Mar.| June|Sept. |2004 | 2004| 2005| 2005|2005 |2004 | 2004| 2005| 2005|2005 |2004 | 2004| 2005| 2005|2005 -----------------------|-----------|-----|-----------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------------ 1-4 employees..........| 9.7| 13.4| 2.7| 9.7| 10.4| 15.2| 15.2| 15.5| 15.2| 15.1| 15.3| 15.5| 16.1| 15.7| 15.6 5-9 employees..........| 6.3| 5.8| 2.3| 5.8| 6.7| 11.9| 11.7| 12.1| 11.9| 11.7| 12.1| 12.6| 12.6| 12.5| 12.3 10-19 employees........| 5.4| 6.4| 5.0| 9.9| 6.8| 12.0| 11.9| 12.3| 12.2| 11.8| 12.3| 12.7| 12.7| 12.4| 12.4 20-49 employees........| 12.7| 8.5| 11.1| 17.8| 8.3| 14.2| 14.0| 14.4| 14.5| 13.9| 14.3| 14.8| 14.5| 14.2| 14.5 50-99 employees........| 15.6| 4.7| 10.4| 14.8| 5.5| 9.0| 8.7| 8.9| 9.1| 8.6| 8.7| 9.2| 8.8| 8.6| 9.0 100-249 employees......| 25.4| 7.1| 17.1| 16.8| 6.5| 9.8| 9.3| 9.5| 9.8| 9.3| 9.2| 9.6| 9.1| 9.2| 9.6 250-499 employees......| 17.1| 4.8| 12.1| 10.9| 7.7| 5.9| 5.7| 5.7| 5.9| 5.8| 5.5| 5.8| 5.5| 5.4| 5.5 500-999 employees......| 5.8| 5.3| 7.4| 8.1| 8.3| 4.7| 4.7| 4.6| 4.9| 4.8| 4.7| 4.6| 4.5| 4.6| 4.4 1,000 or more | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | employees............| 2.0| 44.0| 31.9| 6.2| 39.8| 17.3| 18.8| 17.0| 16.5| 19.0| 17.9| 15.2| 16.2| 17.4| 16.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total..................|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0|100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Share measures the percent of the category represented by each firm size class. Table E. Average percentage share(1) of gross job gains and gross job losses by firm size, third quarter 1992-third quarter 2005, seasonally adjusted (Percent) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Firm size class (number of employees) |----------------------------------------------------------------------- Category | | | | | | | 100 | 250 | 500 | 1,000 | Total | 1-4 | 5-9 | 10-19| 20-49| 50-99| - | - | - | or | | | | | | | 249 | 499 | 999 | more ----------------------|-------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------- Gross job gains.......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 18.3 Expanding firms.....| 100.0 | 6.9 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 21.7 Opening firms.......| 100.0 | 51.7 | 16.0 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | | | | | | | | | | Gross job losses......| 100.0 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 17.7 Contracting firms...| 100.0 | 7.5 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 21.0 Closing firms.......| 100.0 | 49.1 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net change............| 100.0 | 9.8 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 28.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative share of | | | | | | | | | | net change..........| | 9.8 | 16.5 | 24.7 | 37.0 | 46.4 | 58.1 | 65.5 | 71.5 | 100.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Share measures the percent of the category represented by each firm size class. More Information Additional information on gross job gains and gross job losses are available at the Business Employment Dynamics Web page on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/bdm. This information includes data on the levels and rates of gross job gains and gross job losses by firm size class, the not seasonally adjusted data and other seasonally adjusted time series not presented in this release, charts of gross job gains and gross job losses by industry and size class, and frequently asked questions on size class data. Additional information about the Business Employment Dynamics data can be found in the Technical Note of this release or may be obtained by e-mailing BDMinfo@bls.gov. - 6 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Comparing Business Employment Dynamics Data with Current | | Employment Statistics and Quarterly Census of Employment | | and Wages Data | | | | | | The net change in employment from Business Employment Dynamics | | (BED) data series will not match the net change in employment from | | the monthly Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey. The CES | | estimates are based on monthly surveys from a sample of establish- | | ments, while gross job gains and gross job losses are based on a | | quarterly census of administrative records. In addition, the CES | | has a different coverage, excluding the agriculture sector but in- | | cluding establishments not covered by the unemployment insurance | | program. The