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
2021 2021 2021 2022 2022 2021 2021 2021 2022 2022
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 8,196 8,882 9,580 8,438 8,253 6.8 7.3 7.7 6.6 6.4
At expanding establishments 6,641 7,201 7,715 6,887 6,552 5.5 5.9 6.2 5.4 5.1
At opening establishments 1,555 1,681 1,865 1,551 1,701 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.3
Gross job losses 7,260 7,408 6,688 6,893 8,540 5.9 6.1 5.4 5.4 6.7
At contracting establishments 5,997 5,953 5,344 5,486 6,482 4.9 4.9 4.3 4.3 5.1
At closing establishments 1,263 1,455 1,344 1,407 2,058 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.6
Net employment change 936 1,474 2,892 1,545 -287 0.9 1.2 2.3 1.2 -0.3
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,287 1,350 1,526 1,426 1,331 6.0 6.3 7.1 6.4 6.0
At expanding establishments 1,092 1,128 1,290 1,220 1,130 5.1 5.3 6.0 5.5 5.1
At opening establishments 195 222 236 206 201 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9
Gross job losses 1,335 1,256 1,138 1,144 1,359 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.2 6.1
At contracting establishments 1,136 1,047 946 941 1,072 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.8
At closing establishments 199 209 192 203 287 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.3
Net employment change -48 94 388 282 -28 -0.2 0.4 1.8 1.2 -0.1
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 222 220 230 238 224 12.7 12.8 13.0 13.1 12.5
At expanding establishments 195 191 200 210 197 11.2 11.1 11.3 11.6 11.0
At opening establishments 27 29 30 28 27 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5
Gross job losses 222 201 218 223 226 12.7 11.7 12.4 12.3 12.6
At contracting establishments 195 175 192 191 192 11.2 10.2 10.9 10.5 10.7
At closing establishments 27 26 26 32 34 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.9
Net employment change 0 19 12 15 -2 0.0 1.1 0.6 0.8 -0.1
Construction
Gross job gains 637 643 725 710 643 8.6 8.7 9.7 9.3 8.3
At expanding establishments 512 501 575 574 519 6.9 6.8 7.7 7.5 6.7
At opening establishments 125 142 150 136 124 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.6
Gross job losses 657 640 573 573 672 8.9 8.7 7.7 7.5 8.8
At contracting establishments 532 509 454 452 506 7.2 6.9 6.1 5.9 6.6
At closing establishments 125 131 119 121 166 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 2.2
Net employment change -20 3 152 137 -29 -0.3 0.0 2.0 1.8 -0.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 428 487 571 478 464 3.5 4.0 4.6 3.8 3.7
At expanding establishments 385 436 515 436 414 3.1 3.6 4.1 3.5 3.3
At opening establishments 43 51 56 42 50 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4
Gross job losses 456 415 347 348 461 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.8 3.6
At contracting establishments 409 363 300 298 374 3.3 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.9
At closing establishments 47 52 47 50 87 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7
Net employment change -28 72 224 130 3 -0.2 0.6 1.8 1.0 0.1
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,909 7,532 8,054 7,012 6,922 7.0 7.4 7.8 6.7 6.5
At expanding establishments 5,549 6,073 6,425 5,667 5,422 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.4 5.1
At opening establishments 1,360 1,459 1,629 1,345 1,500 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.4
Gross job losses 5,925 6,152 5,550 5,749 7,181 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.4 6.8
At contracting establishments 4,861 4,906 4,398 4,545 5,410 4.9 4.9 4.3 4.3 5.1
At closing establishments 1,064 1,246 1,152 1,204 1,771 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.7
Net employment change 984 1,380 2,504 1,263 -259 1.0 1.3 2.4 1.3 -0.3
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 284 313 357 307 306 5.0 5.5 6.2 5.3 5.2
At expanding establishments 234 252 286 257 248 4.1 4.4 5.0 4.4 4.2
At opening establishments 50 61 71 50 58 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.0
Gross job losses 248 271 224 237 311 4.4 4.7 3.9 4.0 5.3
At contracting establishments 191 201 171 177 211 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.6
At closing establishments 57 70 53 60 100 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.7
Net employment change 36 42 133 70 -5 0.6 0.8 2.3 1.3 -0.1
Retail trade
Gross job gains 936 970 931 1,010 841 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.5 5.4
At expanding establishments 807 841 801 900 717 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.8 4.6
At opening establishments 129 129 130 110 124 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Gross job losses 948 1,000 823 731 1,059 6.2 6.5 5.3 4.7 6.8
At contracting establishments 843 880 714 626 898 5.5 5.7 4.6 4.0 5.8
At closing establishments 105 120 109 105 161 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.0
