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
Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec.
2024 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 2025 2025 2025 2025
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,802 7,448 7,585 7,475 7,838 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.9
At expanding establishments 6,142 5,859 6,058 5,878 6,197 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.7
At opening establishments 1,660 1,589 1,527 1,597 1,641 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2
Gross job losses 7,496 7,238 7,906 7,634 7,245 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.7 5.5
At contracting establishments 5,964 5,850 6,336 6,142 5,812 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.4
At closing establishments 1,532 1,388 1,570 1,492 1,433 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1
Net employment change 306 210 -321 -159 593 0.2 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.4
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,258 1,282 1,240 1,182 1,280 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.7
At expanding establishments 1,044 1,069 1,050 986 1,065 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.7
At opening establishments 214 213 190 196 215 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0
Gross job losses 1,319 1,241 1,337 1,325 1,275 5.9 5.5 5.9 5.9 5.6
At contracting establishments 1,099 1,043 1,105 1,108 1,064 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.7
At closing establishments 220 198 232 217 211 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9
Net employment change -61 41 -97 -143 5 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.6 0.1
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 197 214 219 213 197 10.8 11.7 12.2 11.9 11.1
At expanding establishments 169 184 190 186 171 9.3 10.1 10.6 10.4 9.6
At opening establishments 28 30 29 27 26 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Gross job losses 248 227 206 201 237 13.6 12.4 11.4 11.3 13.3
At contracting establishments 219 199 180 176 211 12.0 10.9 10.0 9.9 11.8
At closing establishments 29 28 26 25 26 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5
Net employment change -51 -13 13 12 -40 -2.8 -0.7 0.8 0.6 -2.2
Construction
Gross job gains 678 699 646 623 684 8.3 8.4 7.8 7.6 8.3
At expanding establishments 539 560 527 498 543 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.6
At opening establishments 139 139 119 125 141 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.7
Gross job losses 633 608 687 678 643 7.8 7.4 8.3 8.3 7.8
At contracting establishments 497 486 544 539 509 6.1 5.9 6.6 6.6 6.2
At closing establishments 136 122 143 139 134 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6
Net employment change 45 91 -41 -55 41 0.5 1.0 -0.5 -0.7 0.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 383 369 375 346 399 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.2
At expanding establishments 336 325 333 302 351 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.8
At opening establishments 47 44 42 44 48 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Gross job losses 438 406 444 446 395 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.1
At contracting establishments 383 358 381 393 344 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 2.7
At closing establishments 55 48 63 53 51 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Net employment change -55 -37 -69 -100 4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7 0.1
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,544 6,166 6,345 6,293 6,558 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.7 6.0
At expanding establishments 5,098 4,790 5,008 4,892 5,132 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.7
At opening establishments 1,446 1,376 1,337 1,401 1,426 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
Gross job losses 6,177 5,997 6,569 6,309 5,970 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.4
At contracting establishments 4,865 4,807 5,231 5,034 4,748 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.3
At closing establishments 1,312 1,190 1,338 1,275 1,222 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1
Net employment change 367 169 -224 -16 588 0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.6
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 251 255 250 235 248 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.2
At expanding establishments 199 207 203 189 202 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.4
At opening establishments 52 48 47 46 46 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Gross job losses 264 254 275 257 247 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.1
At contracting establishments 206 200 213 205 193 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.2
At closing establishments 58 54 62 52 54 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9
Net employment change -13 1 -25 -22 1 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.1
Retail trade
Gross job gains 745 841 786 789 721 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.1 4.7
At expanding establishments 633 731 670 676 609 4.1 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.0
At opening establishments 112 110 116 113 112 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Gross job losses 879 707 914 838 868 5.7 4.6 5.9 5.4 5.7
At contracting establishments 750 602 777 708 752 4.9 3.9 5.0 4.6 4.9
At closing establishments 129 105 137 130 116 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8
Net employment change -134 134 -128 -49 -147 -0.9 0.8 -0.9 -0.3 -1.0
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 477 342 313 349 514 7.3 5.1 4.8 5.3 7.6
At expanding establishments 425 220 269 292 464 6.5 3.3 4.1 4.4 6.9
At opening establishments 52 122 44 57 50 0.8 1.8 0.7 0.9 0.7
Gross job losses 281 428 380 330 304 4.3 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.5
At contracting establishments 228 384 333 281 254 3.5 5.8 5.1 4.3 3.8
At closing establishments 53 44 47 49 50 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Net employment change 196 -86 -67 19 210 3.0 -1.4 -1.0 0.3 3.1
Utilities
Gross job gains 18 16 18 17 19 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.8 3.1
At expanding establishments 15 14 15 14 16 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.6
At opening establishments 3 2 3 3 3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5
Gross job losses 13 13 16 14 14 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.3 2.3
At contracting establishments 11 11 14 12 11 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.0 1.8
At closing establishments 2 2 2 2 3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
Net employment change 5 3 2 3 5 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8
Information
Gross job gains 139 123 143 147 141 4.8 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.0
At expanding establishments 107 96 118 106 108 3.7 3.3 4.1 3.7 3.8
At opening establishments 32 27 25 41 33 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.2
Gross job losses 166 156 164 163 155 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.5
At contracting establishments 128 128 117 130 122 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.3
At closing establishments 38 28 47 33 33 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.2 1.2
Net employment change -27 -33 -21 -16 -14 -0.9 -1.3 -0.8 -0.7 -0.5
Financial activities
Gross job gains 391 371 403 369 404 4.5 4.2 4.7 4.2 4.7
At expanding establishments 282 289 310 280 294 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.4
At opening establishments 109 82 93 89 110 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.3
Gross job losses 392 367 402 389 374 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.3
At contracting establishments 287 269 296 294 278 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.2
At closing establishments 105 98 106 95 96 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1
Net employment change -1 4 1 -20 30 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.3 0.4
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,434 1,340 1,439 1,449 1,481 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.6
At expanding establishments 1,089 1,051 1,132 1,119 1,148 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.0 5.1
At opening establishments 345 289 307 330 333 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5
Gross job losses 1,536 1,359 1,509 1,490 1,431 6.9 6.1 6.7 6.7 6.4
At contracting establishments 1,186 1,055 1,186 1,157 1,111 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.2 5.0
At closing establishments 350 304 323 333 320 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4
Net employment change -102 -19 -70 -41 50 -0.6 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.2
Education and health services
Gross job gains 1,247 1,169 1,219 1,208 1,200 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5
At expanding establishments 966 933 973 974 933 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5
At opening establishments 281 236 246 234 267 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0
Gross job losses 1,044 983 1,156 1,044 1,001 4.1 3.8 4.5 4.0 3.8
At contracting establishments 797 771 907 815 768 3.1 3.0 3.5 3.1 2.9
At closing establishments 247 212 249 229 233 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9
Net employment change 203 186 63 164 199 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.7
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,476 1,302 1,364 1,305 1,447 8.8 7.7 8.1 7.8 8.6
At expanding establishments 1,141 1,000 1,063 1,002 1,122 6.8 5.9 6.3 6.0 6.7
At opening establishments 335 302 301 303 325 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9
Gross job losses 1,262 1,400 1,401 1,440 1,259 7.5 8.3 8.4 8.7 7.5
At contracting establishments 1,027 1,148 1,137 1,181 1,033 6.1 6.8 6.8 7.1 6.2
At closing establishments 235 252 264 259 226 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3
Net employment change 214 -98 -37 -135 188 1.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.9 1.1
Other services
Gross job gains 308 302 313 293 296 6.9 6.8 7.0 6.5 6.6
At expanding establishments 231 232 240 224 223 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.0 5.0
At opening establishments 77 70 73 69 73 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6
Gross job losses 311 300 318 312 284 7.0 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.3
At contracting establishments 237 229 241 241 216 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.4 4.8
At closing establishments 74 71 77 71 68 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5
Net employment change -3 2 -5 -19 12 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 0.3
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.
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