net over-the-quarter changes derived by aggregating | | component series in the BED data may be different from the net | | employment change estimated from the CES seasonally adjusted total | | employment series. The intended use of the BED statistics is to | | show the dynamic labor market flows that underlie the net changes | | in aggregate employment levels; data users who want to track net | | changes in aggregate employment levels over time should refer to | | CES data. | | | | BED data have a more limited scope than the Quarterly Census | | of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data. The data in this release, in | | contrast to the QCEW data, exclude government employees, private | | households (NAICS 814110), and establishments with zero employment.| | | | | See the Technical Note for further information. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7 - Technical Note The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data are a product of a federal- state cooperative program known as Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), or the ES-202 program. The BED data are compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from existing quarterly state unemployment insurance (UI) records. Most employers in the U.S. are required to file quarterly reports on the employment and wages of workers covered by UI laws, and to pay quarterly UI taxes. The quarterly UI reports are sent by the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) to BLS and form the basis of the BLS establishment universe sampling frame. These reports also are used to pro- duce the quarterly QCEW data on total employment and wages and the longitu- dinal BED data on gross job gains and losses. Other important BLS uses of the UI reports are in the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. (See table below for differences between QCEW, CES, and BED.) In the BED program, the quarterly UI 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 establishments and jobs lost at closing and contracting establish- ments. Differences between QCEW, BED, and CES employment measures The BLS publishes three different establishment-based employment mea- sures for any given quarter. Each of these measures--QCEW, BED, and CES-- makes use of the quarterly UI employment reports in producing data; how- ever, 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 over-the-quarter employment change. It is important to understand program differences and the intended uses of the program products. (See table below.) Additional information on each program can be obtained from the program Web sites shown in the table. - 8 - Summary of Major Differences between QCEW, BED, and CES Employment Measures --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | QCEW | BED | CES -----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------ Source |--Count of UI admini-|--Count of longitudi- |--Sample survey: | strative recods | nally-linked UI ad- | 400,000 establish- | submitted by 8.6 | ministrative records| ments | million employers | submitted by 6.7 | | | million private sec-| | | tor employers | -----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------ Coverage |--UI and UCFE cover- |--UI Coverage, exclud-|Nonfarm wage and sal- | age: all employers| ing government, pri-| ary jobs: | subject to state | vate households, and|--UI Coverage, exclud- | and federal UI Laws| establishments with | ing agriculture, pri- | | zero employment | vate households, and | | | self-employed workers | | |--Other employment, in- | | | cluding railroads, | | | religious organiza- | | | tions, and other non- | | | UI-covered jobs -----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------ Publication|--Quarterly |--Quarterly |--Monthly frequency | -7 months after the| -8 months after the | -Usually first Friday | end of each quar- | end of each quarter| of following month | ter | | -----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------ Use of UI |--Directly summarizes|--Links each new UI |--Uses UI file as a sam- file | and publishes each | quarter to longitu- | pling frame and annu- | new quarter of UI | dinal database and | ally realigns (bench- | data | directly summarizes | marks) sample esti- | | gross job gains and | mates to first quar- | | losses | ter UI levels -----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------ Principal |--Provides a quarter-|--Provides quarterly |--Provides current month- products | ly and