From June 2021 to September 2021, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Idaho were 50,776, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 48,823, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 1,953 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2021. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 737. (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 the Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2021, gross job gains represented 7.7 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 7.2 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 Idaho, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 39,076 in the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 893 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 11,700 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 1,378 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2021, gross job losses represented 7.3 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.2 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 Idaho, contracting establishments lost 38,629 jobs in the third quarter of 2021, a decrease of 758 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 10,194 jobs, an increase of 1,813 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 10 industry sectors in Idaho in the third quarter of 2021. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 715 jobs. This was the result of 8,981 gross job gains and 8,266 gross job losses. Financial activities had the second largest net job gain (694), followed by wholesale trade (465), transportation and warehousing (398), and leisure and hospitality (273). The construction industry sector had a net loss of 1,041 jobs.

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 Fourth Quarter 2021 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

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 either units with positive third month employment in the previous 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.

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.

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Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Idaho, seasonally adjusted

Category	Gross job gains and job losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and job losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
	Sept 2020	Dec. 2020	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept 2021	Sept 2020	Dec. 2020	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept 2021
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	52,742	55,980	53,979	48,505	50,776	8.4	8.7	8.1	7.2	7.7
At expanding establishments	42,545	44,792	42,565	38,183	39,076	6.8	7.0	6.4	5.7	5.9
At opening establishments	10,197	11,188	11,414	10,322	11,700	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.8
Gross job losses	40,217	39,115	37,762	47,768	48,823	6.4	6.1	5.7	7.2	7.3
At contracting establishments	32,730	30,595	30,843	39,387	38,629	5.2	4.8	4.7	5.9	5.8
At closing establishments	7,487	8,520	6,919	8,381	10,194	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.5
Net employment change (2)	12,525	16,865	16,217	737	1,953	2.0	2.6	2.4	0.0	0.4
Construction
Gross job gains	5,530	7,263	7,692	5,780	5,528	10.5	13.4	13.2	9.9	9.7
At expanding establishments	3,991	5,515	5,597	4,256	4,033	7.6	10.2	9.6	7.3	7.1
At opening establishments	1,539	1,748	2,095	1,524	1,495	2.9	3.2	3.6	2.6	2.6
Gross job losses	5,790	4,626	4,717	6,483	6,569	11.0	8.5	8.1	11.0	11.6
At contracting establishments	4,571	3,370	3,668	5,049	4,869	8.7	6.2	6.3	8.6	8.6
At closing establishments	1,219	1,256	1,049	1,434	1,700	2.3	2.3	1.8	2.4	3.0
Net employment change (2)	-260	2,637	2,975	-703	-1,041	-0.5	4.9	5.1	-1.1	-1.9
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	2,658	4,316	2,831	2,490	2,260	3.9	6.3	4.1	3.5	3.3
At expanding establishments	2,370	3,989	2,501	2,067	1,993	3.5	5.8	3.6	2.9	2.9
At opening establishments	288	327	330	423	267	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4
Gross job losses	2,231	1,675	2,542	2,717	2,748	3.4	2.5	3.7	3.9	3.9
