Business Employment Dynamics in Oregon – Second Quarter 2023

From March 2023 to June 2023, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Oregon were 117,513, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 109,046, 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 loss of 8,467 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2023. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 18,711. (See chart 1.)

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Oregon, June 2018–June 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job losses	Gross job gains
Jun. 2018	101,753	103,621
Sep. 2018	102,022	101,801
Dec. 2018	98,360	109,277
Mar. 2019	96,773	105,103
Jun. 2019	99,548	105,586
Sep. 2019	102,504	102,840
Dec. 2019	96,907	110,694
Mar. 2020	110,945	114,180
Jun. 2020	287,752	81,476
Sep. 2020	95,928	137,487
Dec. 2020	101,649	114,639
Mar. 2021	88,257	136,658
Jun. 2021	105,527	107,186
Sep. 2021	104,468	113,701
Dec. 2021	100,047	125,905
Mar. 2022	93,444	125,838
Jun. 2022	116,249	100,087
Sep. 2022	98,428	110,795
Dec. 2022	104,861	109,234
Mar. 2023	104,113	122,824
Jun. 2023	117,513	109,046

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 6.4 percent of private-sector employment in Oregon; 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 Oregon, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 84,109 in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of 15,038 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 24,937 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 1,260 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Oregon, June 2018–June 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	Oregon	United States
Jun. 2018	6.3	6.2
Sep. 2018	6.2	6.0
Dec. 2018	6.7	6.2
Mar. 2019	6.3	6.0
Jun. 2019	6.3	6.1
Sep. 2019	6.2	5.9
Dec. 2019	6.6	6.2
Mar. 2020	6.8	5.5
Jun. 2020	5.1	4.8
Sep. 2020	9.0	9.4
Dec. 2020	7.4	7.4
Mar. 2021	8.6	7.0
Jun. 2021	6.6	6.8
Sep. 2021	7.1	7.3
Dec. 2021	7.7	7.7
Mar. 2022	7.6	6.7
Jun. 2022	6.0	6.6
Sep. 2022	6.7	6.9
Dec. 2022	6.5	6.3
Mar. 2023	7.3	6.2
Jun. 2023	6.4	6.2

Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2023, gross job losses represented 6.9 percent of private-sector employment in Oregon; 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 Oregon, contracting establishments lost 92,015 jobs in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 11,912 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 25,498 jobs, an increase of 1,488 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Oregon, June 2018–June 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	Oregon	United States
Jun. 2018	6.2	5.8
Sep. 2018	6.3	6.0
Dec. 2018	6.0	5.6
Mar. 2019	5.8	5.5
Jun. 2019	6.0	5.9
Sep. 2019	6.2	5.8
Dec. 2019	5.8	5.6
Mar. 2020	6.6	6.2
Jun. 2020	18.0	16.9
Sep. 2020	6.3	6.0
Dec. 2020	6.5	5.7
Mar. 2021	5.6	5.5
Jun. 2021	6.6	5.9
Sep. 2021	6.5	6.1
Dec. 2021	6.1	5.4
Mar. 2022	5.6	5.5
Jun. 2022	7.0	6.2
Sep. 2022	6.0	5.9
Dec. 2022	6.2	5.9
Mar. 2023	6.1	5.4
Jun. 2023	6.9	5.9

