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
Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.
2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,689 7,455 7,328 7,604 7,256 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.0
At expanding establishments 6,232 6,040 6,019 6,246 5,935 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.1 4.9
At opening establishments 1,457 1,415 1,309 1,358 1,321 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
Gross job losses 7,008 7,065 6,674 7,128 7,396 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.8 6.1
At contracting establishments 5,760 5,760 5,521 5,879 6,082 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.0
At closing establishments 1,248 1,305 1,153 1,249 1,314 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1
Net employment change 681 390 654 476 -140 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 -0.1
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,313 1,319 1,394 1,394 1,257 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.6 5.9
At expanding establishments 1,107 1,126 1,206 1,207 1,079 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.1
At opening establishments 206 193 188 187 178 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Gross job losses 1,308 1,297 1,191 1,277 1,326 6.3 6.2 5.7 6.0 6.3
At contracting establishments 1,113 1,101 1,009 1,081 1,121 5.4 5.3 4.8 5.1 5.3
At closing establishments 195 196 182 196 205 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0
Net employment change 5 22 203 117 -69 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.6 -0.4
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 248 252 287 270 251 13.4 13.6 15.3 14.3 13.4
At expanding establishments 216 220 253 238 219 11.7 11.9 13.5 12.6 11.7
At opening establishments 32 32 34 32 32 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7
Gross job losses 257 269 232 258 240 13.9 14.6 12.4 13.7 12.8
At contracting establishments 225 238 199 221 210 12.2 12.9 10.6 11.7 11.2
At closing establishments 32 31 33 37 30 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.6
Net employment change -9 -17 55 12 11 -0.5 -1.0 2.9 0.6 0.6
Construction
Gross job gains 665 654 707 680 613 10.0 9.7 10.3 9.8 8.9
At expanding establishments 532 533 584 562 501 8.0 7.9 8.5 8.1 7.3
At opening establishments 133 121 123 118 112 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6
Gross job losses 622 635 582 634 662 9.3 9.5 8.5 9.1 9.6
At contracting establishments 507 515 474 521 537 7.6 7.7 6.9 7.5 7.8
At closing establishments 115 120 108 113 125 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.8
Net employment change 43 19 125 46 -49 0.7 0.2 1.8 0.7 -0.7
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 400 413 400 444 393 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.2
At expanding establishments 359 373 369 407 359 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.9
At opening establishments 41 40 31 37 34 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gross job losses 429 393 377 385 424 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.4
At contracting establishments 381 348 336 339 374 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.0
At closing establishments 48 45 41 46 50 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
Net employment change -29 20 23 59 -31 -0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 -0.2
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,376 6,136 5,934 6,210 5,999 6.4 6.1 5.9 6.2 5.9
At expanding establishments 5,125 4,914 4,813 5,039 4,856 5.1 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8
At opening establishments 1,251 1,222 1,121 1,171 1,143 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1
Gross job losses 5,700 5,768 5,483 5,851 6,070 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.8 6.0
At contracting establishments 4,647 4,659 4,512 4,798 4,961 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.9
At closing establishments 1,053 1,109 971 1,053 1,109 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1
Net employment change 676 368 451 359 -71 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 277 272 263 282 265 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.5
At expanding establishments 226 225 220 236 223 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.8
At opening establishments 51 47 43 46 42 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7
Gross job losses 262 256 249 246 268 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.5
At contracting establishments 209 201 196 194 213 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.6
At closing establishments 53 55 53 52 55 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Net employment change 15 16 14 36 -3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.0
Retail trade
Gross job gains 957 895 927 920 875 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.5
At expanding establishments 817 777 805 797 754 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.7
At opening establishments 140 118 122 123 121 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Gross job losses 960 923 881 924 977 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.1
At contracting establishments 836 803 775 799 849 5.3 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.3