annual uni- | employer dynamics | ly estimates of employ- | verse count of es- | data on establish- | ment, hours, and earn- | tablishments, em- | ment openings, clos-| ings at the MSA, state, | ployment, and wages| ings, expansions, | and national level by | at the county, MSA,| and contractions at | industry | state, and national| the national level | | levels by detailed | by NAICS supersector| | industry | and by size of firm | | |--Future expansions | | | will include data at| | | the county, MSA, and| | | state level | -----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------ Principal |--Major uses include:|--Major uses include: |--Major uses include: uses | -Detailed locality | -Business cycle | -Principal national | data | analysis | economic indicator | -Periodic universe | -Analysis of employ-| -Official time series | counts for bench- | er dynamics under- | for employment change | marking sample | lying economic ex- | measures | survey estimates | pansions and con- | -Input into other ma- | -Sample frame for | tractions | jor economic indi- | BLS establishment | An analysis of em- | cators | surveys | ployment expansion | | | and contraction by | | | size of firm | | | | -----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------ Program |--www.bls.gov/cew/ |--www.bls.gov/bdm/ |--www.bls.gov/ces/ Web sites | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9 - 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 or- ganizations, 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 cer- tain small nonprofit organizations. Gross job gains and gross job losses in this release are derived from lon- gitudinal histories of over 6.7 million private sector employer reports out of 8.6 million total reports of employment and wages submitted by states to BLS in the third quarter of 2005. 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 employ- ment over three quarters. Data from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also are excluded from the national data. As an illustration, the table below shows, in millions of establishments, the number of establishments excluded from the gross job gains and gross job losses data in the third quarter of 2005: Number of active establishments included in Business Employment Dynamics data Millions Total establishments QCEW program....................................8.6 Excluded: Public sector.........................................0.3 Private households....................................0.5 Zero employment.......................................1.0 Establishments in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands..............................0.1 Total establishments included in Business Employment Dynamics data...........................................6.7 Unit of analysis Establishments are used in the tabulation of the BED statistics by in- dustry and firms are used in the tabulation of the BED size class sta- tistics. 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 the 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. - 10 - Concepts and methodology The Business Employment Dynamics data measure the net change in employ- ment at the establishment 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 clos- ing 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 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 pre- vious quarter, with no employment or zero employment reported 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. All establishment-level employment changes are measured from the third month of each quarter. Not all establishments and firms change their em- ployment levels. Units with no change in emploment 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 quar- ters. 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. 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 esta- blishments' unique SWA identification numbers (SWA-ID). Between 95 to 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 re- cords 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 establish- ment classification codes resulting from the verification process are intro- duced with the data reported for the first quarter of the year. Changes re- sulting from improved employer reporting also are introduced in the first quarter. - 11 - Sizing methodology The method of dynamic sizing is used in calculations for the BED size- class data series. Dynamic sizing allocates each firm's emplyment 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 al- located 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. 