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22-2144-PHI
Thursday, November 03, 2022

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Business Employment Dynamics in Pennsylvania — First Quarter 2022

From December 2021 to March 2022, gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Pennsylvania were 324,890, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 251,630, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 73,260 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 101,601. (See chart 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.)

Gross job gains

In the first quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 6.3 percent of private-sector employment in Pennsylvania; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.6 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 2.) 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. In Pennsylvania, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 283,851 in the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of 17,123 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 41,039 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of 3,111 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 4.9 percent of private-sector employment in Pennsylvania; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 3.) Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. In Pennsylvania, contracting establishments lost 209,215 jobs in the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of 2,337 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 42,415 jobs, an increase of 10,444 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 10 of the 11 industry sectors in Pennsylvania in the first quarter of 2022. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 17,753 jobs. This was the result of 61,642 gross job gains and 43,889 gross job losses. The retail trade industry had a net gain of 12,868 jobs. Professional and business services showed a net gain of 11,306 jobs. Transportation and warehousing showed a net loss of 352 jobs, the only loss of any sector in the state.

For more information

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. BED data for the states have been included in table 2 of this release. Additional information is available online at www.bls.gov/bdm/.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Second Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Revisions to Business Employment Dynamics Data

The release of First Quarter 2022 Business Employment Dynamics data incorporates annual revisions in accordance with standard procedures. However, the current release, published on October 26, 2022, includes two years of revisions to not seasonally adjusted data, along with the customary five years of revisions to seasonally adjusted data. This temporary procedural change is to amend spikes in the openings and closings series for the education and health services sector in Washington caused by an administrative change.  


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). 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.

In the BED program, the 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.

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 establishments 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 at existing establishments and the addition of new jobs at opening establishments. Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. The difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost is the net change in employment.

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. 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.

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.

The full Technical Note for the Business Employment Dynamics program, which includes information on coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the current quarterly news release online at www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.htm.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Pennsylvania, seasonally adjusted
CategoryGross job gains and losses
(3 months ended)
Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

324,793279,724313,381345,124324,8906.75.76.36.86.3

At expanding establishments

277,504236,307262,740300,974283,8515.74.85.35.95.5

At opening establishments

47,28943,41750,64144,15041,0391.00.91.00.90.8

Gross job losses

228,261265,157253,645243,523251,6304.75.35.04.84.9

At contracting establishments

194,928234,693221,945211,552209,2154.04.74.44.24.1

At closing establishments

33,33330,46431,70031,97142,4150.70.60.60.60.8

Net employment change (2)

96,53214,56759,736101,60173,2602.00.41.32.01.4

Construction

Gross job gains

23,40521,42620,29324,29123,9919.28.48.19.69.1

At expanding establishments

18,91617,78915,95720,06419,8817.47.06.47.97.5

At opening establishments

4,4893,6374,3364,2274,1101.81.41.71.71.6

Gross job losses

20,40420,34920,29719,58420,8748.08.08.17.67.9

At contracting establishments

17,35717,63517,35316,94016,9596.86.96.96.66.4

At closing establishments

3,0472,7142,9442,6443,9151.21.11.21.01.5

Net employment change (2)

3,0011,077-44,7073,1171.20.40.02.01.2

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

18,85016,31918,70122,28421,4353.53.03.44.13.9

At expanding establishments

17,98815,17117,50121,23920,0273.32.83.23.93.6

At opening establishments

8621,1481,2001,0451,4080.20.20.20.20.3

Gross job losses

14,09217,49615,40913,36112,8972.63.22.92.42.3

At contracting establishments

12,76316,68314,38812,19411,2992.43.12.72.22.0

At closing establishments

1,3298131,0211,1671,5980.20.10.20.20.3

Net employment change (2)

4,758-1,1773,2928,9238,5380.9-0.20.51.71.6

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

8,9838,72810,33610,8099,9354.44.35.15.24.7

At expanding establishments

7,5117,4578,7779,4848,6503.73.74.34.64.1

At opening establishments

1,4721,2711,5591,3251,2850.70.60.80.60.6

Gross job losses

7,2337,6877,5726,6977,2213.63.83.73.23.5

At contracting establishments

5,8056,5546,2465,5875,5832.93.23.12.72.7

At closing establishments

1,4281,1331,3261,1101,6380.70.60.60.50.8

Net employment change (2)