At closing establishments 124 120 106 125 128 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
Net employment change -3 -28 46 -4 -102 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.6
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 290 383 245 266 305 6.0 7.8 5.0 5.4 6.2
At expanding establishments 250 339 215 231 266 5.2 6.9 4.4 4.7 5.4
At opening establishments 40 44 30 35 39 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8
Gross job losses 229 232 323 253 232 4.8 4.8 6.6 5.2 4.6
At contracting establishments 190 194 290 216 195 4.0 4.0 5.9 4.4 3.9
At closing establishments 39 38 33 37 37 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7
Net employment change 61 151 -78 13 73 1.2 3.0 -1.6 0.2 1.6
Utilities
Gross job gains 11 12 11 12 11 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0
At expanding establishments 10 10 10 11 10 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.8
At opening establishments 1 2 1 1 1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2
Gross job losses 14 13 10 13 13 2.6 2.4 1.8 2.4 2.4
At contracting establishments 12 11 9 12 12 2.2 2.0 1.6 2.2 2.2
At closing establishments 2 2 1 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2
Net employment change -3 -1 1 -1 -2 -0.6 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.4
Information
Gross job gains 153 142 142 157 151 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.4
At expanding establishments 124 115 120 132 125 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.7 4.5
At opening establishments 29 27 22 25 26 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9
Gross job losses 152 150 139 191 153 5.4 5.3 4.9 6.8 5.5
At contracting establishments 126 121 116 166 129 4.5 4.3 4.1 5.9 4.6
At closing establishments 26 29 23 25 24 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9
Net employment change 1 -8 3 -34 -2 0.0 -0.2 0.2 -1.2 -0.1
Financial activities
Gross job gains 391 382 353 390 370 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.6
At expanding establishments 311 298 289 315 298 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.7
At opening establishments 80 84 64 75 72 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9
Gross job losses 350 356 336 343 362 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.5
At contracting establishments 276 274 262 267 283 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.5
At closing establishments 74 82 74 76 79 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0
Net employment change 41 26 17 47 8 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.1
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,474 1,395 1,285 1,437 1,363 7.4 7.0 6.3 7.0 6.7
At expanding establishments 1,199 1,121 1,058 1,185 1,120 6.0 5.6 5.2 5.8 5.5
At opening establishments 275 274 227 252 243 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2
Gross job losses 1,282 1,359 1,265 1,331 1,390 6.4 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.8
At contracting establishments 1,022 1,075 1,026 1,074 1,117 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.5
At closing establishments 260 284 239 257 273 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3
Net employment change 192 36 20 106 -27 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 -0.1
Education and health services
Gross job gains 1,044 966 948 983 981 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5
At expanding establishments 872 774 786 812 814 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7
At opening establishments 172 192 162 171 167 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8
Gross job losses 824 905 813 901 903 3.8 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.1
At contracting establishments 656 709 656 729 724 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.3
At closing establishments 168 196 157 172 179 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8
Net employment change 220 61 135 82 78 1.0 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,350 1,308 1,321 1,333 1,277 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.0
At expanding establishments 1,056 1,016 1,054 1,054 1,003 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.3
At opening establishments 294 292 267 279 274 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7
Gross job losses 1,304 1,240 1,149 1,324 1,424 8.4 8.0 7.2 8.3 9.0
At contracting establishments 1,086 1,027 955 1,106 1,187 7.0 6.6 6.0 6.9 7.5
At closing establishments 218 213 194 218 237 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.5
Net employment change 46 68 172 9 -147 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.1 -1.0
Other services
Gross job gains 309 281 286 306 278 7.6 6.8 6.9 7.4 6.7
At expanding establishments 241 219 228 243 220 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.3
At opening establishments 68 62 58 63 58 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4
Gross job losses 286 293 272 281 304 7.0 7.1 6.6 6.8 7.3
At contracting establishments 222 231 212 220 238 5.4 5.6 5.1 5.3 5.7
At closing establishments 64 62 60 61 66 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6
Net employment change 23 -12 14 25 -26 0.6 -0.3 0.3 0.6 -0.6
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately
