Business Employment Dynamics in Illinois — Second Quarter 2023

From March 2023 to June 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Illinois were 285,519, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 281,545, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 3,974 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2023. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 49,148. (See chart 1.)

Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Illinois, June 2018–June 2023, seasonally adjusted

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Illinois, June 2018–June 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job gains	Gross job losses
Jun. 2018	292,666	287,074
Sep. 2018	289,189	296,018
Dec. 2018	283,724	289,932
Mar. 2019	273,556	271,820
Jun. 2019	292,554	273,786
Sep. 2019	258,129	289,328
Dec. 2019	285,751	270,143
Mar. 2020	261,292	312,356
Jun. 2020	221,926	889,393
Sep. 2020	456,097	261,955
Dec. 2020	307,894	293,631
Mar. 2021	352,926	247,500
Jun. 2021	301,915	269,458
Sep. 2021	324,278	292,770
Dec. 2021	375,684	242,134
Mar. 2022	321,339	263,012
Jun. 2022	302,381	285,133
Sep. 2022	302,420	273,485
Dec. 2022	277,741	265,645
Mar. 2023	302,001	252,853
Jun. 2023	285,519	281,545

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 second quarter of 2023, gross job gains represented 5.4 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.2 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 Illinois, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 238,315 in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of 23,933 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 47,204 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 7,451 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Illinois, June 2018–June 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Illinois
Jun. 2018	6.2	5.6
Sep. 2018	6.0	5.5
Dec. 2018	6.2	5.5
Mar. 2019	6.0	5.2
Jun. 2019	6.1	5.6
Sep. 2019	5.9	5.0
Dec. 2019	6.2	5.5
Mar. 2020	5.5	5.0
Jun. 2020	4.8	4.5
Sep. 2020	9.4	9.7
Dec. 2020	7.4	6.4
Mar. 2021	7.0	7.3
Jun. 2021	6.8	6.2
Sep. 2021	7.3	6.6
Dec. 2021	7.7	7.5
Mar. 2022	6.7	6.3
Jun. 2022	6.6	5.9
Sep. 2022	6.9	5.8
Dec. 2022	6.3	5.4
Mar. 2023	6.2	5.8
Jun. 2023	6.2	5.4

Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2023, gross job losses represented 5.3 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.9 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 Illinois, contracting establishments lost 238,394 jobs in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 38,645 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 43,151 jobs, a decrease of 9,953 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Illinois, June 2018–June 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Illinois
Jun. 2018	5.8	5.5
Sep. 2018	6.0	5.7
Dec. 2018	5.6	5.6
Mar. 2019	5.5	5.3
Jun. 2019	5.9	5.2
Sep. 2019	5.8	5.6
Dec. 2019	5.6	5.2
Mar. 2020	6.2	6.1
Jun. 2020	16.9	18.2
Sep. 2020	6.0	5.6
Dec. 2020	5.7	6.1
Mar. 2021	5.5	5.2
Jun. 2021	5.9	5.5
Sep. 2021	6.1	5.9
Dec. 2021	5.4	4.9
Mar. 2022	5.5	5.2
Jun. 2022	6.2	5.5
Sep. 2022	5.9	5.3
Dec. 2022	5.9	5.1
Mar. 2023	5.4	4.8
Jun. 2023	5.9	5.3

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 6 of the 11 industry sectors in Illinois in the second quarter of 2023. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 9,147 jobs. This was the result of 43,389 gross job gains and 34,242 gross job losses. The leisure and hospitality industry had a net gain of 2,256 jobs, followed by other services with a net gain of 2,069 jobs. Professional and business services showed a net loss of 6,992 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. Illinois’s information industry sector had a net loss of 2,766 jobs.

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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 the Business Employment Dynamics Home.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Third Quarter 2023 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

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.

More information on formal definitions of the data used in this release, along with coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the Business Employment Dynamics Technical Note.

