Table 3. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains and job losses Gross job gains and job losses
(in thousands) as a percent of employment
Category 3 months ended 3 months ended
Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.
2024 2024 2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2025 2025 2025
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,665 7,802 7,448 7,585 7,475 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6
At expanding establishments 6,101 6,142 5,859 6,058 5,878 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4
At opening establishments 1,564 1,660 1,589 1,527 1,597 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2
Gross job losses 7,607 7,496 7,238 7,906 7,634 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.7
At contracting establishments 6,065 5,964 5,850 6,336 6,142 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.6
At closing establishments 1,542 1,532 1,388 1,570 1,492 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1
Net employment change 58 306 210 -321 -159 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.3 -0.1
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,242 1,258 1,282 1,240 1,182 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3
At expanding establishments 1,026 1,044 1,069 1,050 986 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.4
At opening establishments 216 214 213 190 196 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9
Gross job losses 1,316 1,319 1,241 1,337 1,325 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.9 5.9
At contracting establishments 1,089 1,099 1,043 1,105 1,108 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.9
At closing establishments 227 220 198 232 217 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0
Net employment change -74 -61 41 -97 -143 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.6
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 225 197 214 219 213 12.4 10.8 11.7 12.2 11.9
At expanding establishments 193 169 184 190 186 10.6 9.3 10.1 10.6 10.4
At opening establishments 32 28 30 29 27 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5
Gross job losses 207 248 227 206 201 11.4 13.6 12.4 11.4 11.3
At contracting establishments 178 219 199 180 176 9.8 12.0 10.9 10.0 9.9
At closing establishments 29 29 28 26 25 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4
Net employment change 18 -51 -13 13 12 1.0 -2.8 -0.7 0.8 0.6
Construction
Gross job gains 643 678 699 646 623 8.0 8.3 8.4 7.8 7.6
At expanding establishments 507 539 560 527 498 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.1
At opening establishments 136 139 139 119 125 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5
Gross job losses 656 633 608 687 678 8.1 7.8 7.4 8.3 8.3
At contracting establishments 517 497 486 544 539 6.4 6.1 5.9 6.6 6.6
At closing establishments 139 136 122 143 139 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.7
Net employment change -13 45 91 -41 -55 -0.1 0.5 1.0 -0.5 -0.7
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 374 383 369 375 346 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8
At expanding establishments 326 336 325 333 302 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4
At opening establishments 48 47 44 42 44 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
Gross job losses 453 438 406 444 446 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.5
At contracting establishments 394 383 358 381 393 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1
At closing establishments 59 55 48 63 53 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Net employment change -79 -55 -37 -69 -100 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,423 6,544 6,166 6,345 6,293 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.7
At expanding establishments 5,075 5,098 4,790 5,008 4,892 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.4
At opening establishments 1,348 1,446 1,376 1,337 1,401 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3
Gross job losses 6,291 6,177 5,997 6,569 6,309 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.8
At contracting establishments 4,976 4,865 4,807 5,231 5,034 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.6
At closing establishments 1,315 1,312 1,190 1,338 1,275 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2
Net employment change 132 367 169 -224 -16 0.1 0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 258 251 255 250 235 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9
At expanding establishments 208 199 207 203 189 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1
At opening establishments 50 52 48 47 46 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Gross job losses 265 264 254 275 257 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.3
At contracting establishments 204 206 200 213 205 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.4
At closing establishments 61 58 54 62 52 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9
Net employment change -7 -13 1 -25 -22 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.4
Retail trade
Gross job gains 813 745 841 786 789 5.2 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.1
At expanding establishments 697 633 731 670 676 4.5 4.1 4.7 4.3 4.4
At opening establishments 116 112 110 116 113 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Gross job losses 858 879 707 914 838 5.5 5.7 4.6 5.9 5.4
At contracting establishments 744 750 602 777 708 4.8 4.9 3.9 5.0 4.6
