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.
2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,455 7,328 7,604 7,256 7,793 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.4
At expanding establishments 6,040 6,019 6,246 5,935 6,361 5.0 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.2
At opening establishments 1,415 1,309 1,358 1,321 1,432 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2
Gross job losses 7,065 6,674 7,128 7,396 6,794 5.9 5.4 5.8 6.1 5.5
At contracting establishments 5,760 5,521 5,879 6,082 5,506 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.5
At closing establishments 1,305 1,153 1,249 1,314 1,288 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0
Net employment change 390 654 476 -140 999 0.3 0.6 0.4 -0.1 0.9
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,319 1,394 1,394 1,257 1,419 6.3 6.6 6.6 5.9 6.6
At expanding establishments 1,126 1,206 1,207 1,079 1,218 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.1 5.7
At opening establishments 193 188 187 178 201 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9
Gross job losses 1,297 1,191 1,277 1,326 1,222 6.2 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.7
At contracting establishments 1,101 1,009 1,081 1,121 1,032 5.3 4.8 5.1 5.3 4.8
At closing establishments 196 182 196 205 190 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9
Net employment change 22 203 117 -69 197 0.1 0.9 0.6 -0.4 0.9
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 252 287 270 251 254 13.6 15.3 14.3 13.4 13.4
At expanding establishments 220 253 238 219 222 11.9 13.5 12.6 11.7 11.7
At opening establishments 32 34 32 32 32 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7
Gross job losses 269 232 258 240 256 14.6 12.4 13.7 12.8 13.5
At contracting establishments 238 199 221 210 226 12.9 10.6 11.7 11.2 11.9
At closing establishments 31 33 37 30 30 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.6
Net employment change -17 55 12 11 -2 -1.0 2.9 0.6 0.6 -0.1
Construction
Gross job gains 654 707 680 613 708 9.7 10.3 9.8 8.9 10.2
At expanding establishments 533 584 562 501 577 7.9 8.5 8.1 7.3 8.3
At opening establishments 121 123 118 112 131 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.9
Gross job losses 635 582 634 662 603 9.5 8.5 9.1 9.6 8.7
At contracting establishments 515 474 521 537 488 7.7 6.9 7.5 7.8 7.0
At closing establishments 120 108 113 125 115 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7
Net employment change 19 125 46 -49 105 0.2 1.8 0.7 -0.7 1.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 413 400 444 393 457 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.7
At expanding establishments 373 369 407 359 419 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.9 3.4
At opening establishments 40 31 37 34 38 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gross job losses 393 377 385 424 363 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.0
At contracting establishments 348 336 339 374 318 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6
At closing establishments 45 41 46 50 45 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Net employment change 20 23 59 -31 94 0.1 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0.7
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,136 5,934 6,210 5,999 6,374 6.1 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.3
At expanding establishments 4,914 4,813 5,039 4,856 5,143 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.1
At opening establishments 1,222 1,121 1,171 1,143 1,231 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2
Gross job losses 5,768 5,483 5,851 6,070 5,572 5.8 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.5
At contracting establishments 4,659 4,512 4,798 4,961 4,474 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.4
At closing establishments 1,109 971 1,053 1,109 1,098 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
Net employment change 368 451 359 -71 802 0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.8
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 272 263 282 265 280 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.8
At expanding establishments 225 220 236 223 235 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.8 4.0
At opening establishments 47 43 46 42 45 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8
Gross job losses 256 249 246 268 247 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.2
At contracting establishments 201 196 194 213 193 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.3
At closing establishments 55 53 52 55 54 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Net employment change 16 14 36 -3 33 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.6
Retail trade
Gross job gains 895 927 920 875 899 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.7
At expanding establishments 777 805 797 754 789 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.7 5.0
At opening establishments 118 122 123 121 110 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
Gross job losses 923 881 924 977 887 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.1 5.6
At contracting establishments 803 775 799 849 774 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.3 4.9
At closing establishments 120 106 125 128 113 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7
Net employment change -28 46 -4 -102 12 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.6 0.1
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 383 245 266 305 388 7.8 5.0 5.4 6.2 7.7
At expanding establishments 339 215 231 266 343 6.9 4.4 4.7 5.4 6.8
At opening establishments 44 30 35 39 45 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Gross job losses 232 323 253 232 228 4.8 6.6 5.2 4.6 4.5
At contracting establishments 194 290 216 195 188 4.0 5.9 4.4 3.9 3.7
At closing establishments 38 33 37 37 40 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8
Net employment change 151 -78 13 73 160 3.0 -1.6 0.2 1.6 3.2
Utilities
Gross job gains 12 11 12 11 12 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2
At expanding establishments 10 10 11 10 11 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.0
At opening establishments 2 1 1 1 1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Gross job losses 13 10 13 13 11 2.4 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.0
At contracting establishments 11 9 12 12 10 2.0 1.6 2.2 2.2 1.8
At closing establishments 2 1 1 1 1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Net employment change -1 1 -1 -2 1 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.2
Information
Gross job gains 142 142 157 151 150 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.3
At expanding establishments 115 120 132 125 124 4.1 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.4
At opening establishments 27 22 25 26 26 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Gross job losses 150 139 191 153 142 5.3 4.9 6.8 5.5 5.1
At contracting establishments 121 116 166 129 114 4.3 4.1 5.9 4.6 4.1
At closing establishments 29 23 25 24 28 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0
Net employment change -8 3 -34 -2 8 -0.2 0.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.2
Financial activities
Gross job gains 382 353 390 370 384 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.8
At expanding establishments 298 289 315 298 298 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.7
At opening establishments 84 64 75 72 86 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1
Gross job losses 356 336 343 362 368 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.6
At contracting establishments 274 262 267 283 282 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.5
At closing establishments 82 74 76 79 86 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1
Net employment change 26 17 47 8 16 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.2
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,395 1,285 1,437 1,363 1,480 7.0 6.3 7.0 6.7 7.2
At expanding establishments 1,121 1,058 1,185 1,120 1,206 5.6 5.2 5.8 5.5 5.9
At opening establishments 274 227 252 243 274 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3
Gross job losses 1,359 1,265 1,331 1,390 1,305 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.4
At contracting establishments 1,075 1,026 1,074 1,117 1,022 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.0
At closing establishments 284 239 257 273 283 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4
Net employment change 36 20 106 -27 175 0.3 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0.8
Education and health services
Gross job gains 966 948 983 981 980 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.4
At expanding establishments 774 786 812 814 802 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6
At opening establishments 192 162 171 167 178 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Gross job losses 905 813 901 903 861 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.8
At contracting establishments 709 656 729 724 676 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.0
At closing establishments 196 157 172 179 185 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Net employment change 61 135 82 78 119 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,308 1,321 1,333 1,277 1,371 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.0 8.6
At expanding establishments 1,016 1,054 1,054 1,003 1,085 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.8
At opening establishments 292 267 279 274 286 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8
Gross job losses 1,240 1,149 1,324 1,424 1,212 8.0 7.2 8.3 9.0 7.6
At contracting establishments 1,027 955 1,106 1,187 993 6.6 6.0 6.9 7.5 6.2
At closing establishments 213 194 218 237 219 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.4
Net employment change 68 172 9 -147 159 0.4 1.2 0.1 -1.0 1.0
Other services
Gross job gains 281 286 306 278 292 6.8 6.9 7.4 6.7 7.1
At expanding establishments 219 228 243 220 231 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.6
At opening establishments 62 58 63 58 61 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5
Gross job losses 293 272 281 304 272 7.1 6.6 6.8 7.3 6.6
At contracting establishments 231 212 220 238 210 5.6 5.1 5.3 5.7 5.1
At closing establishments 62 60 61 66 62 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5
Net employment change -12 14 25 -26 20 -0.3 0.3 0.6 -0.6 0.5
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately