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Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Illinois, seasonally adjusted
Category	Gross job gains and losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
Category	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	302,381	302,420	277,741	302,001	285,519	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.8	5.4
At expanding establishments	251,187	253,387	230,747	262,248	238,315	4.9	4.9	4.5	5.0	4.5
At opening establishments	51,194	49,033	46,994	39,753	47,204	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9
Gross job losses	285,133	273,485	265,645	252,853	281,545	5.5	5.3	5.1	4.8	5.3
At contracting establishments	238,875	233,104	224,658	199,749	238,394	4.6	4.5	4.3	3.8	4.5
At closing establishments	46,258	40,381	40,987	53,104	43,151	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.8
Net employment change (2)	17,248	28,935	12,096	49,148	3,974	0.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	0.1
Construction
Gross job gains	25,344	21,472	21,341	25,867	24,976	10.9	9.3	9.3	11.0	10.5
At expanding establishments	20,721	17,578	17,269	22,180	20,264	8.9	7.6	7.5	9.4	8.5
At opening establishments	4,623	3,894	4,072	3,687	4,712	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.6	2.0
Gross job losses	21,594	21,550	24,849	20,709	23,030	9.3	9.3	10.7	8.8	9.6
At contracting establishments	17,983	17,914	20,918	15,586	19,151	7.7	7.7	9.0	6.6	8.0
At closing establishments	3,611	3,636	3,931	5,123	3,879	1.6	1.6	1.7	2.2	1.6
Net employment change (2)	3,750	-78	-3,508	5,158	1,946	1.6	0.0	-1.4	2.2	0.9
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	18,711	19,227	18,945	19,009	17,730	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1
At expanding establishments	16,714	17,252	16,511	16,789	15,562	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.7
At opening establishments	1,997	1,975	2,434	2,220	2,168	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Gross job losses	17,350	17,302	15,753	15,970	19,596	3.0	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.4
At contracting establishments	15,013	15,228	13,909	13,289	16,786	2.6	2.7	2.4	2.3	2.9
At closing establishments	2,337	2,074	1,844	2,681	2,810	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5
Net employment change (2)	1,361	1,925	3,192	3,039	-1,866	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.5	-0.3
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	13,086	14,032	12,231	10,999	10,759	4.4	4.7	4.0	3.6	3.5
At expanding establishments	11,268	12,405	10,624	9,648	9,422	3.8	4.2	3.5	3.2	3.1
At opening establishments	1,818	1,627	1,607	1,351	1,337	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
Gross job losses	12,189	10,367	9,244	10,335	10,279	4.1	3.5	3.1	3.4	3.4
At contracting establishments	9,689	8,939	7,724	8,095	8,498	3.3	3.0	2.6	2.7	2.8
At closing establishments	2,500	1,428	1,520	2,240	1,781	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6
Net employment change (2)	897	3,665	2,987	664	480	0.3	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.1
Retail trade
Gross job gains	31,288	30,163	26,251	33,426	28,316	5.4	5.2	4.6	5.8	4.9
At expanding establishments	27,907	26,545	23,301	30,373	25,081	4.8	4.6	4.1	5.3	4.3
At opening establishments	3,381	3,618	2,950	3,053	3,235	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6
Gross job losses	35,801	34,335	30,290	24,290	29,646	6.2	6.0	5.3	4.2	5.1
At contracting establishments	32,436	31,629	27,234	20,782	26,582	5.6	5.5	4.8	3.6	4.6
At closing establishments	3,365	2,706	3,056	3,508	3,064	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-4,513	-4,172	-4,039	9,136	-1,330	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	1.6	-0.2
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	14,835	17,801	19,049	14,445	13,421	4.8	5.8	6.1	4.6	4.3
At expanding establishments	12,298	15,497	16,780	11,891	10,929	4.0	5.0	5.4	3.8	3.5
At opening establishments	2,537	2,304	2,269	2,554	2,492	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8
Gross job losses	15,641	13,759	12,568	17,280	14,532	5.1	4.4	4.1	5.5	4.6
At contracting establishments	13,688	11,468	9,899	14,200	12,629	4.5	3.7	3.2	4.5	4.0