At closing establishments 114 129 105 137 130 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8
Net employment change -45 -134 134 -128 -49 -0.3 -0.9 0.8 -0.9 -0.3
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 353 477 342 313 349 5.4 7.3 5.1 4.8 5.3
At expanding establishments 299 425 220 269 292 4.6 6.5 3.3 4.1 4.4
At opening establishments 54 52 122 44 57 0.8 0.8 1.8 0.7 0.9
Gross job losses 296 281 428 380 330 4.6 4.3 6.5 5.8 5.0
At contracting establishments 245 228 384 333 281 3.8 3.5 5.8 5.1 4.3
At closing establishments 51 53 44 47 49 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Net employment change 57 196 -86 -67 19 0.8 3.0 -1.4 -1.0 0.3
Utilities
Gross job gains 15 18 16 18 17 2.5 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.8
At expanding establishments 13 15 14 15 14 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3
At opening establishments 2 3 2 3 3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5
Gross job losses 13 13 13 16 14 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.3
At contracting establishments 11 11 11 14 12 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.0
At closing establishments 2 2 2 2 2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Net employment change 2 5 3 2 3 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5
Information
Gross job gains 143 139 123 143 147 4.9 4.8 4.2 5.0 5.1
At expanding establishments 111 107 96 118 106 3.8 3.7 3.3 4.1 3.7
At opening establishments 32 32 27 25 41 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.4
Gross job losses 152 166 156 164 163 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.8
At contracting establishments 118 128 128 117 130 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.6
At closing establishments 34 38 28 47 33 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.2
Net employment change -9 -27 -33 -21 -16 -0.4 -0.9 -1.3 -0.8 -0.7
Financial activities
Gross job gains 398 391 371 403 369 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.7 4.2
At expanding establishments 305 282 289 310 280 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.2
At opening establishments 93 109 82 93 89 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0
Gross job losses 402 392 367 402 389 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.5
At contracting establishments 304 287 269 296 294 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.4
At closing establishments 98 105 98 106 95 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1
Net employment change -4 -1 4 1 -20 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.3
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,473 1,434 1,340 1,439 1,449 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.5
At expanding establishments 1,148 1,089 1,051 1,132 1,119 5.1 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.0
At opening establishments 325 345 289 307 330 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5
Gross job losses 1,488 1,536 1,359 1,509 1,490 6.6 6.9 6.1 6.7 6.7
At contracting establishments 1,141 1,186 1,055 1,186 1,157 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.2
At closing establishments 347 350 304 323 333 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5
Net employment change -15 -102 -19 -70 -41 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2
Education and health services
Gross job gains 1,247 1,247 1,169 1,219 1,208 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.6
At expanding establishments 1,012 966 933 973 974 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7
At opening establishments 235 281 236 246 234 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9
Gross job losses 1,001 1,044 983 1,156 1,044 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.5 4.0
At contracting establishments 773 797 771 907 815 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.5 3.1
At closing establishments 228 247 212 249 229 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9
Net employment change 246 203 186 63 164 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.6
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,344 1,476 1,302 1,364 1,305 8.1 8.8 7.7 8.1 7.8
At expanding establishments 1,025 1,141 1,000 1,063 1,002 6.2 6.8 5.9 6.3 6.0
At opening establishments 319 335 302 301 303 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8
Gross job losses 1,474 1,262 1,400 1,401 1,440 8.9 7.5 8.3 8.4 8.7
At contracting establishments 1,192 1,027 1,148 1,137 1,181 7.2 6.1 6.8 6.8 7.1
At closing establishments 282 235 252 264 259 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6
Net employment change -130 214 -98 -37 -135 -0.8 1.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.9
Other services
Gross job gains 319 308 302 313 293 7.1 6.9 6.8 7.0 6.5
At expanding establishments 246 231 232 240 224 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.0
At opening establishments 73 77 70 73 69 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5
Gross job losses 312 311 300 318 312 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.1 7.0
At contracting establishments 236 237 229 241 241 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.4
At closing establishments 76 74 71 77 71 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6
Net employment change 7 -3 2 -5 -19 0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.5
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.
United States Department of Labor