At contracting establishments	2,057	1,426	2,204	2,578	2,453	3.1	2.1	3.2	3.7	3.5
At closing establishments	174	249	338	139	295	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.4
Net employment change (2)	427	2,641	289	-227	-488	0.5	3.8	0.4	-0.4	-0.6
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	1,594	1,760	1,967	1,802	1,894	5.2	5.7	6.2	5.6	5.8
At expanding establishments	1,312	1,456	1,472	1,512	1,444	4.3	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.4
At opening establishments	282	304	495	290	450	0.9	1.0	1.6	0.9	1.4
Gross job losses	1,159	1,340	1,262	1,328	1,429	3.7	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.3
At contracting establishments	964	999	1,018	1,086	1,059	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.2
At closing establishments	195	341	244	242	370	0.6	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.1
Net employment change (2)	435	420	705	474	465	1.5	1.4	2.2	1.4	1.5
Retail trade
Gross job gains	7,305	5,294	6,545	5,251	5,502	8.3	5.9	7.2	5.6	5.9
At expanding establishments	6,308	4,638	5,726	4,409	4,745	7.2	5.2	6.3	4.7	5.1
At opening establishments	997	656	819	842	757	1.1	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.8
Gross job losses	4,634	4,662	3,938	5,771	5,920	5.3	5.3	4.3	6.2	6.4
At contracting establishments	4,213	3,897	3,456	5,173	5,183	4.8	4.4	3.8	5.6	5.6
At closing establishments	421	765	482	598	737	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.8
Net employment change (2)	2,671	632	2,607	-520	-418	3.0	0.6	2.9	-0.6	-0.5
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	2,193	4,792	2,626	2,010	2,206	10.0	19.7	9.8	7.3	7.9
At expanding establishments	1,908	4,304	2,236	1,675	1,888	8.7	17.7	8.3	6.1	6.8
At opening establishments	285	488	390	335	318	1.3	2.0	1.5	1.2	1.1
Gross job losses	1,303	1,180	1,599	1,946	1,808	6.0	4.9	6.0	7.1	6.5
At contracting establishments	941	921	1,343	1,757	1,519	4.3	3.8	5.0	6.4	5.5
At closing establishments	362	259	256	189	289	1.7	1.1	1.0	0.7	1.0
Net employment change (2)	890	3,612	1,027	64	398	4.0	14.8	3.8	0.2	1.4
Financial activities
Gross job gains	2,493	2,489	2,442	2,419	2,838	7.2	7.1	6.9	6.7	7.8
At expanding establishments	1,726	1,815	1,705	1,691	1,734	5.0	5.2	4.8	4.7	4.8
At opening establishments	767	674	737	728	1,104	2.2	1.9	2.1	2.0	3.0
Gross job losses	1,614	1,936	1,898	2,004	2,144	4.7	5.5	5.3	5.6	5.9
At contracting establishments	1,169	1,236	1,388	1,539	1,578	3.4	3.5	3.9	4.3	4.3
At closing establishments	445	700	510	465	566	1.3	2.0	1.4	1.3	1.6
Net employment change (2)	879	553	544	415	694	2.5	1.6	1.6	1.1	1.9
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	7,824	8,821	8,150	7,944	8,981	8.2	9.0	8.1	7.9	8.9
At expanding establishments	5,756	6,535	6,125	5,841	6,476	6.0	6.7	6.1	5.8	6.4
At opening establishments	2,068	2,286	2,025	2,103	2,505	2.2	2.3	2.0	2.1	2.5
Gross job losses	7,095	6,055	6,393	8,505	8,266	7.3	6.1	6.4	8.4	8.2
At contracting establishments	5,807	4,450	4,880	7,132	6,380	6.0	4.5	4.9	7.0	6.3
At closing establishments	1,288	1,605	1,513	1,373	1,886	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.9
Net employment change (2)	729	2,766	1,757	-561	715	0.9	2.9	1.7	-0.5	0.7
Education and health services
Gross job gains	6,483	6,859	6,202	5,618	6,225	6.1	6.3	5.6	5.1	5.6
At expanding establishments	4,977	5,311	4,763	4,430	4,562	4.7	4.9	4.3	4.0	4.1
At opening establishments	1,506	1,548	1,439	1,188	1,663	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.5
Gross job losses	5,161	4,720	4,273	5,784	6,152	4.8	4.4	3.9	5.2	5.5
At contracting establishments	3,978	3,427	3,555	4,752	4,586	3.7	3.2	3.2	4.3	4.1
At closing establishments	1,183	1,293	718	1,032	1,566	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.4
Net employment change (2)	1,322	2,139	1,929	-166	73	1.3	1.9	1.7	-0.1	0.1
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	10,497	8,860	9,386	9,909	8,940	14.0	11.5	11.8	12.0	10.6
At expanding establishments	8,968	6,959	7,540	8,097	7,163	12.0	9.0	9.5	9.8	8.5
At opening establishments	1,529	1,901	1,846	1,812	1,777	2.0	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.1
Gross job losses	6,368	7,719	6,071	7,682	8,667	8.5	10.0	7.6	9.3	10.3