At closing establishments	1,953	2,291	2,669	3,080	1,903	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.6
Net employment change (2)	-806	4,042	6,481	-2,835	-1,111	-0.3	1.4	2.0	-0.9	-0.3
Information
Gross job gains	6,305	6,373	5,243	3,906	4,227	6.6	6.6	5.4	4.0	4.4
At expanding establishments	4,775	4,944	4,273	2,943	3,377	5.0	5.1	4.4	3.0	3.5
At opening establishments	1,530	1,429	970	963	850	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.9
Gross job losses	6,191	4,328	5,458	4,923	6,993	6.5	4.5	5.7	5.0	7.3
At contracting establishments	4,799	3,366	4,347	3,934	6,031	5.0	3.5	4.5	4.0	6.3
At closing establishments	1,392	962	1,111	989	962	1.5	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.0
Net employment change (2)	114	2,045	-215	-1,017	-2,766	0.1	2.1	-0.3	-1.0	-2.9
Financial activities
Gross job gains	16,629	17,622	15,424	14,217	15,726	4.4	4.7	4.0	3.7	4.2
At expanding establishments	13,316	14,369	11,890	11,480	13,209	3.5	3.8	3.1	3.0	3.5
At opening establishments	3,313	3,253	3,534	2,737	2,517	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7
Gross job losses	17,380	14,406	15,156	14,440	13,877	4.6	3.8	4.0	3.8	3.6
At contracting establishments	14,098	11,872	12,408	10,288	11,036	3.7	3.1	3.3	2.7	2.9
At closing establishments	3,282	2,534	2,748	4,152	2,841	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.1	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-751	3,216	268	-223	1,849	-0.2	0.9	0.0	-0.1	0.6
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	64,298	63,553	54,129	58,687	59,421	6.6	6.5	5.5	6.1	6.2
At expanding establishments	51,062	50,039	42,990	50,180	47,877	5.2	5.1	4.4	5.2	5.0
At opening establishments	13,236	13,514	11,139	8,507	11,544	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.2
Gross job losses	67,665	63,529	65,170	58,424	66,413	6.9	6.5	6.7	6.0	6.9
At contracting establishments	55,975	51,994	54,383	45,666	56,244	5.7	5.3	5.6	4.7	5.8
At closing establishments	11,690	11,535	10,787	12,758	10,169	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.3	1.1
Net employment change (2)	-3,367	24	-11,041	263	-6,992	-0.3	0.0	-1.2	0.1	-0.7
Education and health services
Gross job gains	40,044	43,065	37,003	49,650	43,389	4.4	4.7	4.0	5.3	4.6
At expanding establishments	35,300	38,532	32,267	45,906	37,766	3.9	4.2	3.5	4.9	4.0
At opening establishments	4,744	4,533	4,736	3,744	5,623	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6
Gross job losses	32,567	29,618	32,087	33,789	34,242	3.6	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.6
At contracting establishments	27,897	26,077	27,650	27,982	29,200	3.1	2.8	3.0	3.0	3.1
At closing establishments	4,670	3,541	4,437	5,807	5,042	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5
Net employment change (2)	7,477	13,447	4,916	15,861	9,147	0.8	1.5	0.5	1.7	1.0
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	54,379	50,722	50,161	54,890	50,304	9.6	9.0	8.7	9.3	8.5
At expanding establishments	44,543	41,902	40,996	47,083	40,959	7.9	7.4	7.1	8.0	6.9
At opening establishments	9,836	8,820	9,165	7,807	9,345	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.6
Gross job losses	43,144	49,324	41,457	37,781	48,048	7.7	8.7	7.2	6.4	8.1
At contracting establishments	35,268	43,017	35,184	29,287	40,985	6.3	7.6	6.1	5.0	6.9
At closing establishments	7,876	6,307	6,273	8,494	7,063	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.2
Net employment change (2)	11,235	1,398	8,704	17,109	2,256	1.9	0.3	1.5	2.9	0.4
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	13,799	14,800	13,457	12,919	13,716	7.3	7.8	7.0	6.6	7.0
At expanding establishments	10,732	11,575	10,390	10,729	11,228	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.5	5.7
At opening establishments	3,067	3,225	3,067	2,190	2,488	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.1	1.3
Gross job losses	12,037	11,876	11,008	11,620	11,647	6.4	6.2	5.7	6.1	5.9
At contracting establishments	8,994	9,222	8,693	8,229	8,601	4.8	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.4
At closing establishments	3,043	2,654	2,315	3,391	3,046	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.8	1.5
Net employment change (2)	1,762	2,924	2,449	1,299	2,069	0.9	1.6	1.3	0.5	1.1
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
Category	Gross job gains as a percent of employment (3 months ended)					Gross job losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
Category	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023
United States(1)	6.6	6.9	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	5.9	5.9	5.4	5.9
Alabama	6.6	6.9	6.6	6.4	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.1	5.5	5.7
Alaska	10.2	8.5	10.9	10.4	11.0	9.0	10.4	9.2	8.0	8.9
Arizona	6.5	7.1	6.6	5.9	7.0	6.3	5.5	6.0	5.4	6.5
Arkansas	6.1	6.5	6.2	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.2	5.2	5.0	6.0
California	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.2	6.6	6.4	6.4
Colorado	7.3	7.0	7.6	7.2	7.3	6.6	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.6
Connecticut	6.4	6.3	5.9	6.1	6.4	6.3	6.2	5.9	5.3	5.7
Delaware	6.5	8.6	7.0	6.7	6.0	6.9	6.2	7.5	5.2	5.7
District of Columbia	6.1	7.2	5.6	5.9	5.4	6.3	5.0	5.5	4.8	5.3
Florida	7.5	7.8	6.2	6.3	6.8	6.3	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.8
Georgia	6.8	7.1	6.7	6.2	6.4	6.2	5.9	5.9	5.8	6.5
Hawaii	6.0	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.7	5.5	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.2
Idaho	7.1	7.8	8.4	7.9	7.9	8.4	7.5	6.9	7.5	7.5
Illinois	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.8	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.1	4.8	5.3
Indiana	5.7	6.4	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.9	5.5	5.2	5.0	6.1
Iowa	5.9	5.9	6.4	6.0	6.0	6.2	5.9	6.2	5.4	5.9
Kansas	6.5	7.4	6.3	6.1	6.1	7.1	5.5	5.6	5.4	6.0
Kentucky	6.3	6.6	6.0	6.1	5.6	6.5	5.4	5.3	4.9	5.9
Louisiana	6.7	6.9	6.1	6.3	6.1	6.4	5.7	6.2	5.6	6.4
Maine	7.2	7.6	7.4	7.7	7.6	8.0	7.3	6.8	6.2	7.6
Maryland	6.5	7.4	6.6	6.8	6.7	6.9	6.0	6.9	5.6	6.3
Massachusetts	6.1	6.2	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.5	6.1	5.8	4.7	5.7
Michigan	6.0	5.7	5.9	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.2	4.9	5.3
Minnesota	6.4	6.5	5.9	5.7	6.0	6.4	5.9	5.8	4.9	5.6
Mississippi	6.6	7.2	6.8	6.1	6.3	6.7	6.3	6.2	5.7	6.6
Missouri	6.2	6.8	6.1	6.5	5.9	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.1	5.9
Montana	8.2	8.7	9.2	8.7	7.8	9.1	7.8	7.8	7.1	8.4
Nebraska	6.4	7.1	6.0	6.3	6.0	6.5	6.1	5.7	5.1	5.6
Nevada	6.9	7.4	6.4	6.2	6.6	5.7	5.8	6.1	5.7	6.0
New Hampshire	6.7	6.9	6.7	7.0	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.0	5.9	6.3
New Jersey	6.6	6.8	6.8	6.1	6.8	6.2	6.4	5.9	5.7	5.9
New Mexico	6.7	8.0	6.7	6.8	6.4	7.1	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.2
New York	7.1	6.6	5.9	6.5	6.3	6.1	5.9	6.0	5.1	5.7
North Carolina	6.4	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.7	5.3	5.7
North Dakota	6.9	7.6	6.4	7.6	6.9	6.5	6.3	6.7	5.6	6.7
Ohio	5.9	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.6	5.9	5.5	5.7	4.9	5.7
Oklahoma	6.7	7.4	6.6	6.3	6.2	6.1	5.6	5.9	5.3	6.0
Oregon	6.0	6.7	6.5	7.3	6.4	7.0	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.9
Pennsylvania	5.5	6.1	5.5	5.5	5.2	5.6	5.1	5.2	4.6	5.5
Rhode Island	7.1	6.7	6.9	7.5	6.7	6.7	7.3	6.4	5.9	7.0
South Carolina	6.6	7.3	6.9	6.8	6.4	6.2	5.6	6.2	5.8	6.8
South Dakota	6.6	7.3	6.5	7.2	6.8	6.5	6.4	6.5	5.9	6.2
Tennessee	6.2	7.0	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.2	5.5	5.6	5.0	5.5
Texas	6.6	7.2	6.2	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.4
Utah	7.0	7.5	6.9	7.0	6.8	6.6	6.8	6.6	6.2	6.2
Vermont	7.5	7.2	7.8	8.2	7.4	7.6	7.8	7.0	6.0	7.5
Virginia	6.5	7.5	6.2	6.2	6.0	6.7	6.1	5.8	5.2	5.8
Washington	7.0	7.2	5.9	6.4	6.0	7.2	6.3	5.3	5.5	5.6
West Virginia	6.7	8.1	6.6	7.1	6.1	8.0	6.9	6.4	5.3	6.1
Wisconsin	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.6	6.0	5.8	5.5	4.9	5.9
Wyoming	8.4	9.2	9.2	8.9	8.4	9.2	8.4	7.9	7.8	8.7
Puerto Rico	6.7	6.2	6.6	5.1	5.8	6.1	5.3	6.1	5.7	4.9
Virgin Islands	8.0	8.5	5.9	7.5	7.4	9.2	5.5	4.7	6.5	6.8
Footnotes (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. The sum of the states will not necessarily add to the U.S. total because of the independent seasonal adjustment of each state.

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