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Gross job losses 20.4 million and gross job gains 5.7 million in the 2nd quarter of 2020

01/27/2021

In the second quarter of 2020, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 20.4 million. Gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 5.7 million.
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  • Quarterly Data on Business Employment Dynamics (HTML) (PDF) — this release includes updates for the private sector as a whole and for firm size classes.
  • Quarterly Data From BLS on Business Employment Dynamics by State (TXT) (PDF) — State-level Business Employment Dynamics.
  • Firm Size Class Quarterly Data (HTML) (PDF) — this initial release of firm size class data includes analysis of data series that begin in 1992.
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