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 8 of the 11 industry sectors in Oregon in the second quarter of 2023. Retail trade had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 4,400 jobs. This was the result of 14,784 gross job losses and 10,384 gross job gains. The manufacturing industry had a net loss of 3,457 jobs, followed by the professional and business services industry (net loss of 3,300 jobs). Oregon’s education and health services industry sector had a net gain of 2,079 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, Oregon, 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	100,087	110,795	109,234	122,824	109,046	6.0	6.7	6.5	7.3	6.4
At expanding establishments	82,750	92,318	85,132	99,147	84,109	5.0	5.6	5.1	5.9	4.9
At opening establishments	17,337	18,477	24,102	23,677	24,937	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.5
Gross job losses	116,249	98,428	104,861	104,113	117,513	7.0	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.9
At contracting establishments	96,091	82,393	85,995	80,103	92,015	5.8	5.0	5.1	4.7	5.4
At closing establishments	20,158	16,035	18,866	24,010	25,498	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.5
Net employment change (2)	-16,162	12,367	4,373	18,711	-8,467	-1.0	0.7	0.3	1.2	-0.5
Construction
Gross job gains	8,677	9,227	10,104	10,981	9,783	7.6	8.2	8.8	9.3	8.3
At expanding establishments	7,000	7,336	7,767	8,954	7,463	6.1	6.5	6.8	7.6	6.3
At opening establishments	1,677	1,891	2,337	2,027	2,320	1.5	1.7	2.0	1.7	2.0
Gross job losses	9,607	9,001	9,122	10,200	11,350	8.3	8.0	7.9	8.7	9.7
At contracting establishments	7,840	7,188	7,019	7,617	8,651	6.8	6.4	6.1	6.5	7.4
At closing establishments	1,767	1,813	2,103	2,583	2,699	1.5	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.3
Net employment change (2)	-930	226	982	781	-1,567	-0.7	0.2	0.9	0.6	-1.4
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	7,110	6,534	7,041	6,563	5,979	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.1
At expanding establishments	6,580	5,690	6,133	5,967	5,431	3.4	3.0	3.2	3.1	2.8
At opening establishments	530	844	908	596	548	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3
Gross job losses	6,751	6,645	6,148	7,627	9,436	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.9	4.9
At contracting establishments	5,789	5,847	5,280	6,990	8,470	3.0	3.1	2.7	3.6	4.4
At closing establishments	962	798	868	637	966	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.5
Net employment change (2)	359	-111	893	-1,064	-3,457	0.2	-0.1	0.5	-0.5	-1.8
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	3,443	3,251	3,731	3,857	3,296	4.5	4.2	4.9	5.0	4.3
At expanding establishments	3,010	2,787	3,047	3,343	2,686	3.9	3.6	4.0	4.3	3.5
At opening establishments	433	464	684	514	610	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.8
Gross job losses	3,405	3,502	3,177	3,288	3,581	4.5	4.6	4.2	4.2	4.6
At contracting establishments	2,657	2,820	2,450	2,480	2,694	3.5	3.7	3.2	3.2	3.5
At closing establishments	748	682	727	808	887	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1
Net employment change (2)	38	-251	554	569	-285	0.0	-0.4	0.7	0.8	-0.3
Retail trade
Gross job gains	10,307	12,129	9,452	12,234	10,384	4.8	5.8	4.6	5.9	5.0
At expanding establishments	8,562	10,222	7,896	10,973	8,980	4.0	4.9	3.8	5.3	4.3
At opening establishments	1,745	1,907	1,556	1,261	1,404	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.7
Gross job losses	15,028	13,023	12,518	8,995	14,784	7.1	6.2	6.1	4.3	7.0
At contracting establishments	13,342	11,667	11,100	7,302	12,847	6.3	5.6	5.4	3.5	6.1
At closing establishments	1,686	1,356	1,418	1,693	1,937	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-4,721	-894	-3,066	3,239	-4,400	-2.3	-0.4	-1.5	1.6	-2.0
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	3,129	3,487	4,721	3,418	3,476	4.3	4.8	6.5	4.8	4.9
At expanding establishments	2,765	3,097	4,185	3,020	2,921	3.8	4.3	5.8	4.2	4.1
At opening establishments	364	390	536	398	555	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.8
Gross job losses	4,866	3,990	3,902	4,934	4,325	6.7	5.5	5.4	6.9	6.0