Net employment change -12 -30 108 279 -218 -0.2 -0.2 0.7 1.8 -1.4
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 324 451 696 366 321 5.5 7.7 11.2 5.7 5.0
At expanding establishments 270 388 578 320 269 4.6 6.6 9.3 5.0 4.2
At opening establishments 54 63 118 46 52 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.7 0.8
Gross job losses 393 308 237 393 477 6.8 5.3 3.9 6.1 7.5
At contracting establishments 353 263 196 353 406 6.1 4.5 3.2 5.5 6.4
At closing establishments 40 45 41 40 71 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.1
Net employment change -69 143 459 -27 -156 -1.3 2.4 7.3 -0.4 -2.5
Utilities
Gross job gains 13 15 18 14 16 2.4 2.8 3.4 2.6 2.9
At expanding establishments 11 13 15 12 13 2.0 2.4 2.8 2.2 2.4
At opening establishments 2 2 3 2 3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5
Gross job losses 14 13 14 13 16 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.9
At contracting establishments 12 11 12 11 13 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.4
At closing establishments 2 2 2 2 3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Net employment change -1 2 4 1 0 -0.2 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.0
Information
Gross job gains 196 238 226 201 207 7.1 8.3 7.7 6.8 6.9
At expanding establishments 150 194 179 168 169 5.4 6.8 6.1 5.7 5.6
At opening establishments 46 44 47 33 38 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.3
Gross job losses 161 146 169 150 195 5.8 5.1 5.8 5.0 6.5
At contracting establishments 131 111 133 113 148 4.7 3.9 4.6 3.8 4.9
At closing establishments 30 35 36 37 47 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.6
Net employment change 35 92 57 51 12 1.3 3.2 1.9 1.8 0.4
Financial activities
Gross job gains 427 490 518 467 478 5.1 5.9 6.1 5.5 5.6
At expanding establishments 327 377 388 376 370 3.9 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.3
At opening establishments 100 113 130 91 108 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.3
Gross job losses 421 427 399 421 501 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.9 5.8
At contracting establishments 323 319 301 310 353 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.6 4.1
At closing establishments 98 108 98 111 148 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.7
Net employment change 6 63 119 46 -23 0.0 0.8 1.3 0.6 -0.2
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,562 1,755 1,961 1,613 1,648 7.4 8.3 9.0 7.2 7.3
At expanding establishments 1,228 1,381 1,585 1,295 1,281 5.8 6.5 7.3 5.8 5.7
At opening establishments 334 374 376 318 367 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.6
Gross job losses 1,473 1,454 1,302 1,361 1,702 7.0 6.9 6.0 6.1 7.6
At contracting establishments 1,200 1,120 988 1,050 1,277 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.7 5.7
At closing establishments 273 334 314 311 425 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.9
Net employment change 89 301 659 252 -54 0.4 1.4 3.0 1.1 -0.3
Education and health services
Gross job gains 1,028 1,072 1,231 1,150 1,161 4.5 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.0
At expanding establishments 824 856 944 929 925 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.0
At opening establishments 204 216 287 221 236 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 1,002 1,059 985 937 1,224 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.1 5.3
At contracting establishments 808 829 771 727 851 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.7
At closing establishments 194 230 214 210 373 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.6
Net employment change 26 13 246 213 -63 0.0 0.1 1.1 0.9 -0.3
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,741 1,809 1,669 1,405 1,441 12.7 12.5 11.2 9.2 9.3
At expanding establishments 1,429 1,487 1,358 1,136 1,150 10.4 10.3 9.1 7.4 7.4
At opening establishments 312 322 311 269 291 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.9
Gross job losses 983 1,172 1,108 1,183 1,324 7.2 8.1 7.4 7.7 8.6
At contracting establishments 801 967 907 953 1,019 5.9 6.7 6.1 6.2 6.6
At closing establishments 182 205 201 230 305 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 2.0
Net employment change 758 637 561 222 117 5.5 4.4 3.8 1.5 0.7
Other services
Gross job gains 336 355 367 322 332 8.7 9.0 9.1 7.8 8.1
At expanding establishments 259 272 276 251 254 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.1 6.2
At opening establishments 77 83 91 71 78 2.0 2.1 2.3 1.7 1.9
Gross job losses 259 275 263 287 331 6.7 7.0 6.5 7.0 8.0
At contracting establishments 192 197 198 213 220 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.3
At closing establishments 67 78 65 74 111 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.8 2.7
Net employment change 77 80 104 35 1 2.0 2.0 2.6 0.8 0.1
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.
United States Department of Labor
