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.
2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 8,821 8,154 8,141 8,795 9,576 7.4 6.8 6.7 7.2 7.7
At expanding establishments 7,124 6,644 6,597 7,139 7,733 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.8 6.2
At opening establishments 1,697 1,510 1,544 1,656 1,843 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5
Gross job losses 6,757 6,469 7,248 7,482 6,697 5.7 5.4 5.9 6.2 5.4
At contracting establishments 5,403 5,340 5,982 5,937 5,347 4.6 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.3
At closing establishments 1,354 1,129 1,266 1,545 1,350 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.1
Net employment change 2,064 1,685 893 1,313 2,879 1.7 1.4 0.8 1.0 2.3
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,469 1,368 1,273 1,335 1,517 6.9 6.4 6.0 6.3 7.0
At expanding establishments 1,251 1,160 1,085 1,122 1,290 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.3 6.0
At opening establishments 218 208 188 213 227 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 1,172 1,181 1,328 1,266 1,133 5.6 5.5 6.2 5.9 5.2
At contracting establishments 982 1,004 1,131 1,045 940 4.7 4.7 5.3 4.9 4.3
At closing establishments 190 177 197 221 193 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9
Net employment change 297 187 -55 69 384 1.3 0.9 -0.2 0.4 1.8
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 231 238 220 218 228 13.3 13.4 12.6 12.7 12.9
At expanding establishments 200 209 194 191 200 11.5 11.8 11.1 11.1 11.3
At opening establishments 31 29 26 27 28 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6
Gross job losses 229 233 217 201 217 13.2 13.2 12.4 11.7 12.3
At contracting establishments 202 203 192 174 191 11.6 11.5 11.0 10.1 10.8
At closing establishments 27 30 25 27 26 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.5
Net employment change 2 5 3 17 11 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.6
Construction
Gross job gains 716 679 627 637 715 9.9 9.2 8.4 8.7 9.6
At expanding establishments 577 545 507 500 571 8.0 7.4 6.8 6.8 7.7
At opening establishments 139 134 120 137 144 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.9
Gross job losses 565 581 656 641 572 7.8 7.8 8.9 8.8 7.7
At contracting establishments 449 475 531 505 452 6.2 6.4 7.2 6.9 6.1
At closing establishments 116 106 125 136 120 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.6
Net employment change 151 98 -29 -4 143 2.1 1.4 -0.5 -0.1 1.9
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 522 451 426 480 574 4.3 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.6
At expanding establishments 474 406 384 431 519 3.9 3.3 3.1 3.5 4.2
At opening establishments 48 45 42 49 55 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
Gross job losses 378 367 455 424 344 3.1 3.0 3.7 3.5 2.8
At contracting establishments 331 326 408 366 297 2.7 2.7 3.3 3.0 2.4
At closing establishments 47 41 47 58 47 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4
Net employment change 144 84 -29 56 230 1.2 0.7 -0.3 0.4 1.8
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 7,352 6,786 6,868 7,460 8,059 7.6 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.9
At expanding establishments 5,873 5,484 5,512 6,017 6,443 6.1 5.6 5.5 6.0 6.3
At opening establishments 1,479 1,302 1,356 1,443 1,616 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6
Gross job losses 5,585 5,288 5,920 6,216 5,564 5.8 5.4 6.0 6.1 5.4
At contracting establishments 4,421 4,336 4,851 4,892 4,407 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.3
At closing establishments 1,164 952 1,069 1,324 1,157 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1
Net employment change 1,767 1,498 948 1,244 2,495 1.8 1.5 0.9 1.3 2.5
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 302 265 280 307 356 5.5 4.7 5.0 5.4 6.2
At expanding establishments 243 218 232 249 286 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.4 5.0
At opening establishments 59 47 48 58 70 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2
Gross job losses 223 220 247 276 224 3.9 3.9 4.4 4.9 3.9
At contracting establishments 170 173 190 202 171 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.0
At closing establishments 53 47 57 74 53 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.3 0.9
Net employment change 79 45 33 31 132 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 2.3
Retail trade
Gross job gains 936 923 926 961 925 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.0
At expanding establishments 814 801 801 836 798 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.2
At opening establishments 122 122 125 125 127 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Gross job losses 841 765 949 1,003 830 5.6 5.0 6.2 6.5 5.4
At contracting establishments 711 667 844 875 722 4.7 4.4 5.5 5.7 4.7
At closing establishments 130 98 105 128 108 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7
Net employment change 95 158 -23 -42 95 0.6 1.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.6
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 636 353 323 431 694 11.1 5.9 5.5 7.4 11.2
At expanding establishments 521 303 271 368 577 9.1 5.1 4.6 6.3 9.3
At opening establishments 115 50 52 63 117 2.0 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.9
Gross job losses 276 417 390 309 247 4.8 7.1 6.7 5.2 4.0
At contracting establishments 236 381 350 260 203 4.1 6.5 6.0 4.4 3.3
At closing establishments 40 36 40 49 44 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7
Net employment change 360 -64 -67 122 447 6.3 -1.2 -1.2 2.2 7.2
Utilities
Gross job gains 13 10 13 16 17 2.4 1.9 2.4 3.0 3.2
At expanding establishments 11 9 11 14 15 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.8
At opening establishments 2 1 2 2 2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4
Gross job losses 12 10 13 14 14 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.6 2.6
At contracting establishments 10 9 11 11 12 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.2
At closing establishments 2 1 2 3 2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4
Net employment change 1 0 0 2 3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6
Information
Gross job gains 175 181 193 240 224 6.6 6.6 6.9 8.5 7.6
At expanding establishments 136 153 148 195 179 5.1 5.6 5.3 6.9 6.1
At opening establishments 39 28 45 45 45 1.5 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.5
Gross job losses 143 117 161 146 172 5.4 4.3 5.8 5.1 5.9
At contracting establishments 109 93 131 109 136 4.1 3.4 4.7 3.8 4.7
At closing establishments 34 24 30 37 36 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.2
Net employment change 32 64 32 94 52 1.2 2.3 1.1 3.4 1.7
Financial activities
Gross job gains 432 386 418 483 512 5.3 4.7 5.1 5.8 6.1
At expanding establishments 321 302 322 374 388 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.6
At opening establishments 111 84 96 109 124 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5
Gross job losses 371 339 419 431 391 4.5 4.1 5.1 5.1 4.7
At contracting establishments 279 255 321 319 294 3.4 3.1 3.9 3.8 3.5
At closing establishments 92 84 98 112 97 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.2
Net employment change 61 47 -1 52 121 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.4
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,855 1,467 1,539 1,728 1,966 9.0 7.1 7.3 8.2 9.1
At expanding establishments 1,500 1,180 1,216 1,369 1,601 7.3 5.7 5.8 6.5 7.4
At opening establishments 355 287 323 359 365 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.7
Gross job losses 1,195 1,245 1,470 1,476 1,303 5.8 6.0 7.0 7.0 6.1
At contracting establishments 908 1,000 1,197 1,121 988 4.4 4.8 5.7 5.3 4.6
At closing establishments 287 245 273 355 315 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.5
Net employment change 660 222 69 252 663 3.2 1.1 0.3 1.2 3.0
Education and health services
Gross job gains 1,172 1,049 1,020 1,058 1,235 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.7 5.4
At expanding establishments 944 855 820 849 953 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.8 4.2
At opening establishments 228 194 200 209 282 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2
Gross job losses 892 912 1,002 1,078 994 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.8 4.4
At contracting establishments 697 744 806 829 776 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.4
At closing establishments 195 168 196 249 218 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.0
Net employment change 280 137 18 -20 241 1.2 0.7 0.0 -0.1 1.0
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,447 1,723 1,725 1,788 1,655 11.6 13.3 12.6 12.4 11.0
At expanding establishments 1,139 1,408 1,420 1,476 1,352 9.1 10.9 10.4 10.2 9.0
At opening establishments 308 315 305 312 303 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0
Gross job losses 1,329 983 984 1,176 1,098 10.6 7.7 7.2 8.2 7.3
At contracting establishments 1,087 809 802 961 899 8.7 6.3 5.9 6.7 6.0
At closing establishments 242 174 182 215 199 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.3
Net employment change 118 740 741 612 557 1.0 5.6 5.4 4.2 3.7
Other services
Gross job gains 327 322 330 349 363 8.8 8.5 8.5 8.9 9.0
At expanding establishments 235 239 256 270 275 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.8
At opening establishments 92 83 74 79 88 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.2
Gross job losses 283 256 260 278 263 7.6 6.8 6.8 7.1 6.5
At contracting establishments 208 197 191 196 197 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.9
At closing establishments 75 59 69 82 66 2.0 1.6 1.8 2.1 1.6
Net employment change 44 66 70 71 100 1.2 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.5
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.
United States Department of Labor
