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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 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 Total private(1) Gross job gains 8,352 8,841 8,108 8,041 8,120 6.6 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.2 At expanding establishments 6,624 7,183 6,447 6,515 6,511 5.2 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 At opening establishments 1,728 1,658 1,661 1,526 1,609 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 Gross job losses 7,970 7,500 7,630 7,065 7,788 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.9 At contracting establishments 6,450 5,995 6,113 5,646 6,296 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.8 At closing establishments 1,520 1,505 1,517 1,419 1,492 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 Net employment change 382 1,341 478 976 332 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.3 Goods-producing Gross job gains 1,348 1,383 1,341 1,343 1,350 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 At expanding establishments 1,135 1,172 1,124 1,139 1,147 5.1 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 At opening establishments 213 211 217 204 203 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 Gross job losses 1,291 1,234 1,288 1,211 1,318 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.8 At contracting establishments 1,072 1,024 1,073 1,007 1,095 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.8 At closing establishments 219 210 215 204 223 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 Net employment change 57 149 53 132 32 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.1 Natural resources and mining Gross job gains 226 234 204 218 247 12.6 13.0 11.1 11.9 13.5 At expanding establishments 197 205 176 192 217 11.0 11.4 9.6 10.5 11.9 At opening establishments 29 29 28 26 30 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 Gross job losses 223 180 240 229 204 12.4 10.0 13.2 12.5 11.2 At contracting establishments 194 156 215 198 175 10.8 8.7 11.8 10.8 9.6 At closing establishments 29 24 25 31 29 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.6 Net employment change 3 54 -36 -11 43 0.2 3.0 -2.1 -0.6 2.3 Construction Gross job gains 653 655 667 706 666 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.9 8.4 At expanding establishments 521 525 529 571 541 6.7 6.8 6.8 7.2 6.8 At opening establishments 132 130 138 135 125 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 Gross job losses 642 626 630 580 663 8.3 8.1 8.1 7.4 8.4 At contracting establishments 509 495 495 457 522 6.6 6.4 6.4 5.8 6.6 At closing establishments 133 131 135 123 141 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 Net employment change 11 29 37 126 3 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.5 0.0 Manufacturing Gross job gains 469 494 470 419 437 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.4 At expanding establishments 417 442 419 376 389 3.3 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.0 At opening establishments 52 52 51 43 48 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 Gross job losses 426 428 418 402 451 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.5 At contracting establishments 369 373 363 352 398 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.1 At closing establishments 57 55 55 50 53 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Net employment change 43 66 52 17 -14 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.1 -0.1 Service-providing(1) Gross job gains 7,004 7,458 6,767 6,698 6,770 6.6 7.1 6.3 6.2 6.2 At expanding establishments 5,489 6,011 5,323 5,376 5,364 5.2 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.9 At opening establishments 1,515 1,447 1,444 1,322 1,406 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 Gross job losses 6,679 6,266 6,342 5,854 6,470 6.3 5.9 5.9 5.4 6.0 At contracting establishments 5,378 4,971 5,040 4,639 5,201 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.8 At closing establishments 1,301 1,295 1,302 1,215 1,269 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 Net employment change 325 1,192 425 844 300 0.3 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.2 Wholesale trade Gross job gains 314 333 293 280 280 5.2 5.6 4.9 4.7 4.6 At expanding establishments 252 273 239 234 231 4.2 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.8 At opening establishments 62 60 54 46 49 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 Gross job losses 275 258 253 250 261 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 At contracting establishments 210 200 195 191 204 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.3 At closing establishments 65 58 58 59 57 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 Net employment change 39 75 40 30 19 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.4 Retail trade Gross job gains 853 954 804 880 859 5.4 6.1 5.3 5.7 5.5 At expanding establishments 724 828 687 771 739 4.6 5.3 4.5 5.0 4.7 At opening establishments 129 126 117 109 120 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 Gross job losses 1,019 920 903 729 898 6.5 5.9 5.8 4.8 5.7 At contracting establishments 905 808 789 628 785 5.8 5.2 5.1 4.1 5.0 At closing establishments 114 112 114 101 113 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 Net employment change -166 34 -99 151 -39 -1.1 0.2 -0.5 0.9 -0.2 Transportation and warehousing Gross job gains 332 385 473 307 324 5.2 6.0 7.3 4.7 5.0 At expanding establishments 279 334 409 261 277 4.4 5.2 6.3 4.0 4.3 At opening establishments 53 51 64 46 47 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 Gross job losses 454 328 332 440 377 7.1 5.1 5.1 6.7 5.9 At contracting establishments 405 277 277 393 324 6.3 4.3 4.3 6.0 5.1 At closing establishments 49 51 55 47 53 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 Net employment change -122 57 141 -133 -53 -1.9 0.9 2.2 -2.0 -0.9 Utilities Gross job gains 16 19 18 16 21 2.9 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.6 At expanding establishments 13 17 16 14 19 2.4 3.1 2.9 2.5 3.3 At opening establishments 3 2 2 2 2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 Gross job losses 15 12 14 11 15 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.6 At contracting establishments 13 10 11 9 13 2.4 1.8 2.0 1.6 2.3 At closing establishments 2 2 3 2 2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 Net employment change 1 7 4 5 6 0.1 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.0 Information Gross job gains 211 203 166 139 146 7.0 6.6 5.4 4.6 4.8 At expanding establishments 170 162 127 112 115 5.6 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.8 At opening establishments 41 41 39 27 31 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.0 Gross job losses 183 176 190 179 216 6.1 5.8 6.2 5.8 7.2 At contracting establishments 148 137 151 147 180 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.8 6.0 At closing establishments 35 39 39 32 36 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.2 Net employment change 28 27 -24 -40 -70 0.9 0.8 -0.8 -1.2 -2.4 Financial activities Gross job gains 487 497 451 410 448 5.6 5.8 5.2 4.8 5.2 At expanding establishments 372 392 341 325 355 4.3 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.1 At opening establishments 115 105 110 85 93 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1 Gross job losses 460 438 473 401 413 5.3 5.1 5.5 4.6 4.7 At contracting establishments 354 332 363 297 308 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.4 3.5 At closing establishments 106 106 110 104 105 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 Net employment change 27 59 -22 9 35 0.3 0.7 -0.3 0.2 0.5 Professional and business services Gross job gains 1,695 1,776 1,520 1,475 1,497 7.5 7.8 6.7 6.5 6.6 At expanding establishments 1,308 1,403 1,173 1,184 1,181 5.8 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 At opening establishments 387 373 347 291 316 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 Gross job losses 1,592 1,501 1,601 1,422 1,578 7.1 6.6 7.0 6.3 7.0 At contracting establishments 1,273 1,163 1,252 1,112 1,263 5.7 5.1 5.5 4.9 5.6 At closing establishments 319 338 349 310 315 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 Net employment change 103 275 -81 53 -81 0.4 1.2 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 Education and health services Gross job gains 1,188 1,313 1,162 1,225 1,275 5.2 5.7 4.9 5.1 5.3 At expanding establishments 939 1,089 920 1,013 1,042 4.1 4.7 3.9 4.2 4.3 At opening establishments 249 224 242 212 233 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 Gross job losses 1,081 959 1,012 908 989 4.7 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.1 At contracting establishments 814 727 770 690 773 3.5 3.1 3.3 2.9 3.2 At closing establishments 267 232 242 218 216 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 Net employment change 107 354 150 317 286 0.5 1.6 0.6 1.3 1.2 Leisure and hospitality Gross job gains 1,461 1,529 1,459 1,464 1,423 9.3 9.7 9.1 9.0 8.6 At expanding establishments 1,158 1,224 1,149 1,178 1,126 7.4 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.8 At opening establishments 303 305 310 286 297 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 Gross job losses 1,264 1,347 1,224 1,182 1,375 8.1 8.5 7.6 7.2 8.4 At contracting establishments 1,024 1,092 996 948 1,113 6.6 6.9 6.2 5.8 6.8 At closing establishments 240 255 228 234 262 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.6 Net employment change 197 182 235 282 48 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.8 0.2 Other services Gross job gains 342 350 322 327 330 8.2 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.6 At expanding establishments 257 271 246 258 255 6.2 6.4 5.8 6.0 5.9 At opening establishments 85 79 76 69 75 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.7 Gross job losses 302 289 298 284 299 7.3 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.9 At contracting establishments 221 213 223 209 224 5.3 5.1 5.2 4.9 5.2 At closing establishments 81 76 75 75 75 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 Net employment change 40 61 24 43 31 0.9 1.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 (1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.