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 vari- ation 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 ana- lyze changes in economic activity. The employment data series for opening, expanding, closing, and contract- ing units are independently seasonally adjusted; net changes are calculated based on the difference between gross job gains and gross job losses. Simi- larly, 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 em- ployment levels are independently seasonally adjusted to calculate the sea- sonally adjusted rates. Concurrent seasonal adjustment is run using X-12 ARIMA. Seasonally adjusted data series for the total private sector are cal- culated by summing the seasonally adjusted data for all sectors, including the unclassified sector, which is not published separately. The net over-the-quarter change derived by summing the BED component series will differ from the net employment change estimated from the seasonally ad- justed 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 particu- larly 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 admini- strative rather than sample data, there are no issues related to sampling error. Nonsampling error, however, still exists. Nonsampling errors can oc- cur 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 distri- buted 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 compli- cations. The BED data series are subject to periodic minor changes based on correc- tions in QCEW records, updates on predecessors and successors information, and seasonal adjustment revisions. - 12 - Additional statistics and other information Several other programs within BLS produce closely related information. The QCEW program, also known as the ES-202 program, provides both quarterly and annual estimates of employment by state, county, and detailed industry. News releases on quarterly county employment and wages are available upon request from the Division of Administrative Statistics and Labor Turnover, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20212; telephone 202-691-6567; (http://www.bls.gov/cew/); (e-mail: QCEWInfo@bls.gov). The CES program produces monthly estimates of employment, its net change, and earnings by detailed industry. These estimates are part of the Employ- ment Situation report put out monthly by BLS. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) program provides month- ly measures of job openings, as well as employee hires and separations. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired in- dividuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral number: 1-800-877-8339. Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted Total private (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change (1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 455 7,377 5,632 1,745 6,922 5,351 1,571 December 216 7,101 5,465 1,636 6,885 5,487 1,398 1993 March 313 7,309 5,410 1,899 6,996 5,354 1,642 June 786 7,330 5,794 1,536 6,544 5,136 1,408 September 874 7,523 5,881 1,642 6,649 5,316 1,333 December 641 7,436 5,840 1,596 6,795 5,420 1,375 1994 March 517 7,400 5,807 1,593 6,883 5,435 1,448 June 1,021 7,807 6,060 1,747 6,786 5,295 1,491 September 1,175 7,972 6,227 1,745 6,797 5,493 1,304 December 507 7,630 5,998 1,632 7,123 5,647 1,476 1995 March 746 7,782 6,129 1,653 7,036 5,660 1,376 June 402 7,714 6,017 1,697 7,312 5,839 1,473 September 771 7,970 6,291 1,679 7,199 5,680 1,519 December 407 7,877 6,153 1,724 7,470 5,934 1,536 1996 March 460 7,943 6,190 1,753 7,483 5,957 1,526 June 642 8,080 6,302 1,778 7,438 5,894 1,544 September 632 8,189 6,326 1,863 7,557 5,998 1,559 December 861 8,278 6,409 1,869 7,417 5,889 1,528 1997 March 799 8,292 6,448 1,844 7,493 5,900 1,593 June 594 8,098 6,342 1,756 7,504 5,925 1,579 September 854 8,593 6,680 1,913 7,739 5,981 1,758 December 702 8,731 6,727 2,004 8,029 6,068 1,961 1998 March 747 8,788 6,633 2,155 8,041 6,107 1,934 June 666 8,722 6,569 2,153 8,056 6,218 1,838 September 659 8,539 6,574 1,965 7,880 6,161 1,719 December 759 8,576 6,778 1,798 7,817 6,060 1,757 1999 March 380 8,744 6,733 2,011 8,364 6,466 1,898 June 569 8,800 6,788 2,012 8,231 6,419 1,812 September 548 8,817 6,871 1,946 8,269 6,397 1,872 December 1,105 9,144 7,112 2,032 8,039 6,264 1,775 2000 March 818 8,906 6,988 1,918 8,088 6,361 1,727 June 541 8,764 6,975 1,789 8,223 6,509 1,714 September 146 8,724 6,834 1,890 8,578 6,719 1,859 December 336 8,690 6,862 1,828 