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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 June Sept. Dec. Mar. June June Sept. Dec. Mar. June 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 Total private(1) Gross job gains 8,129 7,700 7,902 7,608 7,591 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.8 At expanding establishments 6,521 6,116 6,262 6,131 6,040 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 At opening establishments 1,608 1,584 1,640 1,477 1,551 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 Gross job losses 7,784 7,758 7,499 7,115 7,754 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.9 At contracting establishments 6,316 6,237 5,995 5,714 6,162 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.7 At closing establishments 1,468 1,521 1,504 1,401 1,592 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 Net employment change 345 -58 403 493 -163 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.3 -0.1 Goods-producing Gross job gains 1,369 1,255 1,319 1,357 1,248 6.0 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.4 At expanding establishments 1,156 1,044 1,097 1,161 1,055 5.1 4.6 4.8 5.1 4.6 At opening establishments 213 211 222 196 193 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 Gross job losses 1,327 1,324 1,300 1,226 1,332 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.8 At contracting establishments 1,107 1,106 1,091 1,021 1,101 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.8 At closing establishments 220 218 209 205 231 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 Net employment change 42 -69 19 131 -84 0.1 -0.4 0.1 0.6 -0.4 Natural resources and mining Gross job gains 252 223 207 230 217 13.7 12.1 11.2 12.3 11.8 At expanding establishments 220 193 175 205 190 12.0 10.5 9.5 11.0 10.3 At opening establishments 32 30 32 25 27 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.5 Gross job losses 207 219 242 223 208 11.3 11.9 13.1 12.0 11.3 At contracting establishments 179 191 214 195 180 9.8 10.4 11.6 10.5 9.8 At closing establishments 28 28 28 28 28 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 Net employment change 45 4 -35 7 9 2.4 0.2 -1.9 0.3 0.5 Construction Gross job gains 678 634 695 720 634 8.5 8.0 8.7 8.9 7.8 At expanding establishments 546 501 553 593 514 6.8 6.3 6.9 7.3 6.3 At opening establishments 132 133 142 127 120 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 Gross job losses 668 645 621 596 692 8.4 8.2 7.8 7.3 8.5 At contracting establishments 528 511 494 470 546 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.8 6.7 At closing establishments 140 134 127 126 146 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.8 Net employment change 10 -11 74 124 -58 0.1 -0.2 0.9 1.6 -0.7 Manufacturing Gross job gains 439 398 417 407 397 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 At expanding establishments 390 350 369 363 351 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 At opening establishments 49 48 48 44 46 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 Gross job losses 452 460 437 407 432 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3 At contracting establishments 400 404 383 356 375 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.9 At closing establishments 52 56 54 51 57 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Net employment change -13 -62 -20 0 -35 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 Service-providing(1) Gross job gains 6,760 6,445 6,583 6,251 6,343 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.8 At expanding establishments 5,365 5,072 5,165 4,970 4,985 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.6 At opening establishments 1,395 1,373 1,418 1,281 1,358 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 Gross job losses 6,457 6,434 6,199 5,889 6,422 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.8 At contracting establishments 5,209 5,131 4,904 4,693 5,061 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.6 At closing establishments 1,248 1,303 1,295 1,196 1,361 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 Net employment change 303 11 384 362 -79 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 Wholesale trade Gross job gains 282 266 276 261 257 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.2 At expanding establishments 231 215 222 214 208 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 At opening establishments 51 51 54 47 49 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 Gross job losses 261 260 255 253 269 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4 At contracting establishments 205 202 198 196 208 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 At closing establishments 56 58 57 57 61 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 Net employment change 21 6 21 8 -12 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 -0.2 Retail trade Gross job gains 867 841 762 826 803 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.1 At expanding establishments 742 721 642 716 689 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.6 4.4 At opening establishments 125 120 120 110 114 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 Gross job losses 898 906 873 725 874 5.7 5.8 5.7 4.7 5.6 At contracting establishments 783 777 753 615 746 