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Business Employment Dynamics
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BDM News Releases
Gross job gains are 7.4 million in 1st quarter 2026; gross job losses are 7.3 million
10/28/2026
In the first quarter of 2026, gross job gains from expanding and opening private-sector establishments
were 7.4 million. Gross job losses from contracting and closing private-sector establishments were 7.3
million.
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Current
- 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.
- County Employment and Wages (HTML) (PDF)
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Archived
- Archived Business Employment Dynamics Releases (1st Quarter, 2003 forward)