8,354 6,582 1,772 2001 March -101 8,555 6,768 1,787 8,656 6,756 1,900 June -771 8,254 6,439 1,815 9,025 7,149 1,876 September -1,380 7,749 5,990 1,759 9,129 7,174 1,955 December -871 7,893 6,055 1,838 8,764 6,995 1,769 2002 March -1 8,128 6,324 1,804 8,129 6,400 1,729 June -80 8,050 6,246 1,804 8,130 6,411 1,719 September -211 7,763 6,083 1,680 7,974 6,345 1,629 December -175 7,702 6,059 1,643 7,877 6,267 1,610 2003 March -404 7,472 5,932 1,540 7,876 6,321 1,555 June -142 7,560 6,033 1,527 7,702 6,138 1,564 September 72 7,396 5,897 1,499 7,324 5,893 1,431 December 344 7,646 6,063 1,583 7,302 5,816 1,486 2004 March 435 7,745 6,231 1,514 7,310 5,871 1,439 June 594 7,857 6,292 1,565 7,263 5,726 1,537 September 191 7,789 6,123 1,666 7,598 5,953 1,645 December 869 8,081 6,365 1,716 7,212 5,727 1,485 2005 March 325 7,635 6,171 1,464 7,310 5,852 1,458 June 574 7,932 6,311 1,621 7,358 5,873 1,485 September 628 8,055 6,423 1,632 7,427 5,915 1,512 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses. Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and losses, as a percent of employment(1), seasonally adjusted Total private (Percent) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change (2) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 0.5 8.3 6.3 2.0 7.8 6.0 1.8 December 0.2 7.9 6.1 1.8 7.7 6.1 1.6 1993 March 0.3 8.1 6.0 2.1 7.8 6.0 1.8 June 0.8 8.1 6.4 1.7 7.3 5.7 1.6 September 0.9 8.2 6.4 1.8 7.3 5.8 1.5 December 0.6 8.0 6.3 1.7 7.4 5.9 1.5 1994 March 0.5 8.0 6.3 1.7 7.5 5.9 1.6 June 1.1 8.4 6.5 1.9 7.3 5.7 1.6 September 1.2 8.4 6.6 1.8 7.2 5.8 1.4 December 0.6 8.0 6.3 1.7 7.4 5.9 1.5 1995 March 0.8 8.1 6.4 1.7 7.3 5.9 1.4 June 0.5 8.0 6.2 1.8 7.5 6.0 1.5 September 0.8 8.2 6.5 1.7 7.4 5.8 1.6 December 0.4 8.1 6.3 1.8 7.7 6.1 1.6 1996 March 0.4 8.1 6.3 1.8 7.7 6.1 1.6 June 0.6 8.2 6.4 1.8 7.6 6.0 1.6 September 0.7 8.3 6.4 1.9 7.6 6.0 1.6 December 0.9 8.3 6.4 1.9 7.4 5.9 1.5 1997 March 0.7 8.2 6.4 1.8 7.5 5.9 1.6 June 0.5 7.9 6.2 1.7 7.4 5.8 1.6 September 0.8 8.4 6.5 1.9 7.6 5.9 1.7 December 0.6 8.4 6.5 1.9 7.8 5.9 1.9 1998 March 0.7 8.5 6.4 2.1 7.8 5.9 1.9 June 0.6 8.4 6.3 2.1 7.8 6.0 1.8 September 0.7 8.2 6.3 1.9 7.5 5.9 1.6 December 0.7 8.1 6.4 1.7 7.4 5.7 1.7 1999 March 0.3 8.2 6.3 1.9 7.9 6.1 1.8 June 0.6 8.3 6.4 1.9 7.7 6.0 1.7 September 0.5 8.2 6.4 1.8 7.7 6.0 1.7 December 1.1 8.5 6.6 1.9 7.4 5.8 1.6 2000 March 0.8 8.2 6.4 1.8 7.4 5.8 1.6 June 0.4 7.9 6.3 1.6 7.5 5.9 1.6 September 0.1 7.9 6.2 1.7 7.8 6.1 1.7 December 0.3 7.9 6.2 1.7 7.6 6.0 1.6 2001 March -0.1 7.7 6.1 1.6 7.8 6.1 1.7 June -0.8 7.4 5.8 1.6 8.2 6.5 1.7 September -1.3 7.1 5.5 1.6 8.4 6.6 1.8 December -0.8 7.3 5.6 1.7 8.1 6.5 1.6 2002 March 0.1 7.6 5.9 1.7 7.5 5.9 1.6 June -0.1 7.5 5.8 1.7 7.6 6.0 1.6 September -0.1 7.3 5.7 1.6 7.4 5.9 1.5 December -0.2 7.1 5.6 1.5 7.3 5.8 1.5 2003 March -0.5 6.9 5.5 1.4 7.4 5.9 1.5 June -0.2 7.0 5.6 1.4 7.2 5.7 1.5 September 0.1 6.9 5.5 1.4 6.8 5.5 1.3 December 0.4 7.2 5.7 1.5 6.8 5.4 1.4 2004 March 0.4 7.2 5.8 1.4 6.8 5.5 1.3 June 0.5 7.2 5.8 1.4 6.7 5.3 1.4 September 0.2 7.2 5.7 1.5 7.0 5.5 1.5 December 0.7 7.4 5.8 1.6 6.7 5.3 1.4 2005 March 0.3 6.9 5.6 1.3 6.6 5.3 1.3 June 0.6 7.2 5.7 1.5 6.6 5.3 1.3 September 0.5 7.3 5.8 1.5 6.8 5.4 1.4 (1) The rates measure gross job gains and job losses as a percentage of the average of the previous and current employment. (2) See footnote 1, table 1. 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 Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 Total private(1) Gross job gains 7,789 8,081 7,635 7,932 8,055 7.2 7.4 6.9 7.2 7.3 At expanding establishments 6,123 6,365 6,171 6,311 6,423 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.8 At opening establishments 1,666 1,716 1,464 1,621 1,632 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.5 Gross job losses 7,598 7,212 7,310 7,358 7,427 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.8 At contracting establishments 5,953 5,727 5,852 5,873 5,915 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 At closing establishments 1,645 1,485 1,458 1,485 1,512 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 Net employment change 191 869 325 574 628 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.5 Goods-producing Gross job gains 1,667 1,734 1,720 1,713 1,698 7.3 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.4 At expanding establishments 1,403 1,440 1,454 1,445 1,427 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 At opening establishments 264 294 266 268 271 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 