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.0 4.8 At closing establishments 115 129 120 110 128 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 Net employment change -31 -65 -111 101 -71 -0.2 -0.4 -0.7 0.6 -0.5 Transportation and warehousing Gross job gains 332 345 504 272 294 5.2 5.3 7.7 4.1 4.6 At expanding establishments 281 291 449 232 249 4.4 4.5 6.9 3.5 3.9 At opening establishments 51 54 55 40 45 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 Gross job losses 373 344 292 452 338 5.8 5.4 4.5 6.9 5.3 At contracting establishments 321 293 241 406 287 5.0 4.6 3.7 6.2 4.5 At closing establishments 52 51 51 46 51 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 Net employment change -41 1 212 -180 -44 -0.6 -0.1 3.2 -2.8 -0.7 Utilities Gross job gains 21 19 19 15 16 3.6 3.2 3.3 2.5 2.7 At expanding establishments 19 17 16 13 13 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.2 At opening establishments 2 2 3 2 3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 Gross job losses 16 13 15 13 16 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.2 2.7 At contracting establishments 14 11 12 11 14 2.4 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.4 At closing establishments 2 2 3 2 2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 Net employment change 5 6 4 2 0 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 Information Gross job gains 149 134 157 146 130 5.0 4.6 5.4 5.0 4.5 At expanding establishments 116 97 122 120 101 3.9 3.3 4.2 4.1 3.5 At opening establishments 33 37 35 26 29 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.0 Gross job losses 221 197 160 139 175 7.4 6.7 5.5 4.8 6.0 At contracting establishments 183 158 127 111 136 6.1 5.4 4.4 3.8 4.7 At closing establishments 38 39 33 28 39 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.3 Net employment change -72 -63 -3 7 -45 -2.4 -2.1 -0.1 0.2 -1.5 Financial activities Gross job gains 451 395 399 363 396 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.6 At expanding establishments 354 298 291 284 304 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5 At opening establishments 97 97 108 79 92 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.1 Gross job losses 412 420 425 383 387 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.5 At contracting establishments 311 314 323 286 278 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.2 At closing establishments 101 106 102 97 109 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 Net employment change 39 -25 -26 -20 9 0.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 Professional and business services Gross job gains 1,516 1,445 1,426 1,364 1,437 6.7 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.4 At expanding establishments 1,183 1,120 1,098 1,087 1,120 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.0 At opening establishments 333 325 328 277 317 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.4 Gross job losses 1,583 1,546 1,550 1,351 1,523 7.0 6.8 6.9 6.0 6.8 At contracting establishments 1,264 1,209 1,216 1,050 1,193 5.6 5.3 5.4 4.7 5.3 At closing establishments 319 337 334 301 330 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 Net employment change -67 -101 -124 13 -86 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 -0.4 Education and health services Gross job gains 1,274 1,246 1,184 1,196 1,221 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.9 At expanding establishments 1,034 1,010 937 975 973 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 At opening establishments 240 236 247 221 248 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 Gross job losses 980 971 1,024 921 1,073 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.6 4.2 At contracting establishments 772 747 758 709 815 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.2 At closing establishments 208 224 266 212 258 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.0 Net employment change 294 275 160 275 148 1.2 1.2 0.6 1.2 0.7 Leisure and hospitality Gross job gains 1,443 1,363 1,460 1,360 1,368 8.8 8.3 8.8 8.1 8.2 At expanding establishments 1,133 1,052 1,131 1,067 1,065 6.9 6.4 6.8 6.4 6.4 At opening establishments 310 311 329 293 303 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.8 Gross job losses 1,375 1,436 1,278 1,315 1,421 8.3 8.8 7.7 7.8 8.5 At contracting establishments 1,121 1,179 1,047 1,073 1,141 6.8 7.2 6.3 6.4 6.8 At closing establishments 254 257 231 242 280 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.7 Net employment change 68 -73 182 45 -53 0.5 -0.5 1.1 0.3 -0.3 Other services Gross job gains 337 315 320 312 323 7.7 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.3 At expanding establishments 258 238 244 244 248 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.6 At opening establishments 79 77 76 68 75 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.7 Gross job losses 298 303 290 298 313 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.8 7.0 At contracting establishments 225 229 219 225 233 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.2 At closing establishments 73 74 71 73 80 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 Net employment change 39 12 30 14 10 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.3 (1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.