At contracting establishments	5,035	6,513	5,239	5,707	7,170	6.7	8.4	6.6	6.9	8.5
At closing establishments	1,333	1,206	832	1,975	1,497	1.8	1.6	1.0	2.4	1.8
Net employment change (2)	4,129	1,141	3,315	2,227	273	5.5	1.5	4.2	2.7	0.3
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	1,599	1,623	1,623	1,797	1,556	9.2	9.1	9.0	9.7	8.3
At expanding establishments	1,262	1,196	1,250	1,390	1,225	7.3	6.7	6.9	7.5	6.5
At opening establishments	337	427	373	407	331	1.9	2.4	2.1	2.2	1.8
Gross job losses	1,264	1,144	1,245	1,333	1,531	7.3	6.4	6.8	7.2	8.2
At contracting establishments	983	856	879	1,061	1,105	5.7	4.8	4.8	5.7	5.9
At closing establishments	281	288	366	272	426	1.6	1.6	2.0	1.5	2.3
Net employment change (2)	335	479	378	464	25	1.9	2.7	2.2	2.5	0.1
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)
	Sept. 2020	Dec. 2020	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Sept. 2020	Dec. 2020	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept. 2021
United States(1)	9.5	7.4	6.8	6.7	7.2	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.9	6.2
Alabama	7.8	7.6	5.9	6.2	6.6	5.9	5.5	5.9	6.0	6.7
Alaska	12.2	13.4	11.0	9.5	10.4	9.8	7.7	9.4	9.2	9.5
Arizona	7.8	7.3	6.3	6.8	6.9	6.1	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.0
Arkansas	7.6	7.2	5.9	5.5	6.6	5.7	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.9
California	8.9	8.5	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.1	6.1	5.9	6.4	6.3
Colorado	10.1	7.5	8.6	7.8	8.1	6.4	7.2	5.6	6.4	7.0
Connecticut	11.4	6.6	6.3	6.6	6.8	5.1	5.9	5.3	5.9	6.0
Delaware	10.3	6.8	6.8	6.4	7.2	6.4	6.0	6.0	6.4	7.0
District of Columbia	8.2	5.3	5.5	7.0	7.9	5.7	5.5	5.3	5.4	4.8
Florida	9.5	8.0	6.9	7.8	9.2	6.7	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.0
Georgia	9.3	7.9	6.7	6.9	7.4	6.5	5.2	5.7	6.2	6.2
Hawaii	7.5	14.7	8.5	10.7	7.2	12.2	4.6	5.9	5.6	6.6
Idaho	8.4	8.7	8.1	7.2	7.7	6.4	6.1	5.7	7.2	7.3
Illinois	9.7	6.5	7.2	6.0	6.3	5.6	6.1	4.9	5.6	6.0
Indiana	8.3	6.8	6.0	5.7	6.3	5.2	5.0	5.1	6.0	5.8
Iowa	7.5	6.8	6.1	6.0	6.2	5.5	5.1	5.4	6.0	6.0
Kansas	7.9	7.0	6.2	6.2	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.5	6.1	6.6
Kentucky	9.0	7.3	7.3	6.4	6.6	5.1	6.1	5.1	6.5	6.5
Louisiana	9.1	8.7	6.4	6.8	6.9	7.0	5.6	5.9	6.2	8.6
Maine	12.3	8.5	9.0	7.7	7.8	6.0	6.3	6.3	7.8	8.0
Maryland	11.2	7.3	6.3	6.6	7.5	5.5	5.8	5.5	6.6	6.7
Massachusetts	12.4	7.0	6.6	6.9	7.2	5.4	5.5	5.0	5.7	5.9
Michigan	10.9	6.7	8.5	6.2	6.6	4.8	6.9	4.9	5.6	6.1
Minnesota	9.0	6.9	9.2	6.1	6.4	5.4	6.8	4.9	5.5	6.8
Mississippi	8.7	8.0	5.6	6.4	7.5	5.5	4.9	6.6	6.5	6.2
Missouri	8.5	7.1	6.3	6.0	6.7	5.7	5.2	5.3	6.3	6.1
Montana	9.9	9.4	8.8	8.3	8.4	7.2	6.8	6.9	8.1	8.3
Nebraska	8.2	6.8	6.5	6.2	6.2	5.8	5.5	6.2	6.0	6.6
Nevada	12.9	8.8	7.3	9.5	8.9	6.4	5.7	5.5	5.7	5.8
New Hampshire	11.8	7.4	7.4	7.0	7.0	5.3	6.4	5.4	6.4	6.8
New Jersey	15.7	8.1	7.0	7.2	7.4	5.6	5.9	5.6	5.7	6.1
New Mexico	8.5	7.3	8.5	7.1	7.9	6.1	7.5	5.7	6.6	6.3
New York	13.3	7.4	6.9	7.1	7.5	5.9	6.3	5.4	5.7	6.0
North Carolina	8.7	7.9	6.6	6.4	6.8	5.6	5.0	5.4	5.8	6.4
North Dakota	8.9	7.2	7.8	6.9	7.5	6.9	7.1	6.5	6.5	6.7
Ohio	7.8	6.6	6.1	5.9	6.1	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.8	6.0
Oklahoma	7.1	7.9	6.1	6.5	7.1	6.6	5.8	6.1	6.0	7.0
Oregon	9.0	7.4	8.5	6.6	7.0	6.3	6.5	5.6	6.6	6.5
Pennsylvania	10.3	6.2	6.4	5.6	6.2	4.9	5.3	4.6	5.3	5.3
Rhode Island	13.0	7.6	9.8	7.0	7.6	5.3	7.1	5.5	6.4	6.6
South Carolina	8.8	8.0	6.2	6.3	7.2	5.9	5.2	6.1	6.5	6.6
South Dakota	8.6	7.2	7.3	6.8	6.6	5.5	6.2	6.0	5.8	6.5
Tennessee	8.1	7.5	5.6	5.9	6.8	5.5	4.6	5.0	5.8	5.5
Texas	7.3	7.6	5.7	6.7	7.1	6.1	4.8	5.0	5.4	5.4
Utah	9.1	8.1	7.1	6.9	7.3	6.3	5.6	6.1	6.0	6.8
Vermont	12.9	7.6	8.2	8.4	7.9	5.8	8.0	6.1	6.8	7.5
Virginia	10.4	7.0	6.0	6.2	6.8	5.4	5.3	5.4	6.0	6.1
Washington	8.9	7.2	7.9	6.7	7.2	6.3	6.1	5.4	5.8	5.7
West Virginia	8.9	7.4	7.2	6.5	6.7	6.9	6.2	5.8	6.4	6.5
Wisconsin	7.6	6.3	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.1	4.7	5.4	5.8
Wyoming	10.8	10.0	9.1	8.8	8.9	7.7	7.7	8.3	8.5	8.6
Puerto Rico	11.1	6.6	6.6	7.7	8.3	5.1	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1
Virgin Islands	7.8	9.9	7.4	10.6	7.4	12.5	5.8	10.8	6.2	8.5
Footnotes (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.