Gross job losses 1,691 1,637 1,686 1,679 1,663 7.4 7.1 7.3 7.3 7.2 At contracting establishments 1,366 1,340 1,371 1,381 1,371 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.9 At closing establishments 325 297 315 298 292 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 Net employment change -24 97 34 34 35 -0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 Natural resources and mining Gross job gains 271 296 307 288 265 16.3 17.6 17.8 16.7 15.5 At expanding establishments 230 244 258 247 224 13.8 14.5 15.0 14.3 13.1 At opening establishments 41 52 49 41 41 2.5 3.1 2.8 2.4 2.4 Gross job losses 290 275 284 285 265 17.4 16.4 16.5 16.5 15.5 At contracting establishments 243 233 233 243 224 14.6 13.9 13.5 14.1 13.1 At closing establishments 47 42 51 42 41 2.8 2.5 3.0 2.4 2.4 Net employment change -19 21 23 3 0 -1.1 1.2 1.3 0.2 0.0 Construction Gross job gains 799 848 844 859 868 11.6 12.2 11.8 11.9 11.9 At expanding establishments 643 676 678 692 699 9.3 9.7 9.5 9.6 9.6 At opening establishments 156 172 166 167 169 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 Gross job losses 789 747 806 786 782 11.4 10.7 11.3 10.9 10.7 At contracting establishments 616 592 642 617 614 8.9 8.5 9.0 8.6 8.4 At closing establishments 173 155 164 169 168 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 Net employment change 10 101 38 73 86 0.2 1.5 0.5 1.0 1.2 Manufacturing Gross job gains 597 590 569 566 565 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 At expanding establishments 530 520 518 506 504 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 At opening establishments 67 70 51 60 61 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 Gross job losses 612 615 596 608 616 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 At contracting establishments 507 515 496 521 533 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.8 At closing establishments 105 100 100 87 83 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 Net employment change -15 -25 -27 -42 -51 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 Service-providing(1) Gross job gains 6,122 6,347 5,915 6,219 6,357 7.1 7.4 6.9 7.2 7.3 At expanding establishments 4,720 4,925 4,717 4,866 4,996 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.7 At opening establishments 1,402 1,422 1,198 1,353 1,361 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.6 Gross job losses 5,907 5,575 5,624 5,679 5,764 6.9 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 At contracting establishments 4,587 4,387 4,481 4,492 4,544 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 At closing establishments 1,320 1,188 1,143 1,187 1,220 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 Net employment change 215 772 291 540 593 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.7 Wholesale trade Gross job gains 329 329 319 337 338 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.8 At expanding establishments 267 264 259 271 272 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.7 At opening establishments 62 65 60 66 66 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 Gross job losses 327 294 310 300 311 5.8 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.4 At contracting establishments 243 226 238 228 241 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 At closing establishments 84 68 72 72 70 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 Net employment change 2 35 9 37 27 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.4 Retail trade Gross job gains 1,044 1,090 1,020 1,047 1,074 6.9 7.2 6.7 6.8 7.0 At expanding establishments 845 899 865 876 895 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.8 At opening establishments 199 191 155 171 179 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gross job losses 1,126 992 980 989 1,063 7.5 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.9 At contracting establishments 920 834 836 841 888 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.8 At closing establishments 206 158 144 148 175 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 Net employment change -82 98 40 58 11 -0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 Transportation and warehousing Gross job gains 244 255 243 248 254 6.0 6.3 5.9 6.0 6.2 At expanding establishments 203 211 205 203 218 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.3 At opening establishments 41 44 38 45 36 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 Gross job losses 235 217 231 262 236 5.8 5.3 5.6 6.4 5.8 At contracting establishments 190 171 180 212 188 4.7 4.2 4.4 5.2 4.6 At closing establishments 45 46 51 50 48 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 Net employment change 9 38 12 -14 18 0.2 1.0 0.3 -0.4 0.4 Utilities Gross job gains 14 11 15 15 13 2.5 2.0 2.7 2.8 2.4 At expanding establishments 13 10 13 13 11 2.3 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.0 At opening establishments 1 1 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 Gross job losses 16 15 15 18 12 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.2 At contracting establishments 13 13 13 15 11 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.0 At closing establishments 3 2 2 3 1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 Net employment change -2 -4 0 -3 1 -0.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.4 0.2 Information Gross job gains 163 188 143 155 170 5.3 6.1 4.6 5.1 5.5 At expanding establishments 135 152 120 126 141 4.4 4.9 3.9 4.1 4.6 At opening establishments 28 36 23 29 29 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.9 Gross job losses 194 169 164 153 154 6.3 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.0 At contracting establishments 148 124 123 119 127 4.8 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.1 At closing establishments 46 45 41 34 27 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.9 Net employment change -31 19 -21 2 16 -1.0 0.6 -0.7 0.1 0.5 Financial activities Gross job gains 469 497 452 475 480 5.9 6.3 5.6 5.9 6.0 At expanding establishments 364 373 354 369 371 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.6 At opening establishments 105 124 98 106 109 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gross job losses 452 451 443 439 413 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.2 At contracting establishments 334 338 331 320 312 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 At closing establishments 118 113 112 119 101 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 Net employment change 17 46 9 36 67 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.8 Professional and business services Gross job gains 1,416 1,512 1,370 1,456 1,523 8.7 9.2 8.2 8.7 9.0 At expanding establishments 1,124 1,198 1,137 1,178 1,242 6.9 7.3 6.8 7.0 7.3 At opening establishments 292 314 233 278 281 1.8 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.7 Gross job losses 1,366 1,300 1,304 1,332 1,311 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.7 At contracting establishments 1,035 1,001 1,034 1,028 1,006 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9 At closing establishments 331 299 270 304 305 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.8 Net employment change 50 212 66 124 212 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.8 1.3 Education and health services Gross job gains 757 802 741 800 811 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.9 At expanding establishments 626 658 623 651 677 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.1 At opening establishments 131 144 118 149 134 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 Gross job losses 704 647 704 701 691 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.2 At contracting establishments 562 521 570 567 556 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.4 At closing establishments 142 126 134 134 135 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 Net employment change 53 155 37 99 120 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.7 Leisure and hospitality Gross job gains 1,169 1,204 1,138 1,212 1,202 9.4 9.5 9.0 9.5 9.4 At expanding establishments 883 900 877 918 909 7.1 7.1 6.9 7.2 7.1 At opening establishments 286 304 261 294 293 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.3 Gross job losses 1,135 1,134 1,131 1,135 1,219 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.5 At contracting establishments 888 900 910 907 961 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.5 At closing establishments 247 234 221 228 258 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.0 Net employment change 34 70 7 77 -17 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.6 -0.1 Other services Gross job gains 297 299 302 309 297 7.8 7.9 7.9 8.1 7.8 At expanding establishments 235 235 241 239 234 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.1 At opening establishments 62 64 61 70 63 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 Gross job losses 