1,7501,0412,7644,1122,7140.80.51.42.01.2

Retail trade

Gross job gains

41,40634,11935,14234,19439,5277.15.75.95.86.6

At expanding establishments

36,98830,91630,27230,34035,6606.35.25.15.16.0

At opening establishments

4,4183,2034,8703,8543,8670.80.50.80.70.6

Gross job losses

26,69335,22037,15230,83426,6594.65.96.35.24.4

At contracting establishments

23,45132,16434,82327,37023,5984.05.45.94.63.9

At closing establishments

3,2423,0562,3293,4643,0610.60.50.40.60.5

Net employment change (2)

14,713-1,101-2,0103,36012,8682.5-0.2-0.40.62.2

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

19,30011,87519,75229,63317,9376.94.37.110.15.9

At expanding establishments

17,97010,37117,25727,88516,0376.43.86.29.55.3

At opening establishments

1,3301,5042,4951,7481,9000.50.50.90.60.6

Gross job losses

19,29917,69111,68111,73118,2896.96.44.24.06.0

At contracting establishments

18,42316,60310,85210,77816,7416.66.03.93.75.5

At closing establishments

8761,0888299531,5480.30.40.30.30.5

Net employment change (2)

1-5,8168,07117,902-3520.0-2.12.96.1-0.1

Information

Gross job gains

5,7984,8819,3448,9476,0597.05.810.810.06.6

At expanding establishments

4,5593,6316,9437,8645,0505.54.38.08.85.5

At opening establishments

1,2391,2502,4011,0831,0091.51.52.81.21.1

Gross job losses

4,2234,3704,5208,3934,8655.15.15.19.35.3

At contracting establishments

3,6373,5753,7857,7434,1074.44.24.38.64.5

At closing establishments

5867957356507580.70.90.80.70.8

Net employment change (2)

1,5755114,8245541,1941.90.75.70.71.3

Financial activities

Gross job gains

13,15111,74313,86714,14318,3574.03.64.24.35.6

At expanding establishments

10,4689,40711,12811,70316,3923.22.93.43.65.0

At opening establishments

2,6832,3362,7392,4401,9650.80.70.80.70.6

Gross job losses

10,67012,88713,00715,46212,7623.33.94.04.73.9

At contracting establishments

8,51111,09811,07513,7199,9512.63.43.44.23.0

At closing establishments

2,1591,7891,9321,7432,8110.70.50.60.50.9

Net employment change (2)

2,481-1,144860-1,3195,5950.7-0.30.2-0.41.7

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

49,40652,22756,63666,41259,4986.36.67.18.17.1

At expanding establishments

40,58542,01945,68256,41550,3945.25.35.76.96.0

At opening establishments

8,82110,20810,9549,9979,1041.11.31.41.21.1

Gross job losses

43,66148,20544,49242,44848,1925.56.15.65.25.8

At contracting establishments

36,33041,19636,60035,14338,0324.65.24.64.34.6

At closing establishments

7,3317,0097,8927,30510,1600.90.91.00.91.2

Net employment change (2)

5,7454,02212,14423,96411,3060.80.51.52.91.3

Education and health services

Gross job gains

43,59640,27142,76650,65848,4723.83.43.64.34.1

At expanding establishments

38,25535,36637,83445,04944,0783.33.03.23.83.7

At opening establishments

5,3414,9054,9325,6094,3940.50.40.40.50.4

Gross job losses

37,51945,68242,23838,03640,2523.23.93.63.23.4

At contracting establishments

32,15841,41638,06834,00634,1692.73.53.22.92.9

At closing establishments

5,3614,2664,1704,0306,0830.50.40.40.30.5

Net employment change (2)

6,077-5,41152812,6228,2200.6-0.50.01.10.7

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

82,15460,20267,26164,00061,64219.113.013.912.611.7

At expanding establishments

69,81549,57555,79354,39052,51716.210.711.510.710.0

At opening establishments

12,33910,62711,4689,6109,1252.92.32.41.91.7

Gross job losses

30,35041,27542,88442,16643,8897.08.98.98.48.4

At contracting establishments

25,07035,55937,15635,78836,1485.87.77.77.16.9

At closing establishments

5,2805,7165,7286,3787,7411.21.21.21.31.5

Net employment change (2)

51,80418,92724,37721,83417,75312.14.15.04.23.3

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

14,58113,57615,10114,54313,0658.57.78.47.86.9

At expanding establishments

10,83310,91511,93112,06210,7216.36.26.66.55.7

At opening establishments

3,7482,6613,1702,4812,3442.21.51.81.31.2

Gross job losses

10,0529,81410,38810,72111,3495.85.65.75.86.0

At contracting establishments

7,9298,0808,3698,7098,8744.64.64.64.74.7

At closing establishments

2,1231,7342,0192,0122,4751.21.01.11.11.3

Net employment change (2)

4,5293,7624,7133,8221,7162.72.12.72.00.9

Footnotes:
(1) Includes unclassified sector not shown separately.
(2) The net employment change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses. See the Technical Note for further information.
(3) Except public administration.

Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment by state, seasonally adjusted
CategoryGross job gains as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Gross job losses as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022

United States(1)

7.06.87.37.76.65.55.96.15.45.4

Alabama

6.76.36.77.66.25.86.06.35.26.0

Alaska

11.19.510.511.810.19.49.39.78.79.3

Arizona

6.56.87.16.86.85.45.95.15.05.7

Arkansas

6.35.86.87.85.95.15.76.74.85.4

California

7.87.87.88.57.45.96.56.15.55.6

Colorado

8.67.88.07.67.55.56.47.06.16.3

Connecticut

6.56.76.96.96.35.45.86.05.35.3

Delaware

7.06.87.68.27.36.26.57.26.05.6

District of Columbia

5.57.17.97.36.05.45.44.94.94.9

Florida

7.07.89.07.76.55.86.36.06.05.7

Georgia

6.87.07.57.96.85.76.26.25.55.7

Hawaii

8.710.77.37.16.15.75.56.35.15.1

Idaho

8.27.27.78.58.55.77.27.36.36.2

Illinois

7.36.26.67.56.25.15.56.04.95.0

Indiana

6.25.76.37.36.05.06.05.74.74.8

Iowa

6.26.06.26.66.55.56.06.15.45.3

Kansas

6.36.26.67.66.25.76.26.55.35.4

Kentucky

7.46.56.77.46.65.46.46.44.95.0

Louisiana

6.86.96.99.66.55.96.18.55.87.1

Maine

8.97.57.88.28.06.47.77.86.96.1

Maryland

6.76.67.57.36.65.66.56.45.35.9

Massachusetts

6.76.97.27.06.65.05.75.85.75.1

Michigan

8.66.36.57.56.34.85.65.95.25.1

Minnesota

9.46.16.47.36.04.85.66.75.25.4

Mississippi

5.76.57.67.96.16.56.66.15.76.0

Missouri

6.46.16.77.46.55.26.16.15.55.4

Montana

8.98.58.59.99.36.98.18.37.28.5

Nebraska

6.66.26.37.06.85.86.06.55.85.9

Nevada

7.59.48.98.36.85.75.75.74.85.2

New Hampshire

7.57.07.07.67.75.46.36.86.45.4

New Jersey

7.27.17.58.77.15.95.76.15.45.5

New Mexico

8.77.48.28.27.45.66.66.56.36.2

New York

7.07.17.57.76.75.45.75.95.45.2

North Carolina

6.96.46.88.16.55.45.86.45.05.3

North Dakota

8.36.97.57.67.56.76.56.76.56.5

Ohio

6.15.96.17.06.15.05.86.05.24.8

Oklahoma

6.26.67.17.66.35.96.16.65.95.7

Oregon

8.76.67.17.87.55.66.66.56.15.7

Pennsylvania

6.75.76.36.86.34.75.35.04.84.9

Rhode Island

9.97.07.68.57.95.66.47.16.65.7

South Carolina

6.46.37.37.96.96.06.46.05.36.2

South Dakota

7.36.86.67.27.76.05.86.45.96.1

Tennessee

5.86.16.97.36.65.26.05.45.64.7

Texas

6.16.87.17.76.35.15.65.54.85.4

Utah

7.37.07.47.57.85.76.17.06.05.9

Vermont

8.48.48.08.18.06.27.07.76.96.3

Virginia

6.26.46.97.26.45.46.16.05.35.8

Washington

8.06.77.37.87.35.75.95.95.35.0

West Virginia

7.46.67.17.97.35.96.66.56.05.9

Wisconsin

6.05.85.56.66.54.75.35.85.24.8

Wyoming

9.38.89.110.18.98.28.48.47.88.3

Puerto Rico

6.87.88.56.47.05.05.05.15.54.9

Virgin Islands

7.411.07.58.06.910.65.88.59.510.3

Footnotes
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, November 03, 2022