At contracting establishments	4,372	3,670	3,348	4,292	3,724	6.0	5.1	4.6	6.0	5.2
At closing establishments	494	320	554	642	601	0.7	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-1,737	-503	819	-1,516	-849	-2.4	-0.7	1.1	-2.1	-1.1
Information
Gross job gains	2,485	2,189	1,735	2,446	1,886	6.8	6.0	4.8	6.7	5.2
At expanding establishments	1,943	1,718	1,236	1,889	1,419	5.3	4.7	3.4	5.2	3.9
At opening establishments	542	471	499	557	467	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.3
Gross job losses	2,598	2,423	2,667	1,965	2,720	7.1	6.6	7.4	5.4	7.4
At contracting establishments	1,984	1,882	2,129	1,380	2,093	5.4	5.1	5.9	3.8	5.7
At closing establishments	614	541	538	585	627	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7
Net employment change (2)	-113	-234	-932	481	-834	-0.3	-0.6	-2.6	1.3	-2.2
Financial activities
Gross job gains	4,890	5,200	4,486	5,293	5,422	5.8	6.2	5.4	6.4	6.5
At expanding establishments	3,715	4,250	3,308	4,402	4,193	4.4	5.1	4.0	5.3	5.0
At opening establishments	1,175	950	1,178	891	1,229	1.4	1.1	1.4	1.1	1.5
Gross job losses	6,176	5,114	5,721	4,866	5,794	7.3	6.1	6.9	5.9	7.0
At contracting establishments	4,801	3,995	4,502	3,356	3,804	5.7	4.8	5.4	4.1	4.6
At closing establishments	1,375	1,119	1,219	1,510	1,990	1.6	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.4
Net employment change (2)	-1,286	86	-1,235	427	-372	-1.5	0.1	-1.5	0.5	-0.5
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	16,474	17,340	18,171	17,711	15,067	6.2	6.6	6.9	6.7	5.6
At expanding establishments	13,525	14,534	14,337	15,297	11,542	5.1	5.5	5.4	5.8	4.3
At opening establishments	2,949	2,806	3,834	2,414	3,525	1.1	1.1	1.5	0.9	1.3
Gross job losses	19,355	16,525	17,581	16,691	18,367	7.3	6.3	6.6	6.3	6.9
At contracting establishments	16,383	13,621	13,512	12,939	14,847	6.2	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.6
At closing establishments	2,972	2,904	4,069	3,752	3,520	1.1	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.3
Net employment change (2)	-2,881	815	590	1,020	-3,300	-1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	-1.3
Education and health services
Gross job gains	12,537	15,441	14,291	17,695	15,447	4.2	5.2	4.7	5.8	4.9
At expanding establishments	10,531	13,137	11,501	15,632	12,796	3.5	4.4	3.8	5.1	4.1
At opening establishments	2,006	2,304	2,790	2,063	2,651	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8
Gross job losses	15,463	11,491	12,232	12,032	13,368	5.2	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.2
At contracting establishments	12,019	9,217	9,685	8,034	9,794	4.0	3.1	3.2	2.6	3.1
At closing establishments	3,444	2,274	2,547	3,998	3,574	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.3	1.1
Net employment change (2)	-2,926	3,950	2,059	5,663	2,079	-1.0	1.3	0.7	1.9	0.7
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	16,745	17,095	17,597	17,738	18,311	8.6	8.6	8.8	8.7	8.9
At expanding establishments	13,994	14,445	13,997	14,921	14,385	7.2	7.3	7.0	7.3	7.0
At opening establishments	2,751	2,650	3,600	2,817	3,926	1.4	1.3	1.8	1.4	1.9
Gross job losses	16,232	15,540	14,177	16,704	18,122	8.3	7.9	7.1	8.2	8.8
At contracting establishments	13,333	13,497	11,739	12,984	14,008	6.8	6.9	5.9	6.4	6.8
At closing establishments	2,899	2,043	2,438	3,720	4,114	1.5	1.0	1.2	1.8	2.0
Net employment change (2)	513	1,555	3,420	1,034	189	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.5	0.1
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	4,346	4,563	4,476	5,154	4,982	7.0	7.4	7.2	8.2	7.7
At expanding establishments	3,582	3,628	3,471	4,315	3,877	5.8	5.9	5.6	6.9	6.0
At opening establishments	764	935	1,005	839	1,105	1.2	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.7
Gross job losses	4,104	4,112	4,175	4,975	4,489	6.7	6.7	6.7	8.0	7.0
At contracting establishments	3,056	3,131	3,287	3,113	2,810	5.0	5.1	5.3	5.0	4.4
At closing establishments	1,048	981	888	1,862	1,679	1.7	1.6	1.4	3.0	2.6
Net employment change (2)	242	451	301	179	493	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7
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.

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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