308 310 297 300 309 8.2 8.2 7.8 7.8 8.1 At contracting establishments 237 241 231 234 238 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.2 At closing establishments 71 69 66 66 71 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.9 Net employment change -11 -11 5 9 -12 -0.4 -0.3 0.1 0.3 -0.3 1 Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately. Table 4. Private sector percentage share(1) of gross job gains and gross job losses, seasonally adjusted. Category Shares (percent) 3 months ended Sept. 2004 Dec. 2004 Mar. 2005 June 2005 Sept. 2005 Total Private Gross job gains 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Expanding firms 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Opening firms 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Gross job losses 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Contracting firms 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Closing firms 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Net employment change 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Size Class 1 - 4 employees Gross job gains 15.2 15.2 15.5 15.2 15.1 Expanding firms 7.1 7.0 7.2 7.1 6.9 Opening firms 54.3 55.3 55.5 54.9 56.3 Gross job losses 15.3 15.5 16.1 15.7 15.6 Contracting firms 7.4 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.6 Closing firms 52.9 51.7 55.1 54.7 52.9 Net employment change 9.8 13.4 2.7 9.7 10.4 Size Class 5 - 9 employees Gross job gains 11.9 11.7 12.1 11.9 11.7 Expanding firms 10.9 10.7 11.1 10.9 10.7 Opening firms 16.6 16.6 17.2 16.9 16.9 Gross job losses 12.1 12.6 12.6 12.5 12.3 Contracting firms 11.2 11.8 11.8 11.6 11.4 Closing firms 16.3 16.1 16.4 16.5 16.1 Net employment change 6.3 5.8 2.3 5.8 6.7 Size Class 10 - 19 employees Gross job gains 12.0 11.9 12.3 12.2 11.8 Expanding firms 12.1 12.0 12.4 12.3 11.9 Opening firms 11.7 11.5 11.7 11.8 11.7 Gross job losses 12.3 12.7 12.7 12.4 12.4 Contracting firms 12.5 13.0 13.0 12.7 12.6 Closing firms 11.4 11.5 11.1 11.3 11.3 Net employment change 5.4 6.4 5.0 9.9 6.8 Size Class 20 - 49 employees Gross job gains 14.2 14.0 14.4 14.5 13.9 Expanding firms 15.2 15.1 15.5 15.6 14.9 Opening firms 9.5 8.9 8.9 9.2 8.9 Gross job losses 14.3 14.8 14.5 14.2 14.5 Contracting firms 15.3 16.0 15.8 15.3 15.7 Closing firms 9.2 9.2 8.7 8.8 9.1 Net employment change 12.7 8.5 11.1 17.8 8.3 Size Class 50 - 99 employees Gross job gains 9.0 8.6 8.9 9.2 8.6 Expanding firms 10.0 9.7 10.0 10.3 9.7 Opening firms 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.3 Gross job losses 8.7 9.2 8.8 8.7 9.0 Contracting firms 9.8 10.4 9.9 9.7 10.1 Closing firms 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 Net employment change 15.6 4.7 10.4 14.8 5.5 Size Class 100 - 249 employees Gross job gains 9.8 9.3 9.5 9.8 9.3 Expanding firms 11.2 10.7 11.1 11.3 10.7 Opening firms 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.0 Gross job losses 9.2 9.6 9.1 9.2 9.6 Contracting firms 10.5 11.0 10.5 10.5 11.1 Closing firms 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 Net employment change 25.4 7.1 17.1 16.9 6.5 Size Class 250 - 499 employees Gross job gains 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.8 Expanding firms 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 Opening firms 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 Gross job losses 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.5 Contracting firms 6.4 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.5 Closing firms 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 Net employment change 17.1 4.8 12.1 10.9 7.7 Size Class 500 - 999 employees Gross job gains 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.8 Expanding firms 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.7 Opening firms 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 Gross job losses 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4 Contracting firms 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2 Closing firms 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 Net employment change 5.9 5.3 7.4 8.1 8.3 Size Class 1,000 or more employees Gross job gains 17.4 18.8 17.0 16.5 19.0 Expanding firms 20.9 22.6 20.5 19.8 22.7 Opening firms 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 Gross job losses 17.9 15.2 16.2 17.4 16.7 Contracting firms 21.5 17.8 19.5 20.7 19.7 Closing firms 0.6 2.5 0.4 0.8 2.5 Net employment change 2.0 44.0 31.9 6.2 39.8 1 Share measures the percent of the